Pete Dawkins Peter Miller Dawkins ( born March 8 , 1938 ) is a Heisman Trophy winner , Rhodes Scholar , U . S . Army Brigadier General , and Republican candidate for Senate . He is the former vice chairman of Citigroup Private Bank . Early life , education and athletic career . At age 11 , he was successfully treated for polio with aggressive physical therapy . After earning a scholarship , Dawkins entered Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan . There he was an all - league quarterback , and captain of the baseball team . He graduated from Cranbrook in the class of 1955 and was accepted for admission by two major institutions of higher learning . Accepted by Yale University , Dawkins chose instead to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point . He won high honors , serving as Brigade Commander , President of his Class , Captain of the football team , and a " Star Man " in the top five percent of his class academically . A cadet is considered outstanding if he attains one of these positions . Dawkins was the only cadet in history to hold all four at once . He was featured in " Life Magazine " and " Reader ' s Digest " . Even before his graduation , many predicted the bright young man would make General and perhaps even be Army Chief of Staff . Dawkins was selected for the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award as a halfback for Army in 1958 , and an All American under coach Earl Blaik . He was also an Assistant Captain for the hockey team . At Oxford , he won three Blues in rugby and is credited with popularizing the overarm throw ( originally called the " Yankee torpedo pass " ) into the lineout . Dawkins graduated from the Military Academy in 1959 with a very high class - standing , and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship . He earned a degree at Oxford University in 1962 in Philosophy , Politics and Economics ( PPE ) and later earned a M . P . A . and Ph . D . from Princeton . Military career . After being commissioned from the academy and completing his tenure as a Rhodes Scholar , Dawkins finished Infantry School and Ranger School before being posted for duty in the 82nd Airborne Division . Furthermore , he received two Bronze Star s for Valor for his service in Vietnam , and held commands in the 7th Infantry Division and 101st Airborne . From 1971 - 1972 , Dawkins , while a Lieutenant Colonel , was the commander of the 1st Battalion 23rd Infantry , 2nd Infantry Division , Camp Hovey Korea . In addition to being an instructor at the academy , he was a White House Fellow in the 1973 - 1974 class . During that time , he was chosen to work on a task force , charged with changing the US Army into an all - volunteer force . In the late - 70 ' s he was 3rd Brigade Commander ( War Eagle Brigade , which included the 1 / 503 , 2 / 503 , and 3 / 187 Infantry Battalions ) of the 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ) at Fort Campbell , KY with the rank of Colonel . After serving as the Brigade Commander he became the Chief of Staff for the 101st Airborne Division and was subsequently promoted to Brigadier General . At the conclusion of his 24 - year career in the Army , Dawkins retired with the rank of Brigadier General in 1983 . Following his retirement from the Army , Dawkins took up a position as a partner in the Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers , later becoming vice - chairman of Bain and Company . In 1991 , he moved on to become chairman and CEO of Primerica . Dawkins is currently a senior partner at Flintlock Capital Asset Management . Political career . In 1988 , he unsuccessfully challenged United States Senator Frank Lautenberg for his seat in the United States Senate from New Jersey . The race was notable for the negative tone that emerged from both sides and Lautenberg ' s criticism of Dawkins ' s lack of roots in the state . Dawkins lost by an 8 percent margin .