Full Biography BIOGRAPHY OF SENATOR LARRY PRESSLER

Larry Pressler

Attorney at Law Admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar [Member US Senate, 1979-1997] [Member US House, 1975-1979] RECENT:

• Gave speeches at the 2016 Infosys International Corporate Conference (https://www.infosys.com) in Bangalore, India in February, 2016 and lectured at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in March, 2016. • Appointed January 8, 2014 (presently serving) to Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. Access the final report by going to www.mcrmc.gov • Pressler Group LLC – founder, Washington D.C. and New York. 2002-present • U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad – Commissioner. Appointed by President on November 10, 2009. Resigned January 7, 2014 • Board of Advisors, Issue One, since March 25, 2015. • Founder’s Circle Member, The Centrist Project, since December 19, 2014. Go to http://www.centristproject.org • Guest Lecturer, University of Sioux Falls, Dakota Wesleyan University’s McGovern Center • Distinguished Visiting Faculty at Sciences Po University, Paris, France - August 27- December 1, 2012– Taught and graded papers of French graduate students on foreign policy issues drawn from the 2012 U.S. elections • Fulbright Professor at various European and Asian Universities • Board, Jericho Homeless Veterans Projects in Harlem and the Bronx. https://www.jerichoproject.org/programs-services/veterans-initiative/ • Distinguished Guest Lecturer at Georgetown University Law School and Catholic University • Board of Advisors, Baruch School of Public Administration, City University of New York • Keynote Speaker, Wyoming Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting in Sheraton, Wyoming on 02/29/2012, "Can we live with Simpson-Bowles?" • Chairman, U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress Annual Meeting and Jobs Conference, "How America's Workforce Can Remain Competitive in a Global Economy" on 07/10/2012 • Currently Finalist for Additional Fulbright Professor Grant, 2015 • Farmers Union Foundation Board http://sdfufoundation.org • Special Advisor, India Globalization Capital http://www.igcinc.us • Senior Advisor, A-1Technology Inc. / Mobile Programming LLC • O'Connor, Hannon Law Firm - Senior Partner. Washington, D.C. 1997-2002. • Member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange until it was purchased by the NASDAQ • Member of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies, Ltd. http://www.infosys.com of Bangalore, India for six years from 2000 until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in 2006. Since then he has been a speaker at the Infosys Annual Strategic Planning Meeting in Bangalore and Mysore, India

EDUCATION/BACKGROUND: • Born March 29, 1942, Humboldt, South Dakota – Graduated Humboldt High School 1960 • - Juris Doctor, 1971 • , Kennedy School of Government- Masters in Public Administration, 1966 • Oxford University, Oxford, England – Oxford Diploma in Public and Social Administration, Rhodes Scholar, 1964 • University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD – B.A. Government, 1964; President of Student Body; Phi Beta Kappa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Lieutenant, U.S. Army: 1966-1968  Served two tours of combat duty in Vietnam  Awarded the following Vietnam Service Medals: , Army Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars, Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with Device (1960), Overseas Svc Bars (2), and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm Unit Citation Badge • Foreign Service Officer (FSR): 1971-1974 • Legal Advisor's Office, Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland • Member of Congress (R-SD): 1975-1997 • Member, US House of Representatives: 1975-1979  Committee on Education and Labor (1975-1979)  Committee on Science and Technology (1975-1977)  Committee on Small Business (1977-1979) • Member, US Senate: 1979-1997  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  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)

HIGHLIGHTS OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY: • 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 creating independent U.N. Inspector General office • Authored/passed numerous pieces of legislation regarding international trade • Authored/passed the Pressler Amendment requiring sanctions on 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 as Congressional Delegate to the United Nations on two occasions • 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

ACADEMIC HISTORY: 1996-PRESENT:

• Finalist for Additional Fulbright Professor Grant, January/February 2014 • Sciences Po University, Paris, France – Distinguished Visiting Faculty, August-December 2012 • University of Bologna, Italy –Visiting Fulbright Professor, January-May 2009. • Lectured to doctoral candidates at the Department of Politics and History on the foreign policy decisions of the U.S. President/Congress during the last ten presidencies • Lectured as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia and at the University of Naples—March 2009. • Lectured at Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, on "President Obama's Foreign Policy: Engagement and Its Limits". Israel – March 2009 • Lectured to the Society of Individualists at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Bologna, Italy—2009. • Lectured to various Hungarian Universities at the request of the Hungarian Fulbright Commission, 2009. • Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Scholar, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Fall 2006. • Lectured on international relations, presidential studies and government classes at West Point. • 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. • Additional teaching/lectures at the following universities: The Harvard Law School; of Government; Oxford University (England); University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA); Georgetown University Law School; The George Washington University; The U.S. Naval Academy; The Oglala Sioux SinteGleska University; University of South Dakota; Creighton; Catholic University, St. Johns University, New York, N.Y. and the St. John's University Graduate School of Business (Rome, Italy); and Adjunct Professor at City University of New York (CUNY, Baruch College (New York), St. John's University (Rome, Italy); The Indian National School of Law (Bangalore, India); Fudan University (China); Shanghai International Studies University (China); TongJi University (China); Zhongshan University (China); GuangDong University of Foreign Studies (China); and JiNan University (China), Dakota Wesleyan University’s McGovern Center.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - The President of Germany bestowed on Senator Pressler the German government's highest honor awarded a non-German citizen in a ceremony at the German Embassy and the U.S. Capitol. The award was given for Senator Pressler's work on European/German aviation and trade agreements. Senator Pressler has also been given high recognition by the governments of Greece, the Philippines, and England for his public service. • Senator Pressler spoke in five Bosnia-Herzegovina cities on how U.S. Congressional oversight committees work in March, 2008. • Keynote Speaker -US Embassy in Budapest, Hungary: Conference on the Upcoming US Election, October 14, 2008. • Keynote Speaker at the Infosys Technologies Ltd. Annual Strategy meeting in Bangalore/Mysore, India. January 7-9, 2009. • Keynote Speaker at the Future of Financial Markets Conference in Goa, India. January 2010.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Married to Harriet, with one daughter (Laura) and four grandchildren. Larry and Harriet currently reside in both Washington, D.C. and in southwest Sioux Falls, with a permanent farm-home in Larry's hometown of Humboldt, South Dakota.