Dr. Peterson graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1971. He works in Waterbury, CT and specializes in Ophthalmology. Dr. Peterson is affiliated with Waterbury Hospital.
He was House speaker from 1959 to 1964 and Senate president from 1965 through part of 1969. He also was chief of staff to the recently deceased Gov. Walter Peterson and, he said, during the Nixon administration, he served as an assistant commerce secretary.