UUM_Acc0483 Guide to the Chase N. Peterson presidential records 1946-1992 Peterson (Chase N.) presidential records University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Acc0483 Chase N. Peterson presidential records 1946-1992 1983-1991 University of Utah. President (1983-1991 : Peterson) 14.5 linear feet. Chase N. Peterson served as President of the University of Utah from 1983 to 1991. This collection contains administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and proposals, as well as some of President Peterson's personal files containing search committee and inaugural materials, correspondence, and records relating to his participation in the Harvard University Alumni Assoication. English Biographical Note

Chase N. Peterson was born in Logan, Utah on the 27th day of December, 1929. The son of Utah State University president E. G. Peterson, he attended public schools in Utah for nine years but later earned an AB degree from Harvard College and an MD degree from Harvard Medical School (in 1952 and 1956, respectively) and practiced medicine in Salt Lake City for five years in the mid-1960's. In 1967, Dr. Peterson returned to Harvard to assume the positions of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and, later, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development, however he came West once again in 1976 when he was named Vice President for Health Sciences at the University of Utah. Five years later, on June 14, 1983, Dr. Peterson succeeded David P. Gardner as president of the university, a position he held until he resigned to return to the practice of medicine in 1991.

Within this collection are administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and proposals, as well as some of President Peterson's personal files containing search committee and inaugural materials, correspondence, and records relating to his participation in the Harvard University Alumni Assoication.

The records are arranged in sections according to record type (General, Entertainment, and Travel) and alphabetically thereunder. Items are ordered chronologically within folders.

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Processed by Kirk Badley in 2004.

Photographs from Box 23 Folder 12 were sent to Photo Archives in February 2014.

Accession 475 (Vice President for Health Sciences, 1945-1990).

Initial Citation: Chase N. Peterson presidential records, Acc. 483, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 483.

 Peterson, Chase N.--Archives University of Utah. President (1983-1991 : Peterson)--Archives Cold fusion--Utah--History--Sources Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources Colleges and Universities Medicine and Health Science Technology Correspondence Memorandums 1 General Files: Administrative Reorganization to Athletics 1 Administrative Reorganization 1986 2-4 Administrative Structure Committee 1990 5 Alta Club/Women's Law Caucus 1985-1986 6 American Council on Education Office of Women in Higher Education 1983-1985 7 Arboretum 1985-1990 8 Assistant Attorney General 1988-1989 9 Association of Academic Health Centers - Hospital Separation Study 1985-1986 10 Athletics 1984-1990 11 Athletics - Director Search 1985 2 General Files: Athletics to "Campaign for Education" 1 Athletics - Director Search 1987

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 2 Athletics - Football Coach Search 1984 3 Board of Regents 1985-1987 4 Board of Regents - SUSU/WSU Name Change 1989-1990 5-6 Budget 1984-1987

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 7-8 Budget Cuts 1986-1987 9-10 Cabinet 1983-1987 11 Campaign for Education 1983 3 General Files: "Campaign for Education" to Cold Fusion 1 Campaign for Education 1983-1984 2-3 Capital Campaign 1983-1990 4-6 Cold Fusion - Brigham Young University 1989-1991 4 General Files: Cold Fusion 1 Cassidy and Associates, Inc. 1989-1990 2 Commercialization 1989 3 Conferences 1989 4 Congressional Briefing 1989 5 Cornell University Fusion Archives 1989-1990 6 Martin Fleischman and Stanley Pons 1989-1991

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 7 Fusion/Energy Advisory Council 1989-1991 8 Japanese Research 1989 9 Johnson-Matthey 1989 10 Los Alamos National Laboratory 1989-1990 11 Miscellaneous 1989 12-14 National Cold Fusion Institute 1989-1991 5 General Files: Cold Fusion 1 National Cold Fusion Institute - First Annual Conference 1990 2 National Cold Fusion Institute - Review Committee 1990-1991 3 Papers Submitted for Publication 1989-1990 4 Patents 1989-1992 5 Personal Notes, etc. 1989 6 Reactions Pro and Con 1989-1992 7 Rutgers University Study 1991-1992 8 State Appropriation 1989 9 Telesis, Inc. 1989 10 Texas A and M University--James Bockris 1989-1990 11 U.S. Department of Energy 1987-1989 12 University of Utah News and Information Services 1989-1990 13 University of Utah News and Information Services--Photographs 1989 6 General Files: College of Engineering to Commencement 1-2 College of Engineering 1983-1988 3 College of Engineering - Industrial Engineering Program 1984-1985 4 College of Fine Arts - Department of Dance 1985 5 College of Health 1986 6 College of Health - Division of Foods and Nutrition 1986-1987 7 College of Law 1986 8 College of Nursing 1984-1985 9 College of Pharmacy 1985-1987 10 College of Science 1984-1987 11 College of Social and Behavioral Science 1983-1986 12 College of Social and Behavioral Science - Dean Search 1983

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 13 College of Social and Behavioral Science - Department of Economics 1988-1989

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 14 Commencement 1983 7 General Files: Commencement 1983-1985 8 General Files: Commencement to Complaints 1-6 Commencement 1986-1991 7 Complaints 1983-1984 8 Complaints - Salt Lake Stars Drill Team 1984 9 General Files: Computers to Correspondence 1 Computers 1983-1986 2 Consultants 1988-1990 3 Correspondence 1983-1984 4-7 Correspondence - Chronological 1987 May 15-1988 October 6 10 General Files: Correspondence 1 Chronological 1988 October 7-December 30 2-5 Congratulations on Assuming the Presidency 1983 6 "Nice Letters" 1984-1987 11 General Files: Correspondence 1-2 Personal Letters 1978-1985 3-7 Letters of Recommendation A-S 1978-1988

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 12 General Files: Correspondence to Divestment/Students Against Apartheid 1 Correspondence - Letters of Recommendation S-Y 1978-1988

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 2 Council On Competitiveness 1987 3 Development 1983-1987

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 4 Development - Huntsman Gift 1987 5-8 Divestment/Students Against Apartheid 1978-1986 13 General Files: Divestment/Students Against Apartheid to Food Service 1-2 Divestment/Students Against Apartheid 1986-1988 3 Division of Continuing Education 1983-1986 4 Eccles Sports Complex 1983-1988 5 Economic Development 1985-1989 6 Endowed Chairs 1986-1988 7 FHP (Family Health Plan) 1986-1988 8 Faculty Club 1983-1986 9 Food Service 1987-1989 14 General Files: Fort Douglas 1978-1990 15 General Files: Fort Douglas Country Club to Graduate School of Business 1 Fort Douglas Country Club 1982-1990

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 2 Fort Douglas Task Force 1990-1991 3 Fred Friendly 1985-1987 4 David P. Gardner/University of California System 1983 5 Governor's "Alert" Program (Agenda for Leadership in Educational Resources for Tomorrow) 1985-1987 6-7 Governor's Committee on Cost-Effective Government 1987-1988 8 Graduate Fellowships 1987 9 Graduate School of Business 1983-1984 10 Graduate School of Business - Dean Search 1983

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 11 Graduate School of Business - Department of Accounting 1983-1985 12 Graduate School of Business - Garn Institute of Finance 1985-1989 13 Graduate School of Business - Naming 1989-1991 16 General Files: Graduate School of Education to Health Sciences Center 1 Graduate School of Education 1986-1987 2 Graduate School of Social Work 1984-1987

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 3 Greek System 1981-1987 4 Guardsman Way Property 1986-1987 5 Guardsman Way Property - Proposed Olympic Skating Oval 1990-1991 6 Harvard University 1986-1987 7 Harvard University - Admissions and Scholarship Committee 1971-1982 8 Harvard University - Alumni Association Class of 1952 Development Campaign 1979-1981 9 Harvard University - Alumni Association Development Campaign 1981-1982 10 Harvard University - Alumni Association Development Campaign Salt Lake City Dinner 1981-1982 11 Harvard University - Board of Overseers 1986-1987 12 Health Sciences Center - Institute of Biomedical Engineering 1985-1989 17 General Files: Health Sciences Center to Historical Materials 1 Health Sciences Center - Silva Project 1987 2 High Tech Lab School 1988-1989 3 Higher Education Workgroup for Integrating Women into the Work Force 1984-1985 4 Historical Materials 1983-1991 5-6 Historical Materials - President's "Diary" 1983-1991 7 Historical Materials - Ence Manuscripts undated 8 Historical Materials - Newspaper Clippings 1983-1991 18 General Files: Home on Arlington Avenue to Marriott Library 1 Home on Arlington Avenue 1983-1986 2 Hospital - Art Committee, Tanner Fountain, etc. 1990 3 Inauguration 1983-1984 4-5 Institutional Council 1983-1988 6 Institutional Council - Luncheon Presentations 1985 7 Institutional Memberships 1984-1986 8 Legal Counsel 1984-1987

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 9 Marriott Library 1969-1984 19 General Files: Marriott Library to Oral History Institute 1 Marriott Library 1985 2 Master Plan 1976-1985 3 Medical Center - Planning 1983-1984 4 Military Leave Policy 1990-1991 5 Minority Community 1983-1986 6 Mission Statement 1986-1990 7 Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation 1976-1986 8 Northwest Parking Structure 1986-1987 9 Open Office Hours 1989-1991 10 Oral History Institute 1983-1988 20 General Files: Overhead to Purchasing 1 Overhead 1984-1986 2-3 Pioneer Children's Medical Center 1982-1988 4 Pioneer Memorial Theatre 1983 5 Pioneer Theatre Company 1986-1990 6 Portraits 1988 7 President - Regent's Review 1986-1987 8 President - Search 1983 9 President - Search 1990-1991 10 Public's Perception of the University 1988 11 Purchasing 1981-1985 21 General Files: Repertory Dance Theatre to Rosenblatt Prize 1 Repertory Dance Theatre 1985-1992 2 Research Park 1984-1985 3 Research Park - Logo 1984-1985 4 Research Park - Utah Innovation Center 1981-1986 5 Research Park - Utah Innovation Center/Wayne Brown Institute 1989-1991 6 Rosenblatt House 1985-1988 7-8 Rosenblatt Prize 1984-1985 22 General Files: Rosenblatt Prize to School of Medicine 1-5 Rosenblatt Prize 1986-1990 6 Salt Lake Foundation 1986 7-8 School of Medicine 1983-1985 9 School of Medicine - Animal Research Program 1987-1988 10 School of Medicine - Department of Pathology 1986-1989 11 School of Medicine - Dialysis in Wonderland Program 1986-1987 12 School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project 1983-1988 23 General Files: School of Medicine to Tanner Fountain 1 School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project--Announcement 1985-1986 2 School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project--Howard Hughes Medical Institute Site Visit 1985 3 School of Medicine/College of Science - Biochemistry Program 1983-1988 4 Seismic Studies 1990 5 Semester System 1987 6 Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Exigency 1988-1989 7 Southern Utah Radiation Study 1984-1986 8 Student Behavior - David Hess 1984-1987

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 9 Supercomputer 1988-1990 10-11 Superconducting Super Collider 1984-1987 12 Tanner Fountain 1946-1986 24 General Files: Tanner Trust to Traffic 1 Tanner Trust 1985-1987 2-6 Tax Rollback Initiative 1987-1989 7 Traffic 1984-1987 25 General Files: Treadwell Foundation to Vice President for Health Sciences 1 Treadwell Foundation 1985-1986 2 Undergraduate Experience 1986-1990 3 U.S. West 1987 4 Utah Public Employees Association 1987-1991

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 5 Venture Capital Program - Technology Transfer 1982-1985 6 Vice President for Academic Affairs - Search 1990

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 7-8 Vice President for Health Sciences 1983-1991 9 Vice President for Health Sciences - Search 1983-1988

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 10 Vice President for Health Sciences - Search 1990

