Background
Peterson, Jack Milton was born on April 25, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Adolph Julius and Anna Sabina (Persson) Peterson.
Peterson, Jack Milton was born on April 25, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Adolph Julius and Anna Sabina (Persson) Peterson.
Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1950.
Staff member radiation laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1946;
assistant director vacuum tube development committee, Columbia University, New York City, 1943-1946;
division leader, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1952-1964;
senior staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1964-1985;
senior scientist, SSC Laboratory, Dallas, 1985-1993;
retired, SSC Laboratory, Dallas, 1993. Lecturer physics department University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1954. Fulbright fellow Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 1960-1961.
Visiting scientist Max Planck Institute, Munich, 1973. Member neutron cross section advising committee Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1953-1960. Consultant in field.
Member American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Beverly Lael Begole, August 31, 1946. Children: Laelanne Sevelle, Sharon, Diane.