Joseph Richard Peterson

Background

Peterson, Joseph Richard was born on September 16, 1942 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Merlin Dewey and Marian Sarquis Peterson.

Education

AB, Swarthmore College, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1967-1973; associate professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1973-1979; professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1979; consultant, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1967-1977; North Atlantic Treaty Organization postdoctoral fellow, U. Liege, Belgium, 1969-1970. Adjunct Research and Development participant III, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, since 1993, participant II,1977-1993. Consultant Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1973-1979.

Achievements

• Joseph Richard Peterson has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Tennessee Valley Soccer Referees Association, Knoxville, 1992-1993. Member American Nuclear Society, American Chemical Society (division councilor since 1993, division chairperson 1989-1991, Outstanding Division award 1990, 91), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: soccer referee, boating, playing squash.

Connections

Married Hannelore Inge Bethge, June16, 1968 (wid. October 1990); children: Jeffrey Robert, Jennifer Dawn. Married Janice Marie Webster, August, 1992.

1 child, Elizabeth Webster Nichols.

Father:

Merlin Dewey

Mother:

Marian Sarquis Peterson

Spouse:

Janice Marie Webster

Spouse:

Hannelore Inge Bethge

child:

Elizabeth Webster Nichols Peterson

child:

Jeffrey Robert Peterson

child:

Jennifer Dawn Peterson