Background
PETERSEN, Howard was born on May 7, 1910 in East Chicago, Indiana, United States. Son of Hans C. and Silvia Charles Petersen.
PETERSEN, Howard was born on May 7, 1910 in East Chicago, Indiana, United States. Son of Hans C. and Silvia Charles Petersen.
De-Pauw University, University of Michigan Law School.
Assistant and Executive Assistant to Under-Secretary of War 1941-1945, Special Assistant to Secretary of War September 1945, Assistant Security of War December 1945-1947. Executive Vice-President and Director FidelityPhiladelphia Trust Company Pennsylvania (now The Fidelity Bank) 1947-1950, Chief Executive Officer 75, President 1950-1966, Chairman 1966-1979. National Finance Chair, for Eisenhower pre-convention campaign 1952.
Assistant to President, for Trade Policy 1961-1962.
Engaged in formulation and promotion of Trade Expansion Acting 1962. Negotiated conclusion of General Agreement of Tariff and Trades tariff negotiations with European Economic Community 1960-1962.
Representative on Federation Advisory Council 1960-1963. President Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association 1963-1964.
Director Federation Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 1965-1968.
Former. Chairman 1965-1967. President 1973), Executive Committee, Committee Economics Development. Former President World Affairs Council of Philadelphia.
Chairman National Policy Panel of United National Association on Organization of the United States Government, for Effective Participation in Institute Organization 1973.
Chairman Board of Mans., University Museum (Pennsylvania) 1964-1980. Director Panama Canal Company 1952-1968, Insurance Company of North. America, Rohm and Haas Company 1967-1976, Greater Philadelphia Movement (Company-Chairman 1965-1967), American Academy Political and Social Science, Adela Investment Company, South America (Chairman 1969-1971).
Chairman Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Trustee, Carnegie Endowment for Institute Peace 1957-1980, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, George C. Marshall Research Foundation.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Saint Joseph’s College) 1962.
Doctor of Science (Drexel Institute) 1962. Honorary degrees also from DePauw University 1953, Swarthmore 1968, University of Pennsylvania 1974.
Of National Emergency Committee of Military Training Camps Association and one of principal drafters of Burke-Wadsworth Bill, which became the Selective Service Acting 1940. President's Committee on Education Beyond the High School 1957.
Advisory Committee, Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Harvard Overseers Visiting Committee to Economics Department 1967-1973, Advisory Committee on Institute Monetary Reform, Institute Monetary Conference. Council on Foreign Relations, Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Relations.
Association of Bar of New York, Reserve City Bankers, American Bankers Association, American Philosophical Society.
Married Elizabeth Anna Watts in 1936.