Ohio Northern 1983 mechