... more » Peter J. Wallison holds the Arthur F. Burns Chair in Financial Market
Studies and is co-director of American Enterprise Institute's ("AEI")
program on financial market deregulation. Prior to joining AEI, he
practiced banking, corporate, and financial law at Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher in Washington, D.C., and New York. Mr. Wallison has held a
number of government positions. From June 1981 to January 1985, he
was general counsel of the United States Treasury Department, where he
had a significant role in the development of the Reagan administration’s
proposals for deregulation in the financial services industry, served as general counsel to the
Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee, and participated in the Treasury Department’s efforts to deal with the debt held by less-developed countries. During 1986 and 1987, Mr. Wallison was White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan. Between 1972 and 1976, Mr. Wallison served first as special assistant to New York’s Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and, subsequently, as counsel to Mr. Rockefeller when he was vice president of the United States. Mr. Wallison is admitted to practice before the courts of the District of Columbia, and he is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1963 and law degree from Harvard Law School in 1966. « less
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
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White House
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American Enterprise Institute
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Council on Foreign Relations
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Education
Harvard University
Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA
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John McCain
US Senator and Representative from Arizona
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US Representative and Senator from Texas
Charles Christopher Cox
Chairman of Securites and Exchange Commission and Former...
Al D’Amato
US Senator from New York
George W Bush
43rd US president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H W Bush
Bob Dole
US Representative and Senator from Kansas
William S Cohen
Former Clinton Defense Secretary; former US Representative and...
