Robert W. Peterson (December 19, 1925 – February 11, 2006)[1] was an American newspaper writer who later became a freelance author of magazine articles and books, especially on the topics of sports and Scouting.
He played baseball while attending Upsala College, and later was a writer and editor with the New York World-Telegram newspaper, which folded in 1966.
[3] In it, he discusses the history of Scouting's various programs, such as the founding of the Order of the Arrow by E. Urner Goodman, and the influence Ernest Thompson Seton's successful use of American Indian culture in his Woodcraft Indians program had on Scouting's early development, particularly the Order of the Arrow.
[7] Peterson died of lung cancer on February 11, 2006, in Salisbury, Pennsylvania, survived by his wife Peggy and a son and daughter.
At the time of his death, he was on a committee selecting Negro league players for the Hall of Fame.