Pierre Rinfret was born in Montreal, and moved with his family to New York when he was five years old.
During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in France and Germany, when he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war, Rinfret earned a bachelor's degree in business from NYU in 1948, where he was a classmate of future Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. He received another degree, an MBA, from NYU in 1949. Rinfret received a Fulbright Fellowship to study political economics at the University of Dijon in France, where he received a master's degree in 1951.
After receiving his master's degree, Rinfret entered the investment and economic consulting field in New York City. In the 1960s and 1970s, he served as an economist and adviser to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
In 1990, he was the the Republican nominee selected to run against the two-term Democrat governor, Mario M. Cuomo. He was selected after 19 Republicans had already declined their party's nomination, when State Senator Roy M. Goodman, the Manhattan Republican leader, pulled Rinfret's name from the address book of a mutual friend.
Rinfret earned just 21% of the vote, narrowly beating out the Conservative Party candidate, Herbert London (who won 20%). Governor Cuomo was re-elected with 53% of the vote. This represented the worst showing by a Republican candidate for governor in New York State's history. This result was not totally unexpected as Rinfret spent most of the summer leading up to the election on his yacht in Europe, according to the New York Times.
During the campaign, Rinfret promised to move out of New York State if he lost. After the election, he initially reversed course and decided to stay in his home in New York City. He later reversed the reversal, retiring to Nantucket in 1991.
He died at the age of 82 on June 29, 2006 on Nantucket of heart disease.
During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in France and Germany, when he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war, Rinfret earned a bachelor's degree in business from NYU in 1948, where he was a classmate of future Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. He received another degree, an MBA, from NYU in 1949. Rinfret received a Fulbright Fellowship to study political economics at the University of Dijon in France, where he received a master's degree in 1951.
After receiving his master's degree, Rinfret entered the investment and economic consulting field in New York City. In the 1960s and 1970s, he served as an economist and adviser to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
In 1990, he was the the Republican nominee selected to run against the two-term Democrat governor, Mario M. Cuomo. He was selected after 19 Republicans had already declined their party's nomination, when State Senator Roy M. Goodman, the Manhattan Republican leader, pulled Rinfret's name from the address book of a mutual friend.
Rinfret earned just 21% of the vote, narrowly beating out the Conservative Party candidate, Herbert London (who won 20%). Governor Cuomo was re-elected with 53% of the vote. This represented the worst showing by a Republican candidate for governor in New York State's history. This result was not totally unexpected as Rinfret spent most of the summer leading up to the election on his yacht in Europe, according to the New York Times.
During the campaign, Rinfret promised to move out of New York State if he lost. After the election, he initially reversed course and decided to stay in his home in New York City. He later reversed the reversal, retiring to Nantucket in 1991.
He died at the age of 82 on June 29, 2006 on Nantucket of heart disease.
Pierre Rinfret was born in Montreal, and moved with his family to New York when he was five years old.
During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in France and Germany, when he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war, Rinfret earned a bachelor's degree in business from NYU in 1948, where he was a classmate of future Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. He received another degree, an MBA, from NYU in 1949. Rinfret received a Fulbright Fellowship to study political economics at the University of Dijon in France, where he received a master's degree in 1951.
After receiving his master's degree, Rinfret entered the investment and economic consulting field in New York City. In the 1960s and 1970s, he served as an economist and adviser to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
In 1990, he was the the Republican nominee selected to run against the two-term Democrat governor, Mario M. Cuomo. He was selected after 19 Republicans had already declined their party's nomination, when State Senator Roy M. Goodman, the Manhattan Republican leader, pulled Rinfret's name from the address book of a mutual friend.
Rinfret earned just 21% of the vote, narrowly beating out the Conservative Party candidate, Herbert London (who won 20%). Governor Cuomo was re-elected with 53% of the vote. This represented the worst showing by a Republican candidate for governor in New York State's history. This result was not totally unexpected as Rinfret spent most of the summer leading up to the election on his yacht in Europe, according to the New York Times.
During the campaign, Rinfret promised to move out of New York State if he lost. After the election, he initially reversed course and decided to stay in his home in New York City. He later reversed the reversal, retiring to Nantucket in 1991.
He died at the age of 82 on June 29, 2006 on Nantucket of heart disease.
During World War II, he served with the U.S. Army in France and Germany, when he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war, Rinfret earned a bachelor's degree in business from NYU in 1948, where he was a classmate of future Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. He received another degree, an MBA, from NYU in 1949. Rinfret received a Fulbright Fellowship to study political economics at the University of Dijon in France, where he received a master's degree in 1951.
After receiving his master's degree, Rinfret entered the investment and economic consulting field in New York City. In the 1960s and 1970s, he served as an economist and adviser to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.
In 1990, he was the the Republican nominee selected to run against the two-term Democrat governor, Mario M. Cuomo. He was selected after 19 Republicans had already declined their party's nomination, when State Senator Roy M. Goodman, the Manhattan Republican leader, pulled Rinfret's name from the address book of a mutual friend.
Rinfret earned just 21% of the vote, narrowly beating out the Conservative Party candidate, Herbert London (who won 20%). Governor Cuomo was re-elected with 53% of the vote. This represented the worst showing by a Republican candidate for governor in New York State's history. This result was not totally unexpected as Rinfret spent most of the summer leading up to the election on his yacht in Europe, according to the New York Times.
During the campaign, Rinfret promised to move out of New York State if he lost. After the election, he initially reversed course and decided to stay in his home in New York City. He later reversed the reversal, retiring to Nantucket in 1991.
He died at the age of 82 on June 29, 2006 on Nantucket of heart disease.
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