In memoriam: Peter K. Mueller (1926–2023)
Abstract
Peter K. Mueller passed away in early February at age 96. He was widely known for his expertise in air measurements and the design and oversight of major air pollution chemistry studies. Peter’s contributions derived from employment in state and federal government, and the private sector. He was a member of the Air & Waste Management Association for more than 70 years, received its 2007 Frank Chambers Excellence in Air Pollution Control Award, and was made an Honorary Member in 2015. His views and a sampling of achievements have been published earlier in A&WMA publications (Hidy et al. 2017; Hidy, Chow, and Watson 2017; Kleinman et al. 2017; Watson et al. 2017). Peter’s involuntary transcontinental migration began with dislocation from Germany followed by a risky immigration to the United States. After enduring Kristallnacht when he was 11, Peter barely escaped the Holocaust, in which many members of his extended family were killed, when Peter and his father immigrated to England in May 1939, not long after his mother, brother, and sister immigrated to the United States. Later, Peter also moved to the United States, where he was drafted by the U.S. Army and served in the Medical Corps. Following this tour, he enrolled as a chemistry major at George Washington University, with subsequent graduate study at Rutgers University, where he focused on aqueous environmental chemistry. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area as a chemist at the…
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