Background
Peterson, William Frank was born on September 28, 1922 in Newark. Son of Edgar Charles and Margaret Benedict (Heyn) Peterson.
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William Frank Peterson
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William Frank Peterson, American physician. Certified Office Surgeon General, United States Air Force, 1967. Decorated Legion of Merit. Fellow: Washington Gynecological Society (executive council 1980-1985), National Board Medical Examiners (diplomate member), American College of Surgeons, American College Ob-Gyn.
Education
Student, Cornell University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1946.
Career
Medical officer United States Air Force, 1946—1970. Chairman department obstetrics-gynecology Washington Hospital Center, 1970—1992. Director Women's Clinic.
Washington, 1971—1996, Ob-Gyn Ultrasound Laboratory, Washington, 1974—1992. Retired, 1996
Chairman Maternal Mortality Committee, 1981—1996. Commissioned lt United States Air Force, 1946, advanced grades to colonel United States Air Force, 1963.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: Washington Gynecological Society (executive council 1980-1985), National Board Medical Examiners (diplomate member), American College of Surgeons, American College Ob-Gyn.
Connections
Married Margaret Henderson Lee, June 28, 1946 (divorced 1978). Children: Margaret Lee, Edward Charles. Married Mary Ann Estelle McGrath, November 29, 1980.
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Nationality
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican