Background
Peterson, John Robert was born on May 27, 1933 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of John Booth and Elizabeth Lorraine (Fogel) Peterson.
Peterson, John Robert was born on May 27, 1933 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Son of John Booth and Elizabeth Lorraine (Fogel) Peterson.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1955.
Vice president program department Pictorial Publications, Indianapolis, 1961-1967. Manager, distributor training development Radio Corporation of America Sales Corporation, 1967-1968. Corporation director marketing manpower GTE Sylvania, New York City, 1968-1972.
Manager consultant operations marketing and strategic planning General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1972-1979. Vice president marketing Combustion Engineering, Inc., Stamford, 1979-1980, corporation vice president strategy, business development, marketing, human resources, technical, manufacturing, since 1980. Director Taylor Instrument Company, The Hague, Netherlands.
Board advisors Harvard University Energy and Environmental Policy Center, Boston, since 1983. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1955-1957. Member National Society Sales Training Executives (Silver medal 1974), American Management Association, European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Jean Anderson, June 6, 1955. Children– Janet, Emily, Mary Katherine.