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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="پیتر جورج پیترسون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پیتر جورج پیترسون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_Peterson" title="Peter George Peterson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Peter George Peterson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%89%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6_%CE%A0%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD" 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بيترسون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_George_Peterson" title="Peter George Peterson – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Peter George Peterson" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="Петерсон, Питер Джордж – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Петерсон, Питер Джордж" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Peterson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg/220px-PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg/330px-PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg/440px-PeterGeorgePeterson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="691" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 1, 1985 – June 30, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Rockefeller" title="David Rockefeller">David Rockefeller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carla_Anderson_Hills" title="Carla Anderson Hills">Carla Hills</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rubin" title="Robert Rubin">Robert Rubin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">20th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">United States Secretary of Commerce</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 29, 1972 – February 1, 1973</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stans" title="Maurice Stans">Maurice Stans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_B._Dent" title="Frederick B. Dent">Frederick B. Dent</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Petropoulos<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-06-05</span>)</span>June 5, 1926<br /><a href="/wiki/Kearney,_Nebraska" title="Kearney, Nebraska">Kearney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 20, 2018<span style="display:none">(2018-03-20)</span> (aged 91)<br />New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Kris Krengel</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1948; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1950)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Sally Hornbogen</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1953; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1979)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney" title="Joan Ganz Cooney">Joan Ganz Cooney</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1980)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5, including <a href="/wiki/Holly_Peterson" title="Holly Peterson">Holly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter George Peterson</b> (June 5, 1926 – March 20, 2018) was an American investment banker who served as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">United States Secretary of Commerce</a> from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973, under the <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> administration.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNH_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peterson was also chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6we_Bell_%26_Howell" class="mw-redirect" title="Böwe Bell & Howell">Bell & Howell</a> from 1963 to 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1973 to 1984, he was chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, he co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Private_equity" title="Private equity">private equity</a> firm <a href="/wiki/The_Blackstone_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="The Blackstone Group">The Blackstone Group</a>, and served as chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year, Peterson became chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>, a position he held until his retirement in 2007, after which he was named chairman emeritus.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Peterson was ranked 149th on the "<a href="/wiki/Forbes_400" title="Forbes 400"><i>Forbes</i> 400</a> Richest Americans" with a net worth of $2.8 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also known as founder and principal funder of <a href="/wiki/The_Peter_G._Peterson_Foundation" title="The Peter G. Peterson Foundation">The Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a>, which is dedicated to promoting <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_austerity" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal austerity">fiscal austerity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was born in <a href="/wiki/Kearney,_Nebraska" title="Kearney, Nebraska">Kearney, Nebraska</a>, as the eldest of three children,<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Venetia "Venet" Paul<sup id="cite_ref-NB_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Παύλου <i>Pavlou</i>) and George Peterson (Πετρόπουλος <i>Petropoulos</i>); both were immigrants from southern Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had one younger sister, Elaine, who died of <a href="/wiki/Croup" title="Croup">croup</a> when she was one year old,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a brother, John, who was the youngest.<sup id="cite_ref-TNH_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father arrived in the United States at age 17 and worked as a dishwasher for <a href="/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad" title="Union Pacific Railroad">Union Pacific Railroad</a> and roomed on a caboose.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923, George opened and then ran a Greek diner, Central Café, in Kearney,<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after changing his name from Georgios Petropoulos. Peter began working at the cash register at age 8.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Expelled from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> for plagiarizing a term paper in his freshman year, Peterson enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kellogg_School_of_Management_at_Northwestern_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University">The Kellogg School</a>, graduating in 1947 with highest academic honors, <i><a href="/wiki/Summa_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Summa cum laude">summa cum laude</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peterson was first married from 1948 to 1950 to Kris Krengel, a journalism student at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined Market Facts upon graduation, a Chicago-based market research firm, in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, he received an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">M.B.A.