Background
McCaughey, Betsy was born on October 20, 1948. Daughter of Albert Peterkin.
lieutenant governor health policy advocate
McCaughey, Betsy was born on October 20, 1948. Daughter of Albert Peterkin.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1970. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1976.
Senior scholar Center for the Study of the Presidency, 1989—1992. Lieutenant governor State of New York, Albany, 1995—1999. Senior fellow Hudson Institute, 1999—2001.
Founder, chairman Committee to Reduce Infectious Deaths (RID), since 2004. Visiting assistant professor Vassar College, 1977-1978. Lecturer, Columbia University, 1979-1980, assistant professor, 1981-1983.
Guest curator, The New York Historical Society, 1986-1988. Chairman Governor's Medicaid Task Force, 1994. Adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute, since 1999.
Married Thomas McCaughey, 1972 (divorced 1994). Children: Amanda, Caroline, Diana. Married Wilbur Ross, 1995 (divorced 1998).