Pete Dawkins
Peter Miller Dawkins (born March 8, 1938 in Royal Oak, Michigan) is Vice Chairman of CitiGroup Private Bank and Former Chairman/CEO of Primerica Financial Services, Inc. At age 11, he was successfully treated for polio unconventionally with aggressive physical therapy. Earning a scholarship Dawkins entered Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, where the groundwork for his future success was laid. He was an all-league quarterback, and captain of the baseball team. Although accepted at Yale University, Dawkins chose instead to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He won high honors, serving as Brigade Commander, President of his Class, Captain of the football team, and a "Star Man" in the top 5% of his class academically. Dawkins was selected for the Heisman Trophy as a halfback for Army in 1958, as well as being named Outstanding College Football Player in the nation, and an All American. He also lettered in baseball, and was Assistant Captain of the hockey team. Dawkins was named a Rhodes Scholar, and in 1959 began his studies at Oxford University in the department of Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He was a White House Fellow (1973-1974). Dawkins is a Brigadier General, U.S. Army (ret.)
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