Talk:Peterson olefination

Biography of DJ Peterson

I edited the biography of DJ Peterson to tidy it up, but on consideration I have cut and pasted it to this Talk page. It is totally unsourced, and many aspects seem relatively trivial. I don't think, for example, that the names of his grandchildren are notable on a global scale, though they are sure to be important to his family, and no disrespect is intended to them.

Edit: Perhaps a new page could be created for Peterson's biography Donald J Peterson if he is considered to be a notable person by Wikipedia's criteria. I also note that it seems the biography was added by a family member, which could be a concern for an unbiased and neutral article. Ewen (talk) 05:59, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Here is the text:

World-Renowned Chemist Donald J. Peterson PhD

Donald John Peterson was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin November 19, 1935. He attended primary school, high school in Bruce, Wisconsin graduated in 1953. Was a star athlete, lettering in baseball, football and basketball. Attended Wisconsin State College at Superior, graduated with BS in Science 1957.

He married childhood sweetheart Alyce Peterson in 1957 and has 3 children, Brent L Peterson, Lori J Peterson, Sheryl L Peterson Harvey. Has 9 grandchildren, Megan A Peterson Heft, Lauren E Peterson, Timothy A Peterson, Mitchell D Wolstein, Austin D Wolstein, Tanner D Wolstein, Lily A Harvey, Sophie-Katherine Harvey, Lynden M Harvey.

Donald J Peterson taught Chemistry 101 and Lab Instructor @ Iowa State University (known at that time as one of the best Chemistry Graduate Schools in the USA.) 1957-62 and was warded the DuPont Teaching Fellowship in 1960. He graduated from Iowa State University with a PhD in Organic Chemistry, minors in Biochemistry and Medical Physiology under Dr Henry Gilman in 1962. After working at various levels of research for the Procter & Gamble Co following his arrival in 1962, Dr. Peterson was named and served as the Director of Corporate Research for the Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio for the next 15 years, from 1979-1994. That position was responsible for about 150 people including 55 PhD's. In 1989 Dr. Peterson was named "Cincinnati Chemist of the Year" He retired to Buchanan, TN in 1994.

Alyce H. Peterson, (Dr. Peterson’s wife), believing he should have further recognition for his outstanding work in Chemistry, set up the Public Figure Facebook page, "D.J.Peterson,PhD/the Peterson Olefination Reaction".

Other achievements

1. Is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Scholastic Society
2. Reads and is fluent in both Scientific German & Scientific French
3. Is a Emeritus Member of the American Chemical Society
4. Dr. Peterson coined the word, "olefination" and is now a word accepted in dictionaries.
5. Dr. Peterson's works in chemistry appear in most advanced Organic Chemistry textbooks.
6. Dr. Peterson served as the 3 day prestigious Charles Hurd guest lecturer at Northwestern University.
7. Dr. Peterson was also asked and did serve:

A. on the Board of Directors at the Research Institute of Pharmacological Science at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Oxford Miss.

         B.  on the Chemistry Advisory Board at the University of California, San Diego
         C.  as "The Member from Industry" on the Super Computer Advisory Board at 
               Ohio State University

1. Dr. Peterson co-authored an entire chapter for an advanced textbook on Organo-phosphorus Chemistry.
2. Dr. Peterson wrote an extensive article for the Journal of Organic Metallic Chemistry
3. Dr. Peterson was a guest lecturer at:

                  A.  MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                  B.   Northern Illinois University
                  C.  LSU, Louisiana State University

1. He was awarded 26 patents
2. He wrote about 18 publications covering his research findings.

Ewen (talk) 05:42, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Advice

This page has some good-homoured and helpful advice: Wikipedia:Notable person survival kit Ewen (talk) 19:09, 18 May 2018 (UTC)