Reminiscences of Peter G. Peterson : oral history, 2007.

Biographical Note

Senior Chairman and Co-founder, The Blackstone Group.

Scope and Contents

Background: born 1926 in Kearny, Nebraska, Greek heritage; education: B.A. in business, Northwestern, 1947; M.B.A. University of Chicago, 1951; career: director, McCann Erickson 1953-1958; executive vice-president, Bell and Howell Corp. 1958-63, chairman and CEO 1963-1971; Assistant to President for Economic Affairs, 1971; Secretary of Commerce, 1972; CEO and chairman, Lehman Brothers 1973-1984; Founder and Chairman, Blackstone Group 1985-present; Council on Foreign Relations (CFR): member in 1971, chairman 1985-2007, age distribution in membership, CFR's influence on policy, CFR's convening power, Kissinger's China trip, comparisons between India and China, CFR board, changes at CFR.

Subjects

• Council on Foreign Relations.
• Executives--United States--Interviews.
• Gavrilis, George, 1972- interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Peterson, Peter G.--Interviews.

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