Peter F. Carpenter received his BA degree in Chemistry from Harvard
College and his MBA in Research and Development Management from the
University of Chicago. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1968
with assignments with the Air Force Systems Command, 5th Force
Reconnaissance Company (USMC), HQ 19th Air Force and as a Program
Manager in the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). From 1968 until
1971 he was the Assistant Director of the Center for Materials Research
at Stanford University and a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior
at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He subsequently
served in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and as the Deputy
Executive…