Peter R. Coneway
{{Short description|American investment banker and diplomat (1944–2020)}}
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{{Infobox Politician
| name = Peter R. Coneway
| image name = Assignment- 59-CF-DS-29975-06) Official portrait of Peter Coneway, U.S. Ambassador-designate to Switzerland (Photographer- Mark Stewart--State) (59-CF-DS-29975-06 Amb Coneway WEB fr - DPLA - 8bf07502a03a3dc4df9b0adec77c6305.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2006
| birth_name = Peter Richard Coneway
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|04|13}}
| office = United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
| birth_place = Harlingen, Texas, U.S.
| successor = Don Beyer
| termstart = October 19, 2006
| termend = December 7, 2008
| predecessor = Pamela Willeford
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|13|1944|04|13}}
| death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
| party = Republican
| president = George W. Bush
| education = Harlingen High School
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin (BBA)
Stanford University (MBA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Lynn Martin
|1967}}
| children = 2
}}
Peter Richard Coneway (April 13, 1944 - November 13, 2020)[https://www.asacredchoice.com/memorials/peter-coneway/4364182/ Obituary], asacredchoice.com. Accessed March 21, 2024. was an American investment banker and politician. He served as the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2006 to 2008. He was the founder of the Houston office of Goldman Sachs in 1975.{{Cite web |date=2006-09-17 |title=Good choice: Houstonian Peter Coneway will make an excellent U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |url=https://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/good-choice-houstonian-peter-coneway-will-make-1554458.php |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Chron |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url = https://ch.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/policy-history/u-s-ambassadors-switzerland/|title = History: The U.S. Ambassadors in Switzerland|access-date = February 28, 2021|website = Embassy of the United States Bern, Switzerland}} He also served a six-year term on the Board of Regents at the University of Texas System appointed by governor Ann Richards in 1993.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-22 |title=The Honorable Peter R. Coneway {{!}} University of Texas System |url=https://www.utsystem.edu/board-of-regents/former-regents/honorable-peter-r-coneway |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=www.utsystem.edu |language=en}}
Early life and education
Coneway was born April 13, 1944, in Harlingen, Texas, one of three sons born to Albert Earl and Clara Laroux (Durham) Coneway. His father was a city attorney. Coneway was a running back for the Harlingen High School Cardinals football team. He earned a BBA in 1966 from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and in 1969, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.{{cite web |title=The Honorable Peter R. Coneway |url=https://www.utsystem.edu/board-of-regents/former-regents/honorable-peter-r-coneway |access-date=1 March 2021 |website=University of Texas System|date=22 December 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Peter Coneway |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=peter-coneway&pid=197144074&fhid=40119 |website=Legacy.com |access-date=1 March 2021}}
Career
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Coneway served in several leadership positions for Goldman Sachs for whom he worked from 1969 until he retired as general partner in November 1992. Those positions included resident manager of the Houston office, becoming resident partner in 1978. In 1987 and 1988, he was managing director of the company's Tokyo office.
Appointed by Ann Richards to be a University of Texas Regent in February 1993, he resigned on August 12, 1993, because he continued to have “a limited business relationship” with Goldman Sachs and he wanted “to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest.”
In 2009, Riverstone Holdings LLC named him managing director.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
US Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Coneway was a non-career appointee by George W. Bush. He was appointed on September 7, 2006, and presented his credentials on October 19, 2006. He was also accredited to the Principality of Liechtenstein.{{Cite web |date=2006-06-30 |title=Peter Coneway als neuer US-Botschafter in der Schweiz bestätigt |url=https://www.20min.ch/story/peter-coneway-als-neuer-us-botschafter-in-der-schweiz-bestaetigt-519435895049 |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=20 Minuten |language=de}}{{Cite news |title=Neue Botschafter der USA und Israels in der Schweiz {{!}} NZZ |language=de-CH |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |url=https://www.nzz.ch/articleEL2OX-ld.381008?reduced=true |access-date=2023-04-21}} He succeeded Pamela Pitzer Willeford. He left his post on December 7, 2008. Coneway was succeeded by Don Beyer who assumed office on September 8, 2009.
Personal life
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External links
- [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/cables-show-us-concern-at-swiss-iran-plan Cables show US concern at Swiss-Iran plan]
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Switzerland
Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Liechtenstein
Category:McCombs School of Business alumni
Category:Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni
Category:People from Harlingen, Texas
Category:American investment bankers