Ferdinand Peterson

Ferdinand August Peterson was an Estonian engineer and politician.
From 1918 to 1919, he was the minister of roads in the Estonian Provisional Government. In 1919, he was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly.
In 1944, he fled the Soviet [occupation of the Baltic states (1944)|Soviet occupation of Estonia] to Germany, and in 1949 he emigrated to the United States.
He was an honorary alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society.
Peterson died at Hillhaven Nursing Home in Chapel [Hill, North Carolina] in 1979.