</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Graduate_School_of_Business" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Chicago Graduate School of Business">University of Chicago Graduate School of Business</a>, before returning to Market Facts as an executive vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson joined advertising agency <a href="/wiki/McCann_Erickson" class="mw-redirect" title="McCann Erickson">McCann Erickson</a> in 1953, again in Chicago, where he served as a director.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined movie-equipment maker <a href="/wiki/Bell_and_Howell_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell and Howell Corporation">Bell and Howell Corporation</a> in 1958 as executive vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later succeeded <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Percy" title="Charles H. Percy">Charles H. Percy</a> as chairman and CEO, positions he held from 1963 to 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, he was invited by philanthropist <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_III" title="John D. Rockefeller III">John D. Rockefeller III</a>, CFR Chairman <a href="/wiki/John_J._McCloy" title="John J. McCloy">John J. McCloy</a>, and former Treasury Secretary <a href="/wiki/C._Douglas_Dillon" title="C. Douglas Dillon">Douglas Dillon</a> to chair a Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy, which became known as the Peterson Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among its recommendations adopted by the government were that <a href="/wiki/Foundation_(nonprofit_organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation (nonprofit organization)">foundations</a> be required annually to disburse a minimum proportion of their funds.<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce_(1972–73)"><span id="United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce_.281972.E2.80.9373.29"></span>United States Secretary of Commerce (1972–73)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States Secretary of Commerce (1972–73)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg/220px-Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg/330px-Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg/440px-Richard_M._Nixon_posing_with_his_Cabinet_-_NARA_-_194437.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2619" data-file-height="1722" /></a><figcaption>Peterson in a group photo of Nixon's cabinet on June 16, 1972, third from the left on the bottom row.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1971, he was named assistant to the president for international economic affairs by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1971, Peterson produced a secret report for Nixon on the volatile world economy that argued that the U.S. was in economic decline under the existing world order of trade, which the U.S. had helped build immediately after World War II. To stem that decline, according to Peterson, the U.S. must challenge competing nations in the trading sphere by adopting <a href="/wiki/Industrial_policy" title="Industrial policy">industrial policy</a>. The report impressed Nixon and the idea of American competitive decline soon became "an article of popular belief". The report established some of the intellectual foundations of Nixon's decision in August 1971 to upend the <a href="/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system" title="Bretton Woods system">Bretton Woods agreement</a>. Professional economists derided the thesis as a form of <a href="/wiki/Mercantilism" title="Mercantilism">mercantilism</a> that betrayed "economic illiteracy".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, Peterson became <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a>, a position he held for one year.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time he also assumed the chairmanship of Nixon's National Commission on Productivity and was appointed U.S. Chairman of the U.S.–Soviet Commercial Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, Peterson was a strong critic of the rising financial debt of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-Washington_career">Post-Washington career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-Washington career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was chairman and CEO of <a href="/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a> (1973–1977) and <a href="/wiki/Lehman_Brothers,_Kuhn,_Loeb_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.">Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.</a> (1977–1984).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Peterson and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_A._Schwarzman" title="Stephen A. Schwarzman">Stephen A. Schwarzman</a> co-founded the private equity and investment management firm the <a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackstone Group">Blackstone Group</a>, and for many years Peterson was its chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Blackstone, he made a fortune, including the $1.9 billion he received when it went public in 2007, that funded many of his charitable and political causes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg/220px-PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg/330px-PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg/440px-PeterGeorgePetersonSwearingInWoman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>Peterson swearing in, Cmdr. <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Chelgren-Koterba" title="Pamela Chelgren-Koterba">Pam Chelgren-Koterba</a>, the first woman officer of the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration_Commissioned_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps">NOAA Corps</a> (1972).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinton_presidency">Clinton presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Clinton presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, he was one of the co-founders of the <a href="/wiki/Concord_Coalition" title="Concord Coalition">Concord Coalition</a>, a bipartisan citizens' organization that advocates reduction of the federal budget deficit.<sup id="cite_ref-hawk_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawk-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following record deficits under President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, Peterson said in 2004, "I remain a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, but the Republicans have become a far more theological, faith-directed party, not troubling with evidence."<sup id="cite_ref-hawk_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hawk-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1994, President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> named Peterson as a member of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform co-chaired by Senators <a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Bob Kerrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Danforth" title="John Danforth">John Danforth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as co-chair of the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises (co-chaired by <a href="/wiki/John_William_Snow" class="mw-redirect" title="John William Snow">John Snow</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson succeeded <a href="/wiki/David_Rockefeller" title="David Rockefeller">David Rockefeller</a> as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a> in 1985 and served until his retirement from that position in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_family" title="Rockefeller family">Rockefeller family</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Japan_Society_(Manhattan)" title="Japan Society (Manhattan)">Japan Society</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Museum of Modern Art">Museum of Modern Art</a>, and was previously on the board of Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the founding chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Institute_for_International_Economics" title="Peterson Institute for International Economics">Peterson Institute for International Economics</a> (formerly the "Institute for International Economics", renamed in his honor in 2006), and a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Economic_Development" title="Committee for Economic Development">Committee for Economic Development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_New_York" title="Federal Reserve Bank of New York">Federal Reserve Bank of New York</a> between 2000 and 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, he founded the <a href="/wiki/Peter_G._Peterson_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter G. Peterson Foundation">Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a> (PGPF), an organization devoted to spreading public awareness on <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_sustainability" title="Fiscal sustainability">fiscal sustainability</a> issues related to the national debt, federal deficits, Social Security policy, and tax policies.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PGPF distributed the 2008 documentary film <a href="/wiki/I.O.U.S.A." title="I.O.U.S.A.">I.O.U.S.A.</a> and did outreach to the 2008 presidential candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson funded <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fiscal_Times" title="The Fiscal Times">The Fiscal Times</a></i>, a news website that reports on current economic issues, including the federal budget, the deficit, entitlements, health care, personal savings, taxation, and the <a href="/wiki/Global_economy" class="mw-redirect" title="Global economy">global economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Fiscal Times</i> contributors and editors include several veteran economics reporters for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 4, 2010, it was announced that Peterson had signed "<a href="/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge" title="The Giving Pledge">The Giving Pledge</a>". He was one of 40 billionaires, led by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Buffett" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a>, who agreed to give at least half their wealth to charity.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of his giving was to his own foundation, <a href="/wiki/The_Peter_G._Peterson_Foundation" title="The Peter G. Peterson Foundation">The Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a>, which focuses on raising public awareness about long-term <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_sustainability" title="Fiscal sustainability">fiscal sustainability</a> issues.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_activities">Political activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2007 through 2011, Peterson was reported to have contributed $458 million to the <a href="/wiki/Peter_G._Peterson_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter G. Peterson Foundation">Peter G. Peterson Foundation</a>, to promote the cause of fiscal responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-HPB_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson opposed the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a> because it cut corporate and other taxes by raising the debt. "Mortgaging our fiscal future for trillions in temporary tax cuts will hurt our economy over time, and every C.E.O. should know that", he said. "True business patriots need to advocate for their country as well as their company."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was married three times and divorced twice.<sup id="cite_ref-TNH_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953, he married former <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a> psychology professor Sally Hornbogen Peterson, a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Dalton_School" title="Dalton School">Dalton School</a> and a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>, with whom he had five children: John Scott Peterson, James Jim Peterson, David Peterson, Michael Alexander Peterson,<sup id="cite_ref-NB_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the writer <a href="/wiki/Holly_Peterson" title="Holly Peterson">Holly Peterson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sicilia_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sicilia-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They divorced in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-Sicilia_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sicilia-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, Peterson married <a href="/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney" title="Joan Ganz Cooney">Joan Ganz Cooney</a>, the co-creator of the popular American educational children's television series <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his autobiography, Peterson recalled his business and private life and blamed himself for the failure of two of his three marriages but expressed pride for having grown close to his children.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson died on March 20, 2018, at age 91, of natural causes at his <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> home.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TNH_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNH-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is survived by his children, his wife Joan, and nine grandchildren. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962, Peterson received the Golden Plate Award of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement" title="Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recognition of his support, the influential<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peterson_Institute_for_International_Economics" title="Peterson Institute for International Economics">Peterson Institute for International Economics</a> was named in his honor in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Blom_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Peterson was honored with the <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_Awards" title="Woodrow Wilson Awards">Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars" title="Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars">Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WPO_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year he was elected a fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HPB_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HPB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writings">Writings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Writings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/200075">"Why I’m Giving Away $1 Billion"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i>, May 30, 2009</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/129572">"You Can't Take It with You"</a>, <i>Newsweek</i>, April 7, 2008</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050212031340/http://www.thebanker.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/2436/Old_habits_must_change.html">"Old habits must change"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Banker" title="The Banker">The Banker</a></i>, 3 January 2005</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/peter-g-peterson">Articles published in "Foreign Affairs" 1994–2004.</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream.</i> Simon & Schuster; First Edition (November 8, 1993). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-671-79642-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-671-79642-6">978-0-671-79642-6</a></li> <li><i>Will America Grow up Before it Grows Old: How the Coming Social Security Crisis Threatens You, Your Family and Your Country.</i> Random House; 1 edition (October 8, 1996). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-679-45256-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-679-45256-0">978-0-679-45256-0</a></li> <li><i>Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America—and the World.</i> Three Rivers Press (September 26, 2000). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8129-9069-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8129-9069-0">978-0-8129-9069-0</a></li> <li><i>On Borrowed Time: How the Growth in Entitlement Spending Threatens America's Future</i> with Neil Howe. Transaction Publishers (May 1, 2004). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7658-0575-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7658-0575-1">978-0-7658-0575-1</a></li> <li><i>Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It.</i> Picador (June 16, 2005). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-312-42462-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-312-42462-6">978-0-312-42462-6</a></li> <li><i>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.</i> Twelve (June 8, 2009). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-446-55603-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-446-55603-3">978-0-446-55603-3</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_G._Peterson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WPO-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WPO_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStout2018" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Stout" title="David Stout">Stout, David</a> (March 20, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-g-peterson-financier-who-warned-of-rising-national-debt-dies-at-91/2018/03/20/8593827a-2c51-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html">"Peter G. Peterson, financier who warned of rising national debt, dies at 91"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Peter+G.+Peterson%2C+financier+who+warned+of+rising+national+debt%2C+dies+at+91&rft.date=2018-03-20&rft.aulast=Stout&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fobituaries%2Fpeter-g-peterson-financier-who-warned-of-rising-national-debt-dies-at-91%2F2018%2F03%2F20%2F8593827a-2c51-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/obituaries/peter-g-peterson-dies-power-from-wall-st-to-washington.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=46D2026FD90154F7821BF756C63A98CC&gwt=pay">"Peter G. Peterson, a Power From Wall St. to Washington, Dies at 91"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. March 20, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 20,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Peter+G.+Peterson%2C+a+Power+From+Wall+St.+to+Washington%2C+Dies+at+91&rft.date=2018-03-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F03%2F20%2Fobituaries%2Fpeter-g-peterson-dies-power-from-wall-st-to-washington.html%3Fmtrref%3Dwww.google.com%26gwh%3D46D2026FD90154F7821BF756C63A98CC%26gwt%3Dpay&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TNH-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TNH_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TNH_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TNH_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TNH_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180325045007/https://www.thenationalherald.com/194509/peter-g-peterson-passed-away-at-91/">"Greek-American Billionaire Peter G. Peterson Passed Away at 91"</a>. The National Herald. 22 March 2018. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenationalherald.com/194509/peter-g-peterson-passed-away-at-91/">the original</a> on 25 March 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Greek-American+Billionaire+Peter+G.+Peterson+Passed+Away+at+91&rft.pub=The+National+Herald&rft.date=2018-03-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenationalherald.com%2F194509%2Fpeter-g-peterson-passed-away-at-91%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WSJ-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WSJ_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-peterson-blackstone-co-founder-dies-at-91-1521572478">"Peter Peterson, Blackstone Co-Founder, Dies At 91"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. 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Bloomberg. March 20, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 20,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pete+Peterson%2C+Lehman+Exile%2C+Blackstone+Billionaire%2C+Dies+at+91&rft.pub=Bloomberg&rft.date=2018-03-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2018-03-20%2Fpete-peterson-lehman-exile-blackstone-billionaire-dies-at-91&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pgpf.org/resource-library/search/Issues%2BFiscal%2BOutlook%2BQA%2Bwith%2BPeter%2BPeterson">"Resource Library Search"</a>. <i>www.pgpf.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.pgpf.org&rft.atitle=Resource+Library+Search&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pgpf.org%2Fresource-library%2Fsearch%2FIssues%252BFiscal%252BOutlook%252BQA%252Bwith%252BPeter%252BPeterson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NB-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NB_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NB_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nndb.com/people/146/000052987/">"Peter G. Peterson"</a>. NNDB.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Peter+G.+Peterson&rft.pub=NNDB&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nndb.com%2Fpeople%2F146%2F000052987%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVexler1975" class="citation book cs1">Vexler, Robert I (1975). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/vicepresidentsca0002vexl"><i>The Vice-Presidents and Cabinet members: Biographies arranged chronologically by Administration</i></a></span>. Oceana Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780379120905" title="Special:BookSources/9780379120905"><bdi>9780379120905</bdi></a>. <q>Peter Peterson Kearney Nebraska.