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 Currently Senator Larry Pressler works as a lawyer, a member of three corporate boards of directors/advisors; and holds a Fulbright professorship. Attorney-at-Law, Member of the Bars of New York and Washington DC. Appointed by President Barack Obama, on November 10, 2009, as a Commissioner for the United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
Taught Telecommunications and Internet Policy at Baruch College, City University of New York. Awarded a Senior Fulbright lectureship at the University of Bologna Italy for spring semester 2009.
Member of Congress (R-SD) for 22 years: 18 in the U.S. Senate, 4 in the U.S. House; Author of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; Foreign Relations Committee – Chairman of the European and Asian Subcommittees; Author of various aviation, pipeline, transportation, satellite, foreign policy, business, agriculture, senior citizen and trade legislation during his time in Congress; Vietnam Combat Veteran (U.S. Army); Foreign Service Officer; Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA); Harvard Law School (JD); Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, England (graduate diploma); University of South Dakota (BA).
Since leaving the U.S. Senate in 1997, Senator Pressler has pursued a business and teaching career. His business pursuits have largely centered on a telecommunications law practice; lobbying; and serving on corporate and advisory boards of several U.S., British and Indian companies. Former Senator Larry Pressler has joined Blackhorse Asset Management as a Senior Advisor and member of the board of several entities. Blackhorse Asset Management is a boutique Asian-focused fund management company with approximately USD560mil under management. Senator Pressler will lend support through his many years of experience with Asia, particularly with Vietnam. Senator Pressler is a Vietnam veteran and worked hard on the normalization legislation with Vietnam. He has been a frequent visitor to Vietnam and was a lecturer at Dalat University Business School. Additionally, he currently serves on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center Advisory Council.
Senator Pressler received the following military medals from his duty in Vietnam: Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Svc Medal w/4 Bronze Svc Stars, Vietnam Campaign Ribbon w/Device(1960), Overseas Svc Bars (2), and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm Unit Citation Badge. |
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President Clinton, Prime
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From November 2004 to January 2005, Senator Pressler served on the official U.S. observation team for the Ukrainian presidential elections, traveling twice to Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine, for which Vice President Cheney sent him a commendation on behalf of the U.S. government.
Senator Pressler has taught or lectured at the following universities: The Harvard Law School; Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Oxford University (England); University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA); Georgetown; The George Washington University; The U.S. Naval Academy; The Oglala Sioux Sinte Gleska University; University of South Dakota, Creighton; St. John's University, Queens NY,
Overseas, he has lectured at the St. John's Graduate School of Business, Pontifical Oratorio, Rome Italy (spring semester of 2007); and in China, at Fudan University; Shanghai International Studies University; TongJi University; Zhongshan University; GuangDong University of Foreign Studies; and Jinan University. In Spring 2008, at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina, he lectured on the U.S. Presidential elections.
Recently, Senator Pressler taught and lectured at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he is the Thomas Hawkins Johnson visiting scholar. He delivered numerous lectures to international relations, presidential studies and government classes at West Point. He also conducted a seminar of junior and senior West Point cadets applying for Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, Gates, Rotary, Mitchell (to Ireland), Hertz, and other graduate fellowships.
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