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Peter Smith

Official portrait of Peter Smith
Peter Smith
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative VT
Republican Service: 1989-1991

Republican
VT
House
A Representative from Vermont. Born in Boston, October 31, 1945. Raised in Burlington, Vt. , and moved to Middlesex, Vt. In 1970. Attended public schools in Burlington. Graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. , 1964. B. A. , Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. , 1968. M. A. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1970. Ed. D. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1984. Director, Montpelier, Vt. , Education Facility, 1970. Founder and first president, Community College of Vermont, 1970-1978. Director, office of external programs, Vermont state colleges, 1975-1976. President, Appleyard's of Vermont, 1979-1980. Regional manager, New England Council for Advancement of Experimental Learning, 1979-1980. President, Hunger Mountain Associates (Vt. ), 1980-1982. Vermont state senator, 1981-1982. Lieutenant governor of Vermont, 1983-1986. Unsuccessful candidate for governor of Vermont in 1986. Vice president, Norwich University, 1987-1988. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First Congress (January 3, 1989-January 3, 1991). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990. Dean of the School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University, Washington, D. C. , 1991-1994. Founder and first president, California State University, Monterey Bay, 1995-2005. Assistant director general, UNESCO, 2005-2007. Business executive, 2007-2015. Faculty, University of Maryland Global Campus, 2016-present.