Harry McPherson

Harry McPherson was born in Tyler, Texas, August 22, 1929. A lawyer, McPherson, received his B.A. from the University of the South in 1949. wiki


 * Senior Counsel, DLA Piper
 * Trustee, CHF International
 * Director, National Legal Center for the Public Interest
 * Advisory Board, New Perimeter

Biography

 * Defense Criminal Investigative Service (hon), 1965
 * Student Columbia University, 1949-50
 * LL.B., University of Texas, 1956
 * Admitted to Texas bar, 1955
 * Assistant General Counsel, Democratic policy committee, U.S. Senate, 1956-59; Associate Counsel, 1959-61; General Counsel, 1961-63
 * Deputy Under Secretary International Affairs, Department of the Army, 1963-64
 * Assistant Secretary State Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1964-65
 * Special Assistant and Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965-66
 * Special Counsel to President Johnson, 1966-69

McPherson entered into private practice law in Washington, D.C. in 1969.

Involvement with the tobacco industry
Harry McPherson, a former Lyndon Johnson White House aide, is an attorney with the law firm of Verner Liipfert, which represents Philip Morris Cos., Inc., RJR Nabisco, Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, U.S. Tobacco Company and Loews Corp.  According to an internal Philip Morris document served on the tobacco industry's "Core Legislative Team" circa July, 1997.  He is listed in an April 15, 1997 Covington & Burling list of industry lobbyists as a lobbyist for the Loew's Corporation (parent company of Lorillard).