Background
Wagner, Peter Ewing was born on July 4, 1929 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Paul Clark and Charlotta Josephine (Ewing) Wagner.
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Peter Ewing Wagner
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Education
Student, Occidental College, 1946-1948; AB with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1956.
Career
Teaching research assistant University California, 1950-1956. Research physicist Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, 1956-1959. Associate professor electrical engineering Johns Hopkins, 1960-1965, professor, 1965-1973.
Director Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies University Maryland, 1973-1980, professor, 1973-1981. Visiting professor physics University Alabama, Huntsville, 1980-1981, professor, 1981. Vice chancellor for academy affairs, professor physics University Mississippi, 1981-1984.
Provost, professor physics and electrical engineering Utah State University, 1984-1989. Vice president academy affars and provost State University of New York, Binghamton, 1989-1992, professor physics and electrical engineering, 1989-1999, professor emeritus, since 1999. Special projects engineer State of Maryland, 1971-1972.
Member Governor's Science Advisory Council, 1973-1977, Maryland Power Plant Siting Advisory Committee, 1972-1980. Consultant in field.
Membership
Trustee Chesapeake Research Consortium, 1974-1980, chairman board trustees, 1979-1980. Member National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (member council academy affairs, member affirmative action committee 1986-1989, chairman nominating committee 1988-1989, chairman library commission 1989-1992), Center Research Libraries (board directors 1991-1997, member budget and finance committee 1991-1993, vice chair 1992-1993, chair 1993-1994, chair nominating committee 1994-1995), Sierra Club (chapter chair conservation committee 2000^, member chapter executive committee 2000^), University California Berkeley Alumni Association (life), Blue Key, Gold Key, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Fellows (life, board directors 1995-2001), Sigma Xi (life), Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu.
Connections
Married Caryl Jean Veon, June 23, 1951. Children: Ann Frances, Stephen Charles.
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