Art was the third son born to Walter and Margie Ann Peterson (Rowe) in Tacoma, WA. He went to Manitou Elementary and Gray Junior High and graduated from Lincoln High in 1954. After serving two years in the U.S. Army, Art attended the University of Puget Sound, majoring in Accounting. To put himself through school, he worked nights as a Health Aide at the VA Hospital’s Psychiatry ward.

In June 1962, he married Joann Mendel, whom he described as the most precious part of his life. He became an auditor with the General Accounting Office (GAO). In 1967, he, Joann, and their children, Lisa and Merrill, moved to Frankfurt, Germany where they lived for five years. Art’s work as an investigative auditor gave the family the opportunity to visit and live in many countries. They returned to Seattle

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