Peter (Peet) Silvester, born January 1935 in Tallin, Estonia, was the only son of Helga Peet Silvester and Robert Silvester. When he was 12 years old, Peter Silvester immigrated with his mother to Canada. They settled in Edmonton, Alberta, where he attended the Victoria Composite High School from which he graduated in 1952. Later, Peter Silvester moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Following his graduation in 1956, Peter Silvester went on to obtain his Masters in Applied Science from the University of Toronto in 1958. At this time, he married his wife, Elisabeth. In 1964, Peter Silvester obtained his PhD from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Silvester remained at McGill University until 1995, when he retired and moved to Victoria, British Columbia where he passed away in October of 1996.