September 10, 1926 – March 23, 2007 (80)
California

• Robert E. Peterson Publisher
• Jan 1948 Hot Rod magazine started
• Motor Trend
• 1958 – Guns & Ammo Magazine
  – added a “Keep & Bear Arms” section
• Ken Elliot
• 1970s Petersen Motorama Cars of the Stars on Hollywood Boulevard
• June 1994 Petersen Automotive Museum opened
• 1996 sold his company for $450 million
• 2000 the museum separated from the Natural History Museum
  – independent entity owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation
• Oct 8, 2010 donated 400 gun collection to the NRA National Firearms Museum
  – Display opened in October