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PETERSON, Peter was born on June 5, 1926 in Kearney, Nebraska, United States. Son of George and Venetia (nee Paul) Peterson.
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A wake-up call for America's economy from former Secretary of Commerce Peterson. Features a detailed action plan for ending deadlock of special interest groups, fighting for the interests of American society as a whole, stopping our downward spiral of declining living standards, and more.
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The national bestseller, described by Tom Brokaw as the “wake-up call we cannot ignore,” with a new preface by the author Acclaimed by all sides of the political spectrum, Peter Peterson's Running on Empty not only traces the deterioration of America’s finances but offers solutions. This national bestseller is required reading for everyone concerned with America’s long-term economic survival. In clear and concise prose, Peterson offers America not only a vision but the practical steps by which to ensure our children’s economic future. Running on Empty is not only a warning, it is also a manifesto calling for the next administration to finally confront a deep and disturbing problem that politicians of all parties have insisted on ignoring for too long.
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With insight and refreshing candor, Peter G. Peterson describes his remarkable life story beginning in Kearney, Nebraska as an eight-year-old manning the cash register at his father's Greek diner through his "Mad Men" advertising days, to Secretary of Commerce in Nixon's paranoid White House, to the tumultuous days of Lehman Brothers, and to the creation of The Blackstone Group, one of the great financial enterprises in recent times. In THE EDUCATION OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER, Peterson chronicles the progress of this journey with irony, humor and, sometimes, painful honesty. Within these pages are stories of marriage and family hardship; lessons in political gamesmanship; thoughts on his obsessive desire to succeed; and, finally, learning the meaning of "enough." From his advertising days in Chicago in the 1950's to becoming the youngest CEO of a Fortune 300 Company, he shares with us his rise to the top and the price paid along the way. As the youngest Cabinet member in the Nixon administration, he describes his survival techniques in a hubris-driven and paranoid White House, including his turbulent turf wars with Treasury Secretary John Connally leading to Peterson's abrupt and highly publicized firing. His stewardship of Lehman Brothers is a Shakespearian tale of a CEO who struggled to deal with partners who were plotting his demise and, at the same time, turning an institution on the brink of bankruptcy to one with 5 straight years of record profits. His life's story is about doing well by doing good. In the wake of Blackstone's highly successful public offering, Peterson found himself an 80-year old instant billionaire, on the verge of retirement. And like many lifetime workers and over-achievers, he suddenly confronts an unexpected, depressing identity crisis. His solution? Committing a great bulk of his net proceeds to establish the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, his philanthropic endeavor to do something about America's politically untouchable challenges that threaten America's future, among them massive entitlement obligations, ballooning health care costs, and our energy gluttony. Ultimately, this is a man's account of his legendary successes, humiliating failures, and personal tragedies - a testament to a remarkable life and, indeed, to the American Dream itself.
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PETERSON, Peter was born on June 5, 1926 in Kearney, Nebraska, United States. Son of George and Venetia (nee Paul) Peterson.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1947. Master of Business Administration, U.Chgo., 1951. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Colgate University.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), George Washington University. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Northwestern University. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Georgetown University.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Rochester. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), New School University. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Southampton College at Long Island.
Director 1949-1951, Executive Vice-President 1951-1953. Director of Marketing Services, McCann-Erickson (advertising firm) 1953, Vice President 1954-1958, General Manager Chicago Office 1955-1957, Director, Assistant to President, coordinating services regional offices 1957-1958. Executive Vice-President and Director Bell & Howell 1958-1961, President 1961-1963, Chief Executive Officer 1963-1971, Chair, of Board 1968-1971.
Assistant to President, of United States of America for Institute Economics Affairs 1971-1972, also Executive Director Council on Institute Economics Policy. Secretary of Commerce 1972-1973. Chairman Board Lehman Bros.
Kuhn Loeb Inc. (frnrly. Lehman Bros. Inc.), New York 1973-1983. Chairman The Blackstone Group since 1985.
Director Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Company, Rockefeller Center Properties Inc. Former Director Federated Department Stores, Black and Decker Mfg.
Company, General Foods Corporation, RCA, Continental Group, Cities Service. Trustee, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Per Jacobsson Lecture 1984.
( The national bestseller, described by Tom Brokaw as the...)
(A wake-up call for America's economy from former Secretar...)
(With insight and refreshing candor, Peter G. Peterson des...)
Author: Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream, 1993, Will America Grow Up Before it Grows Old: How the Coming Social Security Crisis Threatens You, Your Family, and Your Country, 1996, Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America--and the World, 1999, Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It, 2004, The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street and Beyond, 2009. Editor: Readings in Market Organization and Price Policies. Co-author: On Borrowed Time: How The Growth In Entitlement Spending Threatens America's Future, 1989.
Founding member Bi-Partisan Budget Appeal. President The Concord Coalition. Trustee Commission for Economic Development, Museum Modern Art, New York City.
Board director Public Agenda. Member Council on Foreign Relations (chairman board 1985-2007, chairman emeritus, since 2007), Institute International Economic (chairman bd 1980), National Bureau Economic Research (trustee), Japan Society, Blind Brook Club (Purchase, New York ), Deepdale Club (Manhasset, New York ), Maidstone Club (Easthampton, New York ), Chicago Club, River Club, Links, Augusta National Club, Friar's Head Golf Club (Riverhead, New York ), Burning Tree (Washington), Quail Valley Golf Club, Atlantic Club, Windsor Club. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences.
Married Sally H., May 1953 (divorced 1979). Children: John, Jim, David, Holly, Michael. Married Joan Ganz Cooney, April 26, 1980.