Peter Nicholas

**Peter Michael Nicholas** (Meyi 16, 1941 – Meyi 14, 2022) anali wochita bizinesi waku America komanso wothandiza anthu. Adakhazikitsanso kampani yopanga zida zamankhwala Boston Scientific ndi mnzake John Abele mu 1979.

## Moyo wakuubwana
Nicholas anabadwira ku Portsmouth, New Hampshire, pa May 16, 1941. Iye anali wachiwiri mwa ana anayi a Nicholas Nicholas ndi Vrysula (Coucouvitis), onse aŵiri amene anasamukira ku Untied States kuchokera ku Greece. Abambo ake anali msilikali wa asilikali a ku United States ndipo adatumikira pa nthawi ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Nicholas adapita kusukulu ya St. Ngakhale kuti anavomerezedwa ku United States Naval Academy, sanapambane mayeso akuthupi chifukwa cha maso ake. Kenako adalandira kuvomerezedwa mochedwa ku Yunivesite ya Duke, atamaliza maphunziro ake mu 1964. Atatha kutumikira mu Navy ya U.S. monga mkulu wa zolankhulana pa USS Lookout ndi membala wa gulu lapadera lankhondo lankhondo kwa zaka ziwiri, adachita maphunziro apamwamba pa Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, kupeza Master of Business Administration mu 1968.

## Ntchito
Nicholas anayamba kugwira ntchito kwa Eli Lilly and Company mu malonda, malonda, ndi kasamalidwe kwa zaka khumi kuchokera ku 1968 mpaka 1978. Pambuyo pake adakhala woyang'anira wamkulu wa gawo la mankhwala a mankhwala a Millipore Corporation.

Nicholas anakumana koyamba ndi wasayansi John Abele pa phwando la Khirisimasi ku Concord mu 1979. Womalizayo anali pulezidenti wa Meditech panthawiyo. Adabwereka $800,000 kuti ayambitse Boston Scientific, wopanga zida zamankhwala. Anathandizira kukulitsa kampaniyo kudzera muzinthu zingapo zogula mwanzeru. Nicholas adakhala ngati wamkulu wamkulu wa kampaniyo mpaka 1999, pomwe adakhala wapampando wa board. Adapitilizabe udindowu mpaka pomwe adapuma pantchito mu 2016.

Nicholas anali Chairman Emeritus wa Duke Board of Trustees. Adayikidwa pa #78 ndi mndandanda wa Forbes magazine wa 2005 wa "The 400 Richest Americans", wokhala ndi ndalama zokwana $4 biliyoni, asanamalize #189 chaka chotsatira. Nicholas anali m'modzi mwa anthu asanu ndi awiri achi Greek aku America omwe adapezeka pamndandanda womwe watchulidwa pamwambapa.

Banja la Nicholas linapereka ndalama zokwana madola 20 miliyoni ku yunivesite ya Duke ku 1996 ku Sukulu ya Zachilengedwe, yomwe pambuyo pake inatchanso sukuluyo ulemu wake. Mu 2000, Nicholas adalandira mendulo yaulemu ya Ellis Island. Zaka zisanu ndi zitatu pambuyo pake, Nicholas ndi mkazi wake anapanganso lonjezo lina lalikulu kwa Duke lokwana $72 miliyoni. $ 70 miliyoni ya zoperekazo zinali zopita ku Nicholas School of the Environment, pomwe $ 2 miliyoni anali kupita ku Perkins Library. Anatumikira pa Board of Advisors ya Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, yomwe adakhazikitsa.

## Moyo waumwini
Nicholas anakwatira Virginia (Ginny) Lilly, mbadwa ya Eli Lilly, mu 1964, atangomaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite ya Duke. Anakumana pamene akuphunzira ku bungweli, ndipo adakwatirana mpaka imfa yake. Onse pamodzi, anali ndi ana atatu: Peter Jr., J.K., ndi Katherine. Onse atatu adamaliza maphunziro a Duke, komanso mdzukulu wawo m'modzi.

Nicholas anamwalira pa Meyi 14, 2022, kunyumba kwake ku Boca Grande, Florida. Anali ndi zaka 80, ndipo anadwala khansa asanamwalire.

## Kuzindikiridwa

* Mphotho ya Golden Plate ya American Academy of Achievement, 1997
* Phoenix Lifetime Achievement Award
* Ellis Island Mendulo ya Ulemu, 2000
* AdvaMed Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016

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