Peter attended four colleges in his youth and early adulthood, only to find that from an early age of fifteen that computers would be his ticket from reality into a wonderful world of science and logic that would keep him insane in one world and sane in the real world. Having been educated by his father at age twelve to fourteen in electrical engineering, there was not really much else but a progression to computer systems analysis, statistical analysis, and finally operational analysis applied to the physical world of logistics and manufacturing. A wise high school teacher took him by the collar and said, "You are headed in the wrong direction." This teacher saved him. Peter's father had already given him the tools to understand theory, why not apply that knowledge in a broad range of subjects. Peter considers his father to be the best teacher he ever had.
