Lake Forest College

Growing up in Calumet City, Illinois, Peter attended Thornton Fractional Township High school and participated in baseball, football, and track.  He was also in the senior play and was voted Senior Class president.

He entered Lake Forest in 1928 and earned a total of eleven varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football and track.  Captain of the basketball, football and track teams, he was a member of Phi Pi Epsilon, and was elected to Iron Key.  During his senior year he was elected best all-around athlete at Lake Forest College.

Graduating in 1932 with a degree in history and economics, Peter became a job procedures analyst for American Maize Products Company.