Michael Pertschuk was an American attorney and advocate for consumer protection and public health.
19 Facts About Michael Pertschuk
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Michael Pertschuk served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission from 1977 to 1984, and served as FTC Chair from 1977 to 1981.
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Michael Pertschuk served as chief counsel and staff director to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation from 1965 to 1976 and was instrumental in drafting the landmark legislation requiring cigarette warning labels and banning broadcast advertising of tobacco products.
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Michael Pertschuk was born on January 12,1933, in London, United Kingdom.
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Michael Pertschuk earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1954 and was a member of the Manuscript Society.
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Michael Pertschuk served with an artillery unit in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956, reaching the rank of First Lieutenant.
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Michael Pertschuk was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1959.
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From 1959 to 1960, Pertschuk was a law clerk for United States District Court Judge Gus J Solomon, Portland, Oregon.
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Michael Pertschuk helped ensure the 1966 passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which established automobile safety standards.
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Michael Pertschuk helped to pass the 1972 Consumer Product Safety Act, which established the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Michael Pertschuk helped pass the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Act, which regulated warranties on consumer products.
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Michael Pertschuk relinquished that position in 1981 following the election of Ronald Reagan as president, but remained a Commissioner of the FTC through 1984.
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Michael Pertschuk founded the Smoking Control Advocacy Resource Center, which, as part of the Advocacy Institute, provided guides, training, strategic counseling, and other resources to combat the tobacco industry.
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Michael Pertschuk was instrumental in developing GLOBALink, the primary communication tool for the international tobacco control movement.
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From 1984 to 1985, he was a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC In 1985, Michael Pertschuk was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board.
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The papers of Michael Pertschuk are available at the United States Library of Congress.
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In 2003, Michael Pertschuk received a career service award from the American Cancer Society.
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Michael Pertschuk married Carleen Joyce Dooley in 1954; they divorced in 1976.
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Michael Pertschuk died of pneumonia at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 16,2022, at age 89.