Michael PertschukPapers 1949-2002 (bulk 1977-2001)

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Michael PertschukPapers 1949-2002 (bulk 1977-2001)

Lawyer, federal trade commissioner, and lobbyist. Correspondence, memoranda, email, speeches, statements, book files, subject files, and other papers primarily concerning Pertschuk's career as chairman and commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission and consumer and tobacco control issues.

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Miller, James Clifford

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Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996

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Pertschuk, Michael, 1933-....

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Federal trade commissioner, lawyer, and lobbyist. From the description of Michael Pertschuk papers, 1949-2002 (bulk 1977-2001). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983028 Biographical Note 1933, Jan. 12 Born, London, England 1954 B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. ...

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