Paul H. Peterson has been named director of Brigham Young University's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.
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Peterson, an associate professor of church history and doctrine, will replace S. Kent Brown, announced BYU President Merrill J. Bateman. The three-year appointment will become effective July 1.Peterson is a veteran of two appointments to the BYU Jerusalem Center as religion director. He also served as chairman of the Jerusalem grants and scholarships committee and as a member of the Jerusalem academic coordinating committee.