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NAME—George P. “Bud” Peterson
BORN—Sept. 1, 1952, in Palo Alto, Calif.
EXPERIENCE—Chancellor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006-09; provost, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2000-06; various positions at Texas A&M, 1981-2000; researcher, NASA Johnson Space Center, 1981-82.
EDUCATION—B.S. in mechanical engineering, Kansas State University, 1975; B.S. in mathematics, Kansas State University, 1977; M.S. in engineering, Kansas State University, 1980; Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, Texas A&M, 1985.



