Peter Richard Coneway (April 13, 1944 - November 13, 2020)Obituary
asacredchoice.com. Accessed March 21, 2024. was an American investment banker and politician. He served as the

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from 2006 to 2008. He was the founder of the

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office of

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in 1975. He also served a six-year term on the Board of Regents at the University of Texas System appointed by governor

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in 1993.

Early life and education

Coneway was born April 13, 1944, in

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, 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

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Cardinals football team. He earned a BBA in 1966 from the

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at the

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and in 1969, an MBA from the

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Career

Coneway served in several leadership positions for

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

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.

US Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

Coneway was a non-career appointee by

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. He was appointed on September 7, 2006, and presented his credentials on October 19, 2006. He was also accredited to the

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. He succeeded Pamela Pitzer Willeford. He left his post on December 7, 2008. Coneway was succeeded by

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who assumed office on September 8, 2009.

Personal life

Coneway married Lynn Martin in 1967. They had two daughters. Charles Richard Puckett, Coneway’s grandson, is currently aspiring to take in his grandfather’s footsteps in pursuing a career in politics and international diplomacy.

References

External links

Cables show US concern at Swiss-Iran plan
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