Peter graduated from Sheboygan (Wis.) Falls High School, where he was captain of the track team, president of the National Honor Society chapter, and member of the football team. At Princeton, he belonged to Cottage Club, ran track, and was in the Orange Key Society. He majored in history and had a particular interest in art history. Classmate Bill Kelley recounts the story that as an art history professor returned term papers to the class, he announced, “Mr. Huenink’s paper is so exceptional that he will not be required to take the final exam.”
After graduation, Peter attended law school at the University of Wisconsin and then earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in fine arts from Harvard. He served in the Army Reserves from 1968 to 1972.
Peter served for many years as a professor of art at Vassar College. He and his wife, Barbara, lived in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., until his retirement from Vassar, when they moved to the Seattle area.
The class extends its condolences to Peter’s wife Barbara, son Dirk, and daughter Lindsey.
Undergraduate Class of 1966
