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Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters (born 6 July 1939) is a Northern Irish former athlete and athletics administrator. She is best known as the 1972 Olympic champion in the pentathlon , for which she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.
Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) is an American government official who served as the 15th United States secretary of transportation from 2006 to 2009, under President George W. Bush. She was the second woman to hold that position after Elizabeth Dole .
Lady Mary Peters has been granted the honour of the Freedom of the City of London. Lady Mary, who won an Olympic gold medal in athletics in 1972, went on to dedicate her life to helping support ...
Mary Peters may refer to: Mary Peters (athlete) (born 1939), Northern Irish athlete; Mary Peters (hymn writer) (1813–1856), British hymn writer; Mary Peters (1852–1921), indigenous Oregon woman and ferry operator; Mary E. Peters (born 1948), American politician, 15th United States Secretary of Transportation
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By Ryan Jones (Reuters) -American singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow, who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist said.
Mary Ann Peters (born 1951) is an American career diplomat and a former chief executive officer of the Carter Center.A member of the U.S. Department of State for nearly 30 years, Peters served in a variety of postings before becoming a National Security Council staffer (1995-1997) and United States Ambassador to Bangladesh (2000-2003). [1]
Peter Yarrow, who helped make folk music a pop phenomenon in the 1960s as one-third of the vocal trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 86.