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Donald Peterson

Donald H. Peterson (born 1933), retired United States Air Force officer and former astronaut


Algie Eggertsen Ballif

Their daughter Ann Greta Ballif was the wife of Chase N. Peterson who served as president of the University of Utah.

Carolyn K. Peterson

On February 27, 2004, Nyack mayor John Shields announced that he would recognize the New Paltz marriages and on March 1, 2004, Ithaca's mayor Carolyn K. Peterson declared that she would recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.

Charles E. Peterson

The area, which is now known as “Society Hill,” is today one of the most desirable areas to live in Philadelphia.

Clark A. Peterson

Clark Peterson and his old friend Bill Webb formed Necromancer Games in the spring of 2000 to publish role-playing materials using the impending d20 license; on August 10, 2000, the same day Wizards of the Coast was to release the new Player's Handbook at GenCon 33, Peterson and Webb published a free PDF adventure called The Wizard's Amulet just a few minutes after midnight that same day.

Daniel Peterson

Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University

Dean M. Peterson

In 2012, he was elected to the "Triangle Wall of Fame" by the Triangle Fraternity of Architects and Engineers, together with Michael Morhaime, founder of Blizzard Entertainment and developer of World of Warcraft.

Donald H. Baucom

Baucom lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where he is the Richard Lee Simpson Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UNC.

Donald H. Clausen

Clausen was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Clement Woodnutt Miller who had been elected posthumously, and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 22, 1963-January 3, 1983).

Donald H. Magnuson

He also served on the Public Works Committee with oversight over the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Atomic Energy Commission.

During his time in Congress he served on the Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Department of State, Justice and Judiciary, and the Department of the Interior.

After he retired in 1973, he resided in Seattle, where he died on October 5, 1979, and was interred in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in north Seattle.

Magnuson was elected in 1952 as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and was re-elected four times, serving from January 1953 until January 1963.

Donald H. Owings

His research focused on ground squirrels, in particular, their interactions with predators such as rattlesnakes; and, more generally, on concepts of communication within and between species.

Donald H. Tuck

Tuck was born in Launceston, Tasmania, but his family soon moved to Hobart, where his father was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tasmania.

The couple established a home in Lindisfarne, on Hobart's eastern shore, and had a son in 1961.

Donald Peterson

Donald R. Peterson (born 1923), professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University

Donald Turner

Donald H. Turner (born 1964), Republican politician in the Vermont House of Representatives

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973

Senate conferees offered a compromise, based on suggestions made by President Richard Nixon and Representative Donald H. Clausen (a Republican from California).

Five Megillot

Eugene H. Peterson's Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work examines the application of the Megillot to Christian pastoral theology.

Fred Peterson

Fred L. Peterson (1896–1985), American politician and businessman in the state of Oregon

George Peterson

George N. Peterson, Jr, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Harry H. Peterson

He was elected Ramsey County Attorney to serve 1923–1924 and subsequently served as the Minnesota Attorney General during the Farmer-Labor administration of Floyd B. Olson, 1933–1936.

High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1

The A4 instrument was provided and managed by the University of California at San Diego, under the direction of Prof. Laurence E. Peterson, in collaboration with the X-ray group at MIT, where the initial A4 data reduction was performed under the direction of Prof. Walter H. G. Lewin.

J. Frederic Voros, Jr.

Voros wrote a children's book about the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints entitled, The Stones of the Temple, along with illustrator Kathleen B. Peterson.

Jake Corman

In early 2008, there was speculation that Corman would make a run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by John E. Peterson; however Corman declined to run.

John B. Peterson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

John Peterson

John E. Peterson (born 1938), American politician from Pennsylvania

Joseph B. Scarnati

In 1996, Scarnati first ran for Pennsylvania's 25th senate district when incumbent Republican State Senator John E. Peterson decided to retire in order to run for congress.

Larry L. Peterson

Dr. Peterson is currently the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science at Princeton, where he also serves as Department Chair and Director of the PlanetLab Consortium.

Laurence E. Peterson

In addition to carrying out numerous experiments using high-altitude balloons, he was principal investigator on several NASA satellite experiments, including one on the OSO 1, one on OSO 3, two on OSO 7, the A4 experiment on HEAO 1, and co-investigator on the The High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE) flown on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.

Oscar V. Peterson

After Peterson's death, his widow and children moved from California to Richfield, Idaho.

Patricia Ben Peterson

Peterson's father was Portland attorney Edwin J. Peterson, who was later (in 1979) appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court, and served as its 39th Chief Justice from 1983 to 1991.

Paul E. Meehl

In 2005, Donald R. Peterson, a student of Meehl's, published a volume of their correspondence.

Robert O. Peterson

He was a native San Diegan and graduated from Hoover High School in 1933.

He renamed his company Foodmaker in 1960 and sold it in 1967 to Ralston-Purina.

Robert Peterson

Robert O. Peterson (1916–1994), American businessman, founder of Jack in the Box

Sundae

When Ithaca, New York, mayor Carolyn K. Peterson proclaimed a day to celebrate her city as the birthplace of the sundae, she received postcards from Two Rivers' citizens reiterating that town's claim.

Take a Giant Step

Adapted from an eponymous play by Louis S. Peterson, the film stars Johnny Nash, who would ultimately become more well known for his singing career, including the hit song "I Can See Clearly Now", as the lead character, Spencer "Spence" Scott.

Ted Vogt

From 1995 until he entered the United States Air Force in 2000, Vogt spent time chiefly in the private sector as an investment banker in the New York metropolitan area, advertising executive at Leo Burnett in Chicago, (beginning during the U.S. presidential election, 1996) executive assistant to then-former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and at night a member of The Second City comedy troupe (1997–2000).

The Telescope

Publishing duties were assumed jointly by the Harvard College Observatory and the Bond Astronomical Club, under the editorship of Donald H. Menzel.

Valyrian languages

For the TV series, linguist David J. Peterson created the High Valyrian language, based on the fragments given in the novels, as well as the derivative language Astapori Valyrian.

Walter Peterson

Walter R. Peterson, Jr. (1922–2011), American realtor, educator, and Republican politician from New Hampshire

Weihs

Donald H. Weihs (b. 192?), U.S. American soldier and Olympic biathlete

Wiccan Rede

According to Don Frew, Valiente composed the couplet, following Gardner's statement that witches "are inclined to the morality of the legendary Good King Pausol, 'Do what you like so long as you harm none'"; he claims the common assumption that the Rede was copied from Crowley is misinformed, and has resulted in the words often being misquoted as "an it harm none, do what thou wilt" instead of "do what you will".


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