Kathleen Peterson

Kathleen Hunt Atwater Peterson (February 21, 1953, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA – December 9, 2001, Durham, North Carolina, USA), daughter of Veronica Hunt, was an accomplished student, engineer, volunteer and civic leader. She is well known as the subject of the documentary series The Staircase which addresses the circumstances surrounding her death. She was married twice—to Fred Atwater in 1977 and Michael Peterson in 1996. Kathleen attended J. P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and graduated as the number one student in her class of 473 students. She was selected to be published in the Who's Who Book of American High School Students. She went on to Duke University where she was selected as the first female student...