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Vice-Presidents+and+Cabinet+members%3A+Biographies+arranged+chronologically+by+Administration&rft.pub=Oceana+Publications&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=9780379120905&rft.aulast=Vexler&rft.aufirst=Robert+I&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fvicepresidentsca0002vexl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/kwo/spr04/departments/peterson_chair.htm">"Peterson Chair in Corporate Ethics established"</a>. Northwestern University.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Peterson+Chair+in+Corporate+Ethics+established&rft.pub=Northwestern+University&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kellogg.northwestern.edu%2Fkwo%2Fspr04%2Fdepartments%2Fpeterson_chair.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson2009" class="citation book cs1">Peterson, Peter G. (June 8, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/educationofameri00pete/page/52"><i>The Education of an American Dreamer</i></a>. Twelve. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/educationofameri00pete/page/52">52–68</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0446556033" title="Special:BookSources/978-0446556033"><bdi>978-0446556033</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Education+of+an+American+Dreamer&rft.pages=52-68&rft.pub=Twelve&rft.date=2009-06-08&rft.isbn=978-0446556033&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Peter+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Feducationofameri00pete%2Fpage%2F52&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+G.+Peterson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180321193005/https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/special/smof/peterson.php">"Peter G. 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href="/wiki/PJT_Partners" title="PJT Partners">PJT Partners</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Investment holdings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Business services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMS_Computers" title="CMS Computers">CMS Computers</a></li> <li>RGIS</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SunGard" title="SunGard">SunGard</a> (minority shareholder)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Consumer/retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Michaels_Companies" title="The Michaels Companies">The Michaels Companies</a> (Joint control)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Foods" title="Pinnacle Foods">Pinnacle Foods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Biscuits" title="United Biscuits">United Biscuits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">IT services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mphasis" title="Mphasis">Mphasis</a> (56.12%)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Financial services</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BankUnited" title="BankUnited">BankUnited</a> (minority stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corebridge_Financial" title="Corebridge Financial">Corebridge Financial</a> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freescale_Semiconductor" title="Freescale Semiconductor">Freescale</a> (Joint Control)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%B6ckner_Pentaplast" title="Klöckner Pentaplast">Klöckner Pentaplast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TRW_Automotive" title="TRW Automotive">TRW Automotive</a> (Control)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essel_Propack" title="Essel Propack">Essel Propack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media/telecom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MNRK_Music_Group" title="MNRK Music Group">MNRK Music Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dualtone_Records" title="Dualtone Records">Dualtone Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Gang_Records" title="Last Gang Records">Last Gang Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Records" title="Light Records">Light 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Worldwide" title="Hilton Worldwide">Hilton Worldwide</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casual_Dining_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Casual Dining Group">Casual Dining Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_Parcs_Europe" title="Center Parcs Europe">Center Parcs Europe</a> (freehold)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Center_Parcs_UK_and_Ireland" title="Center Parcs UK and Ireland">Center Parcs UK and Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesars_Entertainment_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Caesars Entertainment Corporation">Caesars Entertainment Corporation</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Resorts" title="Crown Resorts">Crown Resorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Wolf_Resorts" title="Great Wolf Resorts">Great Wolf Resorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Entertainments" title="Merlin Entertainments">Merlin Entertainments</a> (minority stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SeaWorld_Parks_%26_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment">SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment</a> (former)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travelport" title="Travelport">Travelport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_Leisure" title="Bourne Leisure">Bourne Leisure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Village_Hotel_Club" title="Village Hotel Club">Village Hotel Club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Real estate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extended_Stay_America" title="Extended Stay America">Extended Stay America</a> (minority stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EQ_Office" title="EQ Office">EQ Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Quinta_Inns_%26_Suites" title="La Quinta Inns & Suites">La Quinta Inns & Suites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_Ryde_City" title="Top Ryde City">Top Ryde City</a></li></ul> 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Hardin</a> (1969–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Butz" title="Earl Butz">Earl Butz</a> (1971–1974)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce" title="United States Secretary of Commerce">Secretary of Commerce</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stans" title="Maurice Stans">Maurice Stans</a> (1969–1972)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter G. Peterson</a> (1972–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_B._Dent" title="Frederick B. Dent">Frederick B. Dent</a> (1973–1974)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Secretary of Labor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Shultz" title="George Shultz">George Shultz</a> (1969–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Day_Hodgson" title="James Day Hodgson">James Day Hodgson</a> (1970–1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_J._Brennan" title="Peter J. Brennan">Peter J. 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