Background
Peterson,, Dean Freeman was born on June 3, 1913 in Delta, Utah, United States. Son of Dean Freeman and Lucille (Crookston) Peterson.
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Dean Freeman Peterson
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Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1934. Honorary Doctor of Science, Utah State University, 1978. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1935.
Doctor Civil Engineering (Russell Sage fellow 1937-1939), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1939. Honorary Doctor of Science, Mahatma Phule University, India, 1981.
Career
Junior engineer Utah World Pet Association, 1935-1936. Road engineer Indian Service, 1936-1937. Junior hydraulic engineer United States Geological Survey, 1937-1939.
Instructor University Washington, 1939-1940. Project engineer Upper Potomac River Commission, 1940-1941. Progress engineer Sanderson & Porter, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1941-1944.
Associate professor, professor civil engineering Utah State University, 1946-1949, professor, dean engineering, 1957-1973, vice president for research, 1973-1976, emeritus professor civil engineering, since 1982. Chief soil and water division Agency for International Development, Washington, 1976-1978. Director Office of Agriculture, 1978-1979.
Agricultural research and irrigation advisor Agency for International Development, New Delhi, India, 1979-1982. Professor, head civil engineering Colorado State University, 1949-1957. Consultant engineer, since 1946.
Technical assistant, office science and technical Executive Office President, 1965-1966. Director Office of Water for Peace, 1968-1969. Member advisory committee on soil, water and fertilizer research Department Agriculture, 1952-1959.
Chairman panel weather modification National Science Foundation, 1963-1965. Irrigation consultant Near East-S.Asia Agency for International Development, 1959-1964, 67–. Senior United States delegate 3d-5th Near East-S.Asia irrigation seminars, Lahore, Pakistan and.
Ankara, Turkey, 1960, 62, New Delhi, 1964. Consultant water resources Office Science and Technology, Executive Office of President, 1963, 64. Chairman committee water resources research Federal Council of Scientific and Technology, 1965-1966.
Chief Agricultural Review Team, Afghanistan, 1967. Chairman Utah Advisory Council on Science and Technology, 1973-1975. Consultant international development in irrigation, since 1982.
Board governors International Irrigation Management Institute, since 1984.
Views
God has a body that looks like human being, but God’s body is immortal, perfected, and has a glory that words can’t describe. Because people are His children, He knows and loves each of them individually. He has a plan to help His children find joy in this life and return to live with Him when this life is over.
Membership
Member Cache Valley council Boy Scouts American Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Captain Reserve; Fellow American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science (member and chairman committee arid lands 1970-1978), American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary. Vice president 1972-1974, member executive committee irrigation and drainage division 1963-1966, vice chairman 1964, chairman executive committee 1966, Royce J. Tipton award 1968, Julian Hinds award 1980).
Member Universities Council on Water Resources (director, chairman 1965), American Water Resources Association (Icko Iben award 1979), American Society Engineering Education (chairman civil engineering division 1956-1957, member commission on graduate education 1956-1958), American Association of University Professors, National Academy Engineering, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Tau. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Bessie Virginia Carter, September 16, 1938. Children: Linda Peterson Thorne, Doris Peterson Rusch, Dean Freeman III, Lucille Peterson Randall, Nicholas R.
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Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints