Peter E. Heller - The Inventor

• Born in New York City on August 25, 1923
• Raised in Chicago, Illinois
• Graduated Berkshire, School Sheffield Massachusetts 1942, Head Masters Prize
• Entered Yale University, Class of 1945W
• Military Service: Fifth and Second Marine Division - Pacific, 1942-1945
• Obtained Bachelor of Science Degree from Northwestern University in 1948
• Senior VP, Director, Head of New York Office at Walter E. Heller and Company
  (now part of General Electric Capital Corp.), 1948-1968
• Owner, Faxon Communications/AccuScan, Inc.
  Developers of facsimile transmission and non-impact printining, 1968-1985
• Initiation of Licensing Faxon's scanning U.S. Patent #3,952,144 resulting in 26 licenses or settlements, 1989
• Conception of Vehicle Symbol Illumination Apparatus, 1994
• Issuance of Vehicle Symbol Illumination Apparatus U.S. Patent #5,874,894 in 1999
• Rebranding of '894 to emerge as Logo Brake Light reflecting the consolidation
  of the automotive logo and center high mounted stop lamp, 2002