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Peterson, Stanley A.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938-

Biographical History

Stanley A. Peterson (born 1938) was an educational administrator in Utah.

Stanley Arthur Peterson was born on April 20, 1938 in Sacramento, California to Oscar Henry Peterson and Bessie Viola Steinagel. He earned his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1960, and then returned to California to earn a master's degree at California State University, Los Angeles in 1964. After graduation he worked for the Church Educational System at the University of Southern California before being recruited by Ernest L. Wilkinson to run the BYU-California Center. Two years later he moved to Utah to become the associate dean, and then dean of the university's Continuing Education Division.

In 1976, Peterson was appointed by Church Commission of Education Jeffrey R. Holland to serve as the associate commissioner for religious education, and elementary and secondary education. He served in this position until his retirement from the Church Educational System in 2001.

Citation:
Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education records, 1921-1988 (Stanley A. Peterson)

Religious Studies Center website, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; administrator of religious education and elementary and secondary education, Church Educational System; had been at the University of Southern California; recruited to BYU by Ernest Wilkinson; served as dean of continuing education for six years; moved to CES when Jeffrey Holland became commissioner of church education; released 2001)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; b. Apr. 20, 1938)

Brigham Young High School website, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; graduated from BY High in 1955)

UPB files, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; Stanley Arthur Peterson; b. in Sacramento, Calif.; parents: Oscar Henry Peterson and Bessie Viola Steinagel; m. Anna Marie Josephson Peterson, four children; bachelor's degree, Brigham Young University, 1960; master's degree, California State University, Los Angeles, 1964; worked two years as chairman of the BYU-California Center; served as a bishop in Calif. and at BYU)

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Division of Continuing Education assistant dean records, 1957-1971

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records from when Richard Henstrom was the assistant dean of the Divison of Continuing Education. Dated from 1957 to 1971.

Dates: 1957-1971

Division of Continuing Education assistant dean records, 1952-1959

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other materials when Lynn Hilton was the Divison of Continuing Education's assistant dean. Dated from 1952 to 1959.

Dates: 1952-1959

Division of Continuing Education assistant dean records, 1955-1970

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records from when Phileon B. Robinson was the assitant dean of the Division of Continuing Education. Dated from 1955 to 1970.

Dates: 1955-1970

Division of Continuing Education collection addendum, 1960-2002

 Series
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records. Dated from 1960 to 2002.

Dates: 1960-2002

Division of Continuing Education communique records, 1986-1989

 Sub-Series — Box Addendum 42: Series 20 [Barcode: 31197233264354], Folder: 11-12
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 14 Sub-Series 3

Division of Continuing Education correspondence and other material, 1965-1973

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records. Dated from 1965 to 1973.

Dates: 1965-1973

Division of Continuing Education dean records, 1963-1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Materials contain administrative files, meeting minutes, reports, correspondences, and other records when Stanly A. Peterson was the dean of the Division of Continuing Education. Dated from 1963 to 1973.

Dates: 1963-1973

Division of Continuing Education financial records, 1965-1988

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain files on fees and honoraria, federal funds, overhead, salaries, contracts and grants, tuition, audits, and other records. Dated from 1965 to 1988.

Dates: 1965-1988

Division of Continuing Education general correspondence, 1969-1988

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain correspondence of specific individuals, as well as of various unpspecified chairmen, boards, and other records. Also financial correspondence, Salt Lake Center and Washington Seminar items, and other records. Dated from 1969 to 1988.

Dates: 1969-1988

Division of Continuing Education general records, 1982-1989

 Sub-Series — Box Addendum 42: Series 20 [Barcode: 31197233264354], Folder: 13-22
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 14 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain invitations, National University Continuing Education Association records, and South, East, and North records. Dated from 1982 to 1989.

Dates: 1982-1989