Val Peterson

Val Peterson
United States Ambassador to Finland
In office
July 14, 1969 – March 23, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byTyler Thompson
Succeeded byJohn Krehbiel
United States Ambassador to Denmark
In office
August 22, 1957 – February 21, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Preceded byRobert Coe
Succeeded byWilliam McCormick Blair Jr.
Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration
In office
February 19, 1953 – June 14, 1957
Acting: February 19, 1953 – March 4, 1953
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byJames Jeremiah Wadsworth (Acting)
Succeeded byLewis Berry (Acting)
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
September 30, 1951 – June 29, 1952
Preceded byFrank Lausche
Succeeded byAllan Shivers
26th Governor of Nebraska
In office
January 9, 1947 – January 8, 1953
LieutenantRobert B. Crosby
Charles J. Warner
Preceded byDwight Griswold
Succeeded byRobert B. Crosby
Personal details
Born
Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson

(1903-07-18)July 18, 1903
Oakdale, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedOctober 17, 1983(1983-10-17) (aged 80)
Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationWayne 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]