Currently, Lawyer; Member of four corporate boards of directors/advisors; Senior Advisor Monticello Capital Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications/Internet Policy at Baruch College, City University of New York. Awarded a Senior Fulbright lectureship at the University of Bologna Italy for spring semester 2009, from January through June.

Previously: Member of Congress (R-SD) for 22 years: 18 in the U.S. Senate, four in the U.S. House; Author of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; Foreign Relations Committee – Chairman of the European and Asian Subcommittees; Author of various aviation, pipeline, transportation, satellite, foreign policy, business, agriculture, senior citizen and trade legislation during his time in Congress; Lecturer at St. John's University, Rome, Italy.

Vietnam Combat Veteran (U.S. Army); Foreign Service Officer; Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA); Harvard Law School (JD); Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, England (graduate diploma); University of South Dakota (BA).

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School – Juris Doctor, 1971
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government—Masters in Public Administration, 1966

Rhodes Scholar, 1964–66
Oxford University, Oxford, England – received Oxford Diploma in Public and Social Administration

University of South Dakota , Vermillion, SD – B.A. Government, 1964; President of Student Body; Phi Beta Kappa

Grade School/High School – Humboldt, South Dakota

CURRENT JOB

Lawyer, member of four corporate boards of directors/advisors, Senior Advisor Monticello Capital of Reston VA and New York City, Member US-France Unity Committee, Member US-Ireland Study Group, Director of Blackhorse Enhanced Vietnam Inc[www.blackhorse.com.sg].

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LIEUTENANT , U.S. ARMY: 1966–1968

• Vietnam Combat Veteran – served two tours of duty in Vietnam

• Vietnam Service Medals, including Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Svc Medal w/4 Bronze Svc Stars, Vietnam Campaign Ribbon w/Device (1960), Overseas Svc Bars (2), and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm Unit Citation Badge

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER: 1971–1974

• Legal Advisor's Office, Washington, D.C. and Geneva

MEMBER OF CONGRESS: 1975–1997

• 1979 –1997  Member , United States Senate

Elected in 1978, re-elected in 1984 and 1990 Served as a member of the following Senate Committees:

• Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (1979–1997)
  • Chairman of Full Committee (1995–1997)
  • Chairman of Subcommittee on Telecommunications (1995–1997)
• Committee on Finance (1995–1997)
• Committee on Foreign Relations (1981–1995)
  • Chairman of European Subcommittee and Chairman of the Arms Control Subcommittee
  • Member Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
• Committee on Small Business (1979–1997)
  • Ranking Member of Full Committee (1993–1995)
• Committee on Environment and Public Works (1979–81, 1983–85)
• Committee on Banking (1991–1993)
• Committee on Judiciary (1993–1995)
• Committee on Budget (1979–1981)

• 1975 – 1979  Member , United States House of Representatives

Elected in 1974, re-elected in 1976 Served as a member of the following House Committees:

• Committee on Education and Labor (1975–1979)
• Committee on Science and Technology (1975–1977)
• Committee on Small Business (1977–1979)

HIGHLIGHTS OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Authored/passed several South Dakota issues/projects regarding senior citizens, agriculture, water, transportation, economic issues, telecommunications, health and other matters affecting South Dakota
• Authored/passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996
• Authored/passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996
• Authored/passed the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
• Authored/passed significant nuclear non-proliferation legislation (Pressler Amendment)
• Authored/passed legislation to create an independent U.N. Inspector General office
• Authored/passed numerous pieces of legislation regarding international trade
• Authored/passed the Pressler Amendment requiring sanctions on Pakistan for using U.S. in terrorist and nuclear activities
• Authored two books: U.S. Senators from the Prairie, 1982; Star Wars: The Strategic Defense Initiative Debates in Congress, 1986
• Served twice as a Congressional Delegate to the United Nations
• Co-founding member of the Senate Internet Caucus and Tourism Caucus
• Served on the Boards of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy and the Air Force Academy.
  

BUSINESS/TEACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1997 TO PRESENT

• Senator Pressler has been an active member of the New York, D.C., and US Supreme Court Bars. For the first five years, he was senior partner at O'Connor, Hannon Law Firm in Washington, D.C. In 2002, he formed his own law/consulting firm, Pressler Group LLC. In addition to the practice of law, he has taught, lobbied, and served on corporate boards of directors. he travels to England, India, Vietnam, and China several times a year for board meetings, lectures, and other business.
  
  Senator Pressler's connections with these countries began in 1964 when he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, studying India. Later in the U.S. Senate, Senator Pressler served on the Foreign Relations Committee for 16 years, and devoted much time to Asia and arms control, including authoring the famous "Pressler Amendment" to limit nuclear development in Asia. Senator Pressler has made about 40 trips to India/China.
• The President of Germany bestowed on Senator Pressler the German government's highest honor awarded a non-German citizen – the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany – in a ceremony at the German Embassy and the U.S. Capitol. The award was given for European/German aviation and trade agreements.
• Senator Pressler has also been recognized by the government of Greece at the Panteion University in Athens; by President Ramos in Manila on behalf of the Philippine people; and by Oxford University in England for his public service.
• Senator Pressler has taught or lectured at the following universities: The Harvard Law School; Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Oxford University (England); University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA); Georgetown; The George Washington University; The U.S. Naval Academy; The Oglala Sioux Sinte Gleska University; University of South Dakota; Creighton; West Point Military Academy and Distinguished visiting Professor of International Relations, St. Johns University , New York, N.Y. and Adjunct Professor at City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Business in Rome, Italy.
  
  
  Overseas, he has also lectured at St. John's University Rome campus in Rome, Italy; The Indian National School of Law in Bangalore (India); and, in China, at Fudan University; Shanghai International Studies University; TongJi University; Zhongshan University; GuangDong University of Foreign Studies; and JiNan University.
  
  Recently, Senator Pressler taught and lectured at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he is the Thomas Hawkins Johnson visiting scholar. He delivered numerous lectures to international relations, presidential studies and government classes at West Point. He also conducted a seminar of junior and senior West Point cadets applying for Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Truman, Gates, Rotary, Mitchell (to Ireland), Hertz, and other graduate fellowships. He helped the West Point students in writing their application essays, practiced interviews, and participated in a "Mocktail (cocktail) Practice Session," to prepare students for the Rhodes and other interview situations. In a letter of thanks for his efforts, MAJ Gallagher of the USMA Scholarship Program wrote to Senator Pressler:
  
  “On behalf of the entire USMA Scholarship Program, please accept our thanks for your support in 2006…Your efforts contributed significantly to their leadership and intellectual development while also helping the cadets earn several Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell finalist interviews, with one Rhodes, three Marshall, and two Mitchell Scholarship winners in the Class of 2007 (Gates, Churchill, Truman, Fulbright, and East-West Scholarship results are pending). Each of our candidates, whether selected to receive a scholarship or not, has excelled this year and developed a greater vision for his or her future as a commissioned officer, scholar, and public servant.”
  
  In March 2008, at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Senator Pressler lectured on the U.S. Presidential elections. He also spoke in five Bosnia-Herzegovina cities on how U.S. Congressional oversight committees work.



• Former Senator Larry Pressler has joined Blackhorse Asset Management as a Senior Advisor and member of the board of several entities. Blackhorse Asset Management is a boutique Asian-focused fund management company with approximately USD560mil under management. Senator Pressler will lend support thru his many years of experience with Asia, particularly with Vietnam. Senator Pressler is a Vietnam veteran and worked hard on the normalization legislation with Vietnam. He has been a frequent visitor to Vietnam and was a lecturer at Dalat University Business School.
• Senator Pressler was a speaker at the International Election Monitors Institute in Ottawa, Canada on April 28-29, 2008.
• Keynote Speaker at US Embassy in Budapest, Hungary: Conference on the Upcoming US Election, October 14 2008.

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the American Association of Rhodes Scholars; Phi Beta Kappa National Association; the U.S. Supreme Court Bar Association; Federal District Court of Appeals (District of Columbia) Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; the New York State Bar; the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Knights of the Malta; The Century Club of New York City; Metropolitan Club of Washington, Cosmos Club of Washington, D.C.; Council on Foreign Relations.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Married (wife Harriet), daughter (Laura), and two grandchildren. Enjoys pheasant hunting, playing golf, tennis, and painting.