Kenneth G. Peters
Air Force Capt. Kenneth G. Peters has been awarded a master’s degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The institute is the Air Force’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management as well as the Institute for Technical Professional continuing education.
The graduate studied under the Air Force Institute of Technology education program that provides graduates with defense-focused and professional continuing education and research to sustain the technological supremacy of America’s air and space programs. The programs provide selected Air Force members with resident education in scientific, engineering, management, logistics, and other fields at civilian universities. Students complete academic requirements to earn a master’s degree or doctorate, as well as several graduate certificate programs offered in six academic departments.
Peters, a weapons of mass destruction proliferation prevention program project officer, is assigned to the defense threat reduction agency, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax, Va. He has six years of military service.
He is the son of Jacqueline and Philip Paone of Poppy Court, Golden, and James D. Peters of Williamsburg Square, Williamsville, N.Y.
His wife, Shari, is the daughter of David and Diane Jakubowski of Woodlawn Ave., Lancaster, N.Y.
The captain graduated in 2000 from Lancaster High School, N.Y., and received a bachelor’s degree in 2005 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y. He earned his master’s degree in systems engineering.