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 Currently, Lawyer, Member of four corporate boards of directors/advisors; Senior Advisor Monticello Capital; Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications/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, from February through June.
Member of Congress (R-SD) for 22 years: 18 in the U.S. Senate, four 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 thru 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.
Senator Pressler has made numerous trips on international business
to India, Brazil, Europe,China and Vietnam. He is a frequent speaker at
investment banking conferences on the future of telecommunications
policy and recently lectured at Harvard on "Corporate Governance." In Spring 2008, Senator Pressler lectured at the University of Sarajevo and spoke in five Bosnia-Herzegovina cities on how U.S. Congressional oversight committees work. |
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Senator Pressler and President Bush |
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President Clinton, Prime
Minister Vajpayee and
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Senator Pressler has remained active in the political arena. In
2000, he was a member of Republican Presidential Candidate George W.
Bush's Information Technology Steering Committee, and also served on
the Bush Presidential Transition Team in 2001.
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. He helped the West Point students in writing their application essays, practiced interviews, and participated in a "Mocktail (cocktail) Practice Session," to prepare students for the Rhodes and other interview situations. In a letter of thanks for his efforts, MAJ Gallagher of the USMA Scholarship Program wrote to Senator Pressler:
“On behalf of the entire USMA Scholarship Program, please accept our thanks for your support in 2006…Your efforts contributed significantly to their leadership and intellectual development while also helping the cadets earn several Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell finalist interviews, with one Rhodes, three Marshall, and two Mitchell Scholarship winners in the Class of 2007 (Gates, Churchill, Truman, Fulbright, and East-West Scholarship results are pending). Each of our candidates, whether selected to receive a scholarship or not, has excelled this year and developed a greater vision for his or her future as a commissioned officer, scholar, and public servant.”
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