[7][8] On 25 October 1925, Aedita de Beaumont married Bud Fisher, the creator of the comic strip Mutt and Jeff, but the couple parted after four weeks.
[9] Since they were legally separated from 8 February 1927 until Fisher's death in 1954 and did not divorce, the rights to the strip passed to Aedita de Beaumont (as she continued to be known) and then to her son.
[10][11] After attending private schools in the United States, Canada, and England, Pierre de Beaumont earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Harvard University in 1938.
[12] He began his career in the yacht building and automotive industries, working at companies including Packard and General Motors.
[13] He later worked for Apex Electrical Manufacturing and Bostitch Inc.[12] During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Reserve.