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 26 General Files: Vice President for Research to Entertainment Files: Honorary Degree Recipients Dinner 1 Vice President for Research 1984-1987 2 Western Institute of Neuropsychiatry 1986 3 Women's Issues 1989-1990 4 World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children 1984-1988 5 Abravanel Reception 1989 6 Ad hoc Speech Committee Dinner 1987 7 AIDS Conference Reception 1991 8 Altman Farewell Dinner 1987 9 Alumni Association Executive Board Lunch 1988 10 Alumni Association Staff Breakfast 1987 11 Art in Bloom Event 1990 12 Athletics Dinner 1986 13 Blackmun Dinner 1988 14 Blood Development Dinner 1990 15 Board of Trustees Dinner 1991 16 Bowman Reception 1989 17 Brady Dinner 1987 18 Brophy Dinner 1991 19 Bugher-Eccles Dinner 1991 20 "Celebrating Graduation" (Khashoggi Family) Dinner 1985 21-28 Christmas 1983-1990 29 Chronicle Staff Dinner 1987 30 College of Humanities Breakfast 1988 31 College of Science Breakfast 1988 32 Commencement Barbecue 1986 33 Conference on Ethics and Health Reception 1991 34 Copeland Dinner 1985 35 Council of Academic Deans Dinner 1989 36 Davern Dinner 1983 37 Dean's Appreciation Dinner 1988 38 Detmer Dinner 1987 39 Development Breakfast 1989 40-41 Distinguished Professors Dinner 1983 1987 42 Emery Dinner 1989 43 Employee Appreciation Dinner 1987 44 Evans Dinner 1990 45 Excellence Commission Dinner 1986 46 Florez Lecture and Lunch 1987 47 Football Open House 1987 48 Fox Dinner 1984 49 Gardner Dinner 1985 50 Gnemi's Director Breakfast 1987 51 Graduate School of Education Breakfast 1988 52 Haglund Luncheon 1987 53-55 Honorary Degree Recipients Dinner 1984-1986 27 Entertainment Files 1-5 Honorary Degree Recipients Dinner 1987-1991 6 Horner Dinner 1987 7 IBM Lunch 1989 8 Interfaith Luncheon 1989 9 International Student Dinner 1990 10 Institute of Religion Lunch 1988 11-12 Institutional Council Members Dinner 1985 1987 13 Jarvis, Burton, and Handy Dinner 1988 14 Khashoggi Breakfast 1984 15-20 Martin Luther King Day Reception 1985 1987-1991 21 KUER Reception 1988 22 Legislature Dinner 1988 23 Media Dinner 1986 24 Media Luncheon 1987 25 Middle East Center Reception 1986 26 "Mini Retreat" 1986 27 Miracle at Philadelphia Debate Dinner 1987 28 Neighborhood Open House 1984 29 Newell Open House 1984 30-36 New Faculty Buffet 1983-1989 28 Entertainment Files 1 New Faculty Buffet 1990 2 Olympic Site Evaluation Committee Breakfast 1991 3 Pediatrics Recruitment Dinner 1988 4 Pioneer Memorial Theatre Board Dinner 1988 5 Presidential Scholar Lunch 1991 6 President's Wives Luncheon 1986 7 Public Relations Breakfast 1987 8-13 Reynolds Lecture Dinner 1985-1988 1990-1991 14 Rosenblatt Prize Dinner 1984 15 SARCOS Board Dinner 1989 16 Simmons Art Dinner 1987 17 Snow Dinner 1984 18 "R.J. Snow and Friends" Dinner 1987 19 Soviet Scholar Visit Planning Lunch 1987 20 Soviet Women's Visit/Conference 1985 21 Staff Service Award Lunch 1990 22 Student Dinner 1986 29 Entertainment Files: System Development Foundation to Travel Files: Boston and London 1 System Development Foundation Visit 1984 2 Tanner Foundation Dedication 1986 3-6 Tanner Lecture Dinner 1984 1986-1987 7 Tanner Lecture Open House 1988 8-9 Tanner Lecture Reception 1989 1991 10 Thank You Lunch 1985 11-16 "Theater and Dinner" 1984-1986 1989 17-22 "Thursday Afternoon Conversations" 1984-1986 23 Treadwell Foundation Dinner 1988 24 University of Utah/Brigham Young University Football Game Brunch 1984 25 University of Utah/Brigham Young University Football Game Reception 1986 26 University of Utah/University of Texas at El Paso Football Game Brunch 1984 27 University of Utah/Utah State University Football Game Brunch 1985 28-29 University Professors Dinner 1989-1990 30 Utah Women's Forum Dinner 1989 31 Vice Presidents Farewell Dinner 1990 32 Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Dinner 1989 33 Women Concerned About Nuclear War Meeting 1988 34-38 Women's Club Tea 1985-1989 39-40 Women's Gymnastics Dinner 1984-1985 41 Wright Dinner 1989 42 Young President's Organization Reception 1988 43 Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Luncheon 1987 44 Albertson's VIP Meeting 1989 45 Alumni Association Far East Trip 1989 46 American Council on Education 1991 47 Arizona State University Football Game 1985 48 Association of American Medical Colleges 1983 49 Biomedical Research Facilities 1988 50 Boston and London 1986 30 Travel Files 1 Business and Higher Education Forums 1988 2 Campus Compact 1990 3 Central Intelligence Agency Visit 1984 4 Columbia University Seminar on Ethics in America 1998 5 Columbia University Seminar on Health Care in America 1985-1986 6 Columbia University Seminar on Medicine in Society 1984 7 Education Commission of the States 1989 8 Europe 1987 9 European Universities 1990 10 Guatemala 1987 11 Hahnemann University Inauguration 1988 12 Harvard University 1984 13 Harvard University Institute of Educational Management 1991 14 Hawaii Vacation 1986 15-16 Hospital Separation Conference 1986-1987 17 Hughes Medical Institute 1983 18 Jackson Hole Health Conference 1984 19 Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics 1991 20 Lincoln, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce 1990 21 J. Willard Marriott Funeral 1985 22 Middlesex School Reunion 1988 23 Moab 1990 24-29 National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges 1986-1989 31 Travel Files 1 National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges 1990 2 National Center Forum on Governance 1989 3-4 National Collegiate Athletic Association 1988 1991 5 National Institute of Health 1988 6 Office of Technology Transfer - Washington, D.C. 1986-1990 7 Project Hope Health Affairs Conference 1985 8-9 San Diego State University Football Game 1984-1985 10 San Francisco Donor Dinner 1990 11 Stanford University Football Game and Donor Dinner 1989 12 State Board of Regents 1985 13 Tanner Trustees Meeting 1986 14 Uncompensated Health Care Conference 1984 15 Utah Bankers Association 1988 16 Virginia Mission of L.D.S. Church 1987 17-19 Western Athletic Conference 1988 1990-1991 20 White House Fusion "Non Visit" 1989