Shirley D. Peterson is an American lawyer, businesswoman and former college president.Forbes
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In 1992, she became the first female

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, or commissioner of the

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Biography

Early life

She graduated from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh language, Welsh: ) is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a ...

and received a J.D. from the

New York University School of Law The New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it was the first law school established in New York City and is the oldest survivin ...

Career

She joined the law firm of

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in 1969, and was a partner from 1979 to 1989, and from 1993 to 1994. In 1989, she was appointed by President

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as Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division of the

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, and from 1992 to 1993, she served as Commissioner of the

. She sat on the Board of Trustees of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest. From 1995 to 2000, she served as President of

Hood College Hood College is a private college in Frederick, Maryland. In fall 2018, Hood enrolled 2,052 students (1,092 undergraduate students; 960 graduate students). Thirty-eight percent of students are either members of under-represented racial or ethni ...

Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Frederick's population was 78,171 people as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Maryland, second-largest ...

. She sat on the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Bryn Mawr College, from 1994 to 2007, and she is currently a Trustee Emerita. She has served as Chair of the Commission on Government and Public Affairs of the

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. She sits on the Boards of Directors of the

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(since 2004),

AK Steel Holding AK Steel Holdings Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was acquir ...

(since 2004) and

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.Wolverine World Wide Board of Directors
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(2002-2007), and

Bethlehem Steel The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Until its closure in 2003, it was one of the world's largest steel-producing and shipbuilding companies. At the height of its success ...

References

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