Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration
In office February 19, 1953 – June 14, 1957 Acting: February 19, 1953 – March 4, 1953
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by
James Jeremiah Wadsworth (Acting)
Succeeded by
Lewis Berry (Acting)
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office September 30, 1951 – June 29, 1952
Preceded by
Frank Lausche
Succeeded by
Allan Shivers
26th Governor of Nebraska
In office January 9, 1947 – January 8, 1953
Lieutenant
Robert B. Crosby Charles J. Warner
Preceded by
Dwight Griswold
Succeeded by
Robert B. Crosby
Personal details
Born
Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson
(1903-07-18)July 18, 1903 Oakdale, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
October 17, 1983(1983-10-17) (aged 80) Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Education
Wayne State College (BA) University of Nebraska–Lincoln (MA)
Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (July 18, 1903 – October 17, 1983), also known as Val Peterson, was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 26th governor of Nebraska from 1947 to 1953, as director of the Federal Civil Defense Administration from 1953 to 1957, U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1957 to 1961, and U.S. Ambassador to Finland from 1969 to 1973.[1]
^Nebraska Governor Frederick Valdemar Erastus (Val) Peterson (Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States)
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