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ANDERSON, PETER H., 66
ANDERSON, PETER H., 66, of Bel Air, Md., died September 19. He was born Feb. 22, 1946, in St. Johnsbury, the son of Harold and Marjorie (Hinckley) Anderson. He graduated in 1964 from Springfield High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1968 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in electrical engineering in 1970 from Columbia University. He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps for two years. He worked as a research engineer at Bell Labs in Holmdell, N.J., inventing a "pulse train checking circuit" that was patented. He was also a visiting professor at Howard University and developed the electrical engineering and computer science program at Morgan State University in Baltimore, where he was an associate professor for 25 years. He also ran a website "to foster tinkering" as the best way to learn and operated a home business selling embedded processor controls. He was an Eagle Scout, a ham radio operator and an advocate for civil rights, the environment and peace. Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Noreen (Joyce) Anderson; two sons, Eric, of Bel Air, Md., and Peter Jr., of Wake Forest, N.C.; and a brother, Jon, of Montpelier. The celebration of his life will be held at 3pm Oct. 20 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2515 Churchville Road in Churchville, Md.
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