Warren Henry Peterson was born in 1935. He earned a B.A. from the University of Missouri in 1960, an M.A from the University of Iowa in 1964, and an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1969. He also earned a Diploma, Post Graduate Training Program in Gestalt Theory and Practice in 1979. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1964 as an Assistant Professor of Art. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1972 and retired in 1993. Peterson taught drawing and printmaking. He served as the department's artist-in-residence in 1994.