Peter Viemeister

Peter Viemeister began drilling holes and ended up a vice-president of Grumman, the multi-billion-dollar, high technology firm which produced the craft that landed men on the moon. Since 1979 he has lived in rural Virginia. Seven of his eight books were written in Virginia.

Along the way, he has known special people some rich, some powerful, and some just wonderful, who gave new insights about life. His books share this experience and combine clear writing with unusual photos and rare drawings.

Peter Viemeister was born in Mineola, New York in 1929, the third of four children. He grew up during the Depression and World War II, attending country and suburban public schools.

He won an engineering scholarship and began work as a mechanic at 17. He was a Grumman Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, and a Sloan Fellow at M.I.T.

During a 28 year career with Grumman, he was an engineer, head of Presentations, President of Grumman Data Systems, and Vice President- Development of the Grumman Corporation.

His travels include Europe, Russia, Mexico, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Korea, Cuba, Australia and the Caribbean. He taught Organizational Behavior at two colleges and holds a patent for a Simulator of Human Behavior. He was listed in Who’s Who in the World in 1988.

His love of country life led him to retire to Virginia, where he has served as Chairman of the Bedford City/County Museum, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, and of the Bedford Community Health Foundation. He was Bedford Citizen of the Year in 1992.

A Trustee of Lynchburg College and a Regent of Liberty University, he is father of three sons and two daughters and grandfather of two boys. He lives with his wife and their son in Bedford County, Virginia.