Obituaries

Mr. Peters also represented the FAA in lawsuits stemming from plane crashes and was chairman of the board of grievance review, an appellate body for the agency's disciplinary actions.

He worked with the governments of Panama and Chile to create comprehensive guidelines affecting aircraft operations. He also chaired a U.S. group of multi-agency representatives working to develop policy on international crimes against aircraft.

Mr. Peters, a native of Rochester, N.Y., was a 1938 graduate of the University of Toronto and a 1941 graduate of Georgetown University's law school. He took law classes at night while working for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces in Europe as an air operations specialist.

He was a golfer and won club championships in Northern Virginia. Belle Haven Country Club, where he was a member, named him most valuable player in 1982 for his participation in team matches with other clubs in the Northern Virginia retired men's league.

He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Alexandria.

His marriage to Dorothea Michel Peters ended in divorce. His second wife, Geraldine Thomas Peters, died in 1998.

Survivors include two daughters from his first marriage, Patricia Peters of Arlington County and Dorathea Peters of Alexandria; three stepchildren, Cynthia Colasanto of Alexandria, Patricia Shannon of Fairfax County and William Crawford of Fort Worth; and eight grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Virginia Marie ChandlerNurse, Personnel Officer

Virginia Marie Chandler, 66, a nurse and personnel officer at the State Department, died of a staph infection Aug. 23 at Washington Adventist Hospital. She lived in Solomons Island.