Background
Peterson, Norman Lee was born on January 16, 1935 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Conrad Arnold and Mildred Sarah (Umbreit) Peterson.
academic administrator metallurgist
Peterson, Norman Lee was born on January 16, 1935 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Conrad Arnold and Mildred Sarah (Umbreit) Peterson.
Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Science in Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.
Assistant metallurgist Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 1961—1964, associate metallurgist, 1964—1970, group leader, 1966—1968, associate director, 1968—1977, senior metallurgist, since 1970, group leader, since 1977. Member review committee Materials Research Laboratory University Illinois, Urbana, since 1981.
Fellow: American Physical Society, American Ceramics Society, American Society Metals (chairman awards committee). Member: Metallurgical Society American Institute of Mining.
Married Mary Irene Lee, October 12, 1963.