William H. Peterson is the winner of the 2005 Gary G. Schlarbaum Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Cause of Human Liberty, awarded by the Mises Institute ($10,000 prize) at its annual Supporters Summit (October 7-8, 2005). [Prize Announcement] He has served a crucial role as a leading public intellectual, elaborating on the insights of Mises through teaching, writing, and speaking on the relationship between free enterprise and human liberty.
Professor Peterson holds B.S. (1943) and Ph.D. (1952) degrees in economics from New York University and an M.S. degree from Columbia University (1948). During his academic career, Peterson has served as assistant to the dean, associate professor and professor of economics in the Graduate School of Business Administration of New York University, where he was a colleague and friend of Ludwig von Mises; John David Campbell Professor of American Business in the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona; Scott L. Probasco. Jr. Professor of Free Enterprise and Director, Center for Economic Education, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Distinguished Burrows T. and Mabel L. Lundy Emeritus Professor of Business Philosophy, Campbell University in North Carolina; Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, where he continues to serve as Adjunct Scholar.
Among his hundreds of published articles, he is the author of two tributes to Ludwig von Mises: “Thoughts and Memories“ and “Discovering Mises: A Turning Point.” See also “The End of History?” and his Daily Article archive.
Congratulations can go to whpeterson@aol.com