Roger Gene Petersen

Background

Petersen, Roger Gene was born on July 22, 1924 in Essington, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Oliver Wendell and Lela (Schmidt) Petersen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State College, 1949; Master of Science, Iowa State College, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1954.

Career

Assistant statistician, North Carolina State College, 1952-1955; assistant professor, Oregon State College, Corvallis, 1955-1957; associate professor, Oregon State College, Corvallis, 1957-1961; associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1961-1964; professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1964-1965; professor department statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1965-1990; professor emeritus, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1990. Consultant Ford Foundation, Cairo, 1973, Winrock International, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1988, 91. Principal biometrician ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, 1978-1980, 82-86.

Achievements

• Roger Gene Petersen has been listed as a noteworthy Biometrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Agricultural Field Experiments: Design and Analysis (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

    (This text provides statistical and biometrical procedures...)

  • Agricultural Field Experiments: Design and Analysis (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment) by Roger G. Petersen (1994-02-11)

Membership

With United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Society Agronomy, Biometrical Society (secretary-treasurer Western North America region chapter 1977-1978, president 1983).

Connections

Married Jean Napier Hurt, June 26, 1948. 1 child, David.

Father:

Oliver Wendell Petersen

Mother:

Lela (Schmidt) Petersen

Spouse:

Jean Napier Hurt

child:

David Petersen