After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Chase Nebeker Peterson began a career practicing medicine, but his path took him into university administration and led to his position as president of The University of Utah from 1983 to 1991.

“Here is the odyssey of Chase Peterson, a man of remarkable gifts. His charming stories of the privileged places his talents have taken him reveal a man of unusual candor and humility. As he tells us, wherever he went as student, physician, college administrator, or teacher, he never left home.”—Richard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University"It's all there, the punch lines, the subtle turn of phrase, the native intelligence, the oustide-the-box take on things, that has long made Peterson a serious contender as the most interesting man in Utah—and definitely one of its best talkers. His book reads like a really good, really long chat with Chase. Like all people who know how to tell a good story, in the end, he leaves you only wanting more."—Deseret News

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Chase Nebeker Peterson began a career practicing medicine, but his path took him into university administration and led to his position as president of The University of Utah from 1983 to 1991.

“Here is the odyssey of Chase Peterson, a man of remarkable gifts. His charming stories of the privileged places his talents have taken him reveal a man of unusual candor and humility. As he tells us, wherever he went as student, physician, college administrator, or teacher, he never left home.”—Richard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University"It's all there, the punch lines, the subtle turn of phrase, the native intelligence, the oustide-the-box take on things, that has long made Peterson a serious contender as the most interesting man in Utah—and definitely one of its best talkers. His book reads like a really good, really long chat with Chase. Like all people who know how to tell a good story, in the end, he leaves you only wanting more."—Deseret News

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Chase Nebeker Peterson began a career practicing medicine, but his path took him into university administration and led to his position as president of The University of Utah from 1983 to 1991.

“Here is the odyssey of Chase Peterson, a man of remarkable gifts. His charming stories of the privileged places his talents have taken him reveal a man of unusual candor and humility. As he tells us, wherever he went as student, physician, college administrator, or teacher, he never left home.”—Richard Lyman Bushman, Gouverneur Morris Professor of History Emeritus, Columbia University"It's all there, the punch lines, the subtle turn of phrase, the native intelligence, the oustide-the-box take on things, that has long made Peterson a serious contender as the most interesting man in Utah—and definitely one of its best talkers. His book reads like a really good, really long chat with Chase. Like all people who know how to tell a good story, in the end, he leaves you only wanting more."—Deseret News