Pete Gleichenhaus

D. Peter Gleichenhaus was born and bred in New York City.  After graduating from public schools, he attended Blair Academy, Cornell University, and then graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point.  He also earned a Masters Degree in Physical Education at the University of Wisconsin.

Colonel Gleichenhaus served for almost thirty years in our Army.  His service included two years in Vietnam, first with the infantry and later in the artillery.  He was stationed overseas in the Canal Zone and in Germany.  He spent a tour of duty in the Pentagon and two tours in the Department of Physical Education at West Point.  His final assignment on active duty was as the Inspector General for Sixth Army at the Presidio of San Francisco. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College, and from the Army War College.

After retiring from the Army in 1990, he managed a medical group for five years.  Later he served as Dean at a local business college, and then for five years he was the Director of Administration for a Silicon Valley communications corporation.  From 2001-2007 he was the Director of Public Works in Daly City, CA.

Since arriving here in San Francisco in 1985, in addition to his vocational pursuits, he has been the Chairman of Goodwill Industries, has served on the board of the Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and on the Advisory Board at San Francisco State, and has been a leader in the Jewish War Veterans.  He currently serves on the Army Retiree Council.

Pete and his wife Barbara live in the West Portal neighborhood.  They have three children, one in the Army, one living in San Luis Obispo, and the third living nearby and working at UCSF.  The also have four grandchildren.