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Show MLLIE Elected Millie Peterson PETERSON MARION 1991 to born to Feno Peter was .... Peterson and LaVerne Neilson Merced, California on June II, 1944. Within a year, LaVerne returned to Utah with her two small daughters as Feno was shipped out to Europe with the Army Air Corps. As the second oldest in a of Millie with children, eight family grew up family many Her youngest brother was responsibilities for younger siblings. in born she when was a married, she has had and nephews as well in high school. While she never multitude of close relationships with nieces as children of friends and neighbors. sophomore a Mil·lie graduated from Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah in 1962. began her undergraduate education at the University as a math major but after one quarter decided she wanted more of a people While attending oriented major and switched to a speech major. She school full time she worked part time for three years in the Social a social work She decided she eventually wanted Library. degree and graduated as a Sociology major in 1979. Work a master's degree in social th€ social work program she was appointed by Governor Scott Matheson to the state Legislature for children and family issues; and, to learn about several state human service divisions. Millie served as Chairman of this Board for five years. Returning work in to 1985. school she While in graduated with on the Chairman of Board she served the services Family this capacity she learned about the In Community Impact Board. many problems faced by rural Utah as infrastructures are obolete and inadequate with few resources to devote to these and other projects to promote economic development, tourism and travel and social well-being of the impacted area. As for ten years between Millie worked for the University Hospital 1967 and 1977. She worked for ten months for an accounting firm and returned to the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1978. At the School of Medicine she is currently Director, Medical School Admissions. In this capacity she works with the premedical advisors throughout Utah, in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. Annually makes sh presentations to premedical students along the wasatch front and in Idaho and Wyoming. and a week Two evenings Saturday mornings she works part time for Salt Lake Valley Mental Health as a social Worker. 221 |
