Peter was born Oct. 28, 1929, in Charlotte, N.C., to Dr. Hamilton W. and Katherine Whitner McKay. Peter’s family roots were in Sumter County, York, and Rock Hill, S.C., stretching back to the 18th century. He was a lifelong resident of Charlotte.

At Princeton Peter majored in biology, ate at Colonial, and was a member of the Glee and Triangle clubs. He roomed with Bill Grady and Charlie Taggart. In 1955 he graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School and did postgraduate work at Duke Medical School and the CDC in Atlanta, working on early polio-vaccination trials.

He and Lillian “Dee Dee” Lineberger were married in 1953. He went on to found the Carolina Asthma and Allergy Clinic, eventually acquiring eight partners and five additional offices.

Peter died Nov. 24, 2018, of progressive lung failure. He is survived by Dee Dee and their children, Lili Teigland, Wit III, and Katherine McKay; several grandchildren; and his sister, Katherine McKay Belk.

Services were held at the Myers Park Presbyterian Church. Peter asked that in lieu of flowers or memorials, from time to time we do an act of kindness for others and ask them to pass it on.

Undergraduate Class of 1951