M. Peter McPherson was a special assistant to President Gerald Ford, administrator of USAID under President Ronald Reagan, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department, president of Michigan State University from 1993 to 2004, and Chairman of Dow Jones. He currently serves as president of the Association of Public and Landgrant Universities.
McPherson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. McPherson received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1963. While a student, he was a member of the prominent conservative Young Americans for Freedom student organization. Returning from the Peace Corps, McPherson earned a masters in business administration from Western Michigan University in 1967 and a law degree from American University in Washington in 1969. McPherson and his wife, Joanne, have four children and six grandchildren.
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