George 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) and the first President of the two banks that would become the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
Read more about George Peek: Early Life and Business Career, New Deal Career, Retirement and Death
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“I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want a peek at the back
Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weed grows.
A girl gets sick of a rose.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)