Peter J. Wallison
| Peter Wallison | |
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| White House Counsel | |
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In office May 23, 1986 – March 20, 1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Fred Fielding |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Culvahouse |
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June 6, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Frieda Wallison |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB) |
Peter J. Wallison (born June 6, 1941) is a lawyer and the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He specializes in financial markets deregulation. He was White House Counsel during the Tower Commission's inquiry into the Iran Contra Affair. He was a dissenting member of the 2010 Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, frequent commentator in the mass media on the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and wrote Hidden in Plain Sight (2015) about the crisis and its legacy.
Wallison was born in New York City, and educated at the Capitol Page School and Harvard University (A.B. 1963, LL.B. 1966), where he was President of the Young Republicans. He was admitted to the bar of New York state in 1967.
Emanuel Celler appointed him a United States House of Representatives Page when he was about 14, and he served for most of his high school years. The Democrats controlled the patronage, but assigned some pages, such as Wallison, to the minority party. This experience helped him become a Republican.
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