Petersen HowardC

American government official and banker who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1945 to 1947. From 1961 to 1963, Petersen served as Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy for International Trade Policy, in which he managed Kennedys controversial campaign for a new foreign trade policy. His main task was to assist with the passage of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and he also negotiated the conclusion of the 1960-62 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations with the European Economic Community. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from a heart attack on 28 December 1995, aged 85. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less