The Greg G. Peterson Memorial Book Fund
Established in 2001 by the Jack and Syb Zaches Foundation: David and Judi Zaches

A native of San Francisco, Greg G. Peterson earned from Stanford University a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences in 1954 and a Master of Business Administration in 1959. He served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and in 1961 co-founded Sutter Hill Co., a venture capital and real estate development firm. Greg Peterson was also president and chief executive officer at Genstar Pacific Corp., where he was responsible for real estate-related activities from 1970 to 1975. From 1975 to 1978, Peterson was a consultant and faculty member at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He was executive vice president of Genstar Corporation, a real estate, banking and venture capital firm, where he was in charge of U.S. financial services from 1978 to 1983. From 1991 to 1992, he served as president and chief executive officer of Hogan Systems, financial software and consulting firm.

Greg G. Peterson joined the Board of Trustees in 1992 and was serving his second five-year term at the time of his death. He also served two terms as a director of the Stanford Management Company and as chairman from 1996 to 2000, a period during which the endowment grew substantially.

Although Peterson was particularly involved in the Stanford University Libraries, the Athletic Department and the Stanford Management Company, he contributed to the university as a whole. In 1998, the Stanford Associates awarded Peterson the Gold Spike award for outstanding contributions to Stanford.

Greg G. Peterson Memorial Book Fund at Hopkins Marine, Station is directed toward publications that emphasize economic issues of the ocean's living resources, worldwide. Purchases are also directed toward writings on topics of food resources, medical or pharmaceutical products from the sea. Other topics or subjects include studies of migrations or life cycles of any marine organisms, especially where commercial harvest or at least human use is a factor.  Conservation, protection, restoration of marine organisms, ecosystems or environment, including spawning areas, especially where the amount of human use or economic result is quantified.  Limits imposed or suggested by governments or other entities, including fishers' associations. Water quality and pollution controls. Purchases are especially directed toward writings where economic issues and outcomes are included in the work, and quantification, if not a central issue, is at least a component.