Background
Peterson, Richard Arvid was born on January 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arvid F. and Nellie Peterson.
Peterson, Richard Arvid was born on January 3, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Arvid F. and Nellie Peterson.
Student, Indiana University, 1948. Student, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1959. Bachelor of Architecture, University Michigan, 1952.
Master in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961.
Project manager, Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons, San Francisco, 1958; research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1960; associate planner, Adams Howard and Greeley, Cambridge, 1960; lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-1963; associate professor School Architecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1965; university and community planner, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1966-1970; director planning and research, Ernest J. Kump Associations, Palo Alto, California, 1970-1971; principal, The Peterson Office, Aptos, California, since 1971. Practitioner in residence, lecturer School Architecture and Environmental Design, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1983-1991.
President Camp Fire Girls Council, Monterey Bay, California, 1973-1974. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1952-1955.
Married Jean Louise MacDonald, February 22, 1958. Children: Lisa Jean, Erik MacDonald.