George Peek

Not to be confused with George Peak or George Peake.
George Peek
Born
George Nelson Peek

(1873-11-19)November 19, 1873
Polo, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 1943(1943-12-17) (aged 70)
Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Economist; business executive; civil servant
SpouseGeorgia Peek

George Nelson Peek (November 19, 1873 – December 17, 1943) was an American agricultural economist, business executive, and civil servant. He was the first administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)[1] and the first president of the two banks that would become the Export-Import Bank of the United States.[2]

  1. ^ Culver and Hyde, American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace, 2001, p.122; Saloutos, Theodore. The American Farmer and the New Deal. Ames, Ia.: Iowa State University Press, 1982, p. 53. ISBN 0-8138-1076-0; Volanto, Keith Joseph. Texas, Cotton, and the New Deal. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 2005, p. 34. ISBN 1-58544-402-2
  2. ^ Becker and McLenahan, The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000, 2003, p. 16.