Dr. Elisha Peterson
How to Find Me
- Name
- Elisha Peterson
- Office
- Thayer 252
- Phone
- 938-5649
- ude.amsu|nosretep.ahsile#ude.amsu|nosretep.ahsile
- Website
- http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/math/people/Peterson/
About Me
- Hometown, State
- Oakhurst, California
- My favorite math class as an undergraduate was
- topology!
- My favorite number is
- phi=1.618...
- I was a math major because
- I loved solving problems
- You wouldn't know it by looking at me, but
- my brother and sister were both born outside the United States.
- In my free time, I like to
- spend time with my wife Jenni and son Micah (and occasionally edit stuff on Wikipedia).
- My favorite website is
- http://www.mapmyrun.com
- Favorite quote
- "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" — Blaise Pascal
Background and Family
- Family
- wife Jenni, son Micah (1 year old)
- Hobbies and Interests
- running, triathlons, hiking/outdoors, photography, Java programming, math technologies
- Pets
- two small dogs (William & Tucker) and two robots (Roger & Rufus)
- Background
- I was born in Ashland, Oregon and raised in California, primarily in Oakhurst which is right outside Yosemite National Park.
- Education
- I was an undergraduate at Harvey Mudd College, and attended graduate school at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford and the University of Maryland.