Background
Tower, Peter was born on May 29, 1921 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States. Son of Clarence Eugene and Mabel Barret (Paterson) Tower.
Tower, Peter was born on May 29, 1921 in Niagara Falls, New York, United States. Son of Clarence Eugene and Mabel Barret (Paterson) Tower.
Student, Cornell University, 1941.
Clerk C.J. Tower and Sons, Niagara Falls, 1946-1949, partner, 1949-1956. Vice president C.J. Tower and Sons, Inc., Niagara Falls and Buffalo, 1956-1963, president eastern United States, 1963-1987, C.J. Tower, Inc., eastern United States, since 1988. Vice-chairman upstate New York district export council United States Department Commerce, since 1978.
Member advisory committee on commercial operations of the United States customs Treasury Department, since 1988. Board directors Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, First Empire State Corporation.
Married Elizabeth Nelson Clarke, August 29, 1942. Children: Mollie Paterson Byrnes, Cynthia Clarke Doyle.