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PETERS -- William S. "Bill" Peters, a former professor at the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Business, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Helen; sons, David, Brian, and Jeff; daughter, Barbara; five grandchildren; and his sister, Jean. He was preceded in death by his brother, Andrew. Bill was born in 1925 in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Longmeadow, MA, the son of Andrew and Beatrice Peters. He served in the Navy during WWII. Bill received his BA from Dartmouth in 1946, where he was a Rufus Choate Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his MBA (1948) and PhD (1954) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the Wharton School from 1947 to 1955, the University of Montana (then Montana State) from 1955 to 1959, Arizona State University from 1959 to 1968, and joined the UNM faculty in 1968. He retired in 1988. During his career he was an active scholar, publishing papers in a variety of professional journals, co-authoring college textbooks on statistical analysis, and authoring Counting for Something: Statistical Principles and Personalities published in 1987. He served as editor of the journal Decision Sciences from 1972 to 1974, New Mexico Business from 1977 to 1979, and the Southwestern Review of Management and Economics from 1981 to 1986. His passions were tennis, which he played throughout his life; sailing his boat on Flathead Lake in Montana; singing in various choral groups; listening to jazz; reading about American history, particularly the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and researching and compiling his family genealogy. At the time of his death, he was a member of the singing group The Friends which performs throughout the year around Albuquerque. Funeral Services will be held Monday, April 16, 2007, 11:00 a.m., at Chester T. French Memorial Mausoleum Chapel, Sunset Memorial Park, 924 Menaul NE. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Montana Wildlife Federation, PO Box 1175, Helen MT 59624 or The Flathead Lakers, PO Box 70, Polson, MT 59860. A loving husband, good father, and friend, he will be sorely missed by all who knew and loved him. French Mortuary 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE 275-3500 www.frenchmortuary.com
        Published on: Sun April 15, 2007