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Vincent Z. Peterson
18 June 1921 - 17 May 2007
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI

Submitted by Michael D. Jones

Published on 07 June 2007

Current comments and reminiscences on Vincent Z. Peterson:

Vincent Z. Peterson was a Professor and head of the High Energy Physics Group at the Univ. of Hawaii from 1962 until his retirement in 1992. He worked on experiments at Berkeley, SLAC, and Fermilab and organized the Hawaii Topical Conferences from 1965 to 1985. His interest in neutrinos involved bubble chamber experiments at Fermilab and directing the Hawaii DUMAND Center. More details of his
career can be found at www.phys.hawaii.edu/obit.pdf.

Michael D. Jones
University of Hawaii