Profiles: Korea Era and Later:

Richard Peterson


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Credit: Courtesy of Richard Peterson.
"I think I have been able to make some difference in the lives of my students. So [the GI Bill has had] a greater benefit than just monetarily. It's a career that I would probably not have been able to engage in, had it not been for the GI Bill."

-Richard Peterson

Richard Peterson is an associate professor of mathematics, science and technology education at NCSU. He credits the GI Bill for having allowed him to pursue his true vocation. As an undergraduate at Wake Forest University, Peterson enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). He served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, between 1967 and 1969. After returning to North Carolina with his wife, Clem, he found a job in a bank but soon realized his interests lay elsewhere. With the help of the GI Bill, he obtained an M.A. in education from NC State in 1974 and an Ed.D. from West Virginia University in 1979.

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Credit: Carl Blue, NCSU.

Peterson and his students, Sally Folsom, Samila Mohseni, and Jeremy Ernst.

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Credit: Courtesy of Richard Peterson.

Richard and Clem Peterson, 1968.

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Credit: Courtesy of Richard Peterson.

Richard and Clem Peterson, 2004.

 

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