Background
Cleaves, Peter Shurtleff was born on December 4, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard Delaplane and Margaret Grant (Shurtleff) Cleaves.
University and foundation official
Cleaves, Peter Shurtleff was born on December 4, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Richard Delaplane and Margaret Grant (Shurtleff) Cleaves.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1966; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.
Escort interpreter United States Department State, Washington, 1966-1968. Associate representative for Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, Ford Foundation, Lima, Peru, 1972-1976, representative for Mexico and Central America, Mexico City, 1977-1982. Visiting scholar Yale University, New Haven, 1976-1977.
Vice president 1st National Bank Chicago, 1982-1990. Professor University Texas, Austin, 1990-1999, director Institute Latin American Studies, 1990-1995, director Center for Study Western Hemisphere Trade, 1995-1997. Executive director Avina Foundation, Hurden, Switzerland, 1997—2004.
President DRG International, 2005—2007. Chief Executive Officer Emirates Foundation, since 2007. Consultant various corporation, multilateral, and non-profit organizations in Latin American and the Middle East, since 1990.
Chairman, trustee International School Panama, Panama City, 1984-1986. Advisor on L.Am. policy position papers National Democratic Committee, Washington, 1988, 92, 96. Member L.Am. Studies Association, Barton Creek Country Club.
Married Dorothy Barcham, August 31, 1968. Children: Geoffrey, Rachel.