Charles Peter McColough

Charles Peter McColough
The late C. Peter McColough
Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
In office 1972–1974
Preceded by	Robert S. Strauss
Succeeded by	Edward Bennett Williams
Personal details
Born	August 1, 1922 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	December 13, 2006(2006-12-13) (aged 84) Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	businessman

Charles Peter Philip Paul McColough (August 1, 1922 – December 13, 2006) was the noted former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Xerox Corporation who, during his tenure at Xerox, founded the PARC (company). He retired in the late 1980s, after serving over fourteen years as CEO. Aside from building Xerox to the corporate empire it is today, McColough was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee between 1972 and 1974, was Chairman of United Way of America, and served on the Board of Trustees at the Council on Foreign Relations, , Bank of New York, Wachovia, Citigroup, Knight Ridder, and Union Carbide Corporation.

C. Peter McColough is also the namesake of the C. Peter McColough Roundtable Series on International Economics, part of the Council on Foreign Relations. This program was enacted and funded by the Council on Foreign Relations upon McColough's retirement as a director on the Council’s Board for nine years. McColough also served as Treasurer between 1985–87, Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee between 1981–87, and served as chairman of the Campaign for the Council between 1983-85.

He resided with his wife, Mary Virginia White McColough, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Palm Beach, Florida.