Background
Peterson, Elmor Lee was born on December 6, 1938 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William James and Emma Elizabeth (Scott) Peterson.
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Geometric Programming : Theory and Application
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Elmor Lee Peterson
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Elmor Lee Peterson, American Mathematical scientist, educator. Mobil Foundation Research grantee, 1967-1969, Air Force Office Science Research grantee, 1973-1975, 76-78, National Science Foundation grantee, 1985-1986. Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Operations Research Society American, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Carnegie Mellon U., 1960; Master of Science in Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon U., 1964.
Career
Technician, United States Steel Research Center, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, summer 1959;
engineer, Westinghouse Atomic Power, Forest Hills, Pennsylvania, summer 1960;
research engineer, Atomics International, Canoga Park, California, summer 1961;
physicist, Lawrence Radiation laboratories, Livermore, California, summer 1963;
senior mathematics, Westinghouse R & D, Churchill Boro, Pennsylvania, 1963-1966;
assistant professor mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-1969;
associate professor mathematics and management science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1969-1973;
professor mathematics and management science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1973-1977;
professor applied mathematics and management science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1977-1979;
professor mathematics and operations research, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1979. Visiting assistant professor West Virginia University, department Mathematics Morgantown, 1966. Visiting assoc.prof. University of Wisconsin Mathematics Research Center, Madison, 1968-1969.
Visiting professor Stanford University Operations Research Department, 1976-1977.
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Member Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Operations Research Society American, American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.
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Married Sharon Louise Walker, August, 1957 (divorced January 1961). 1 child, Lisa Ann Peterson Loop. Married Miriam Drake Mears, December 23, 1966.
1 child, David Scott.
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Mobil Foundation Research grantee, 1967-1969, Air Force Office Science Research grantee, 1973-1975, 76-78, National Science Foundation grantee, 1985-1986.Mobil Foundation Research grantee, 1967-1969, Air Force Office Science Research grantee, 1973-1975, 76-78, National Science Foundation grantee, 1985-1986.