Peters, William B.

William B. Peters was a soil scientist for the United States Bureau of Reclamation. He was born in Montana in 1922 and graduated from Colorado State College with a degree in agronomy. He started with the Bureau of Reclamation in 1947 when he was stationed at the Riverton Reclamation Project in Wyoming as a land classifier. He retired in 1977 as chief soil scientist and head of the Land Utilization Section in Denver, Colorado. During his years at the Bureau of Reclamation he became an expert on irrigation, reclamation of salt-affected lands, and tropical agriculture. He worked on many overseas projects, and was a consultant for numerous organizations including World Bank and the International Development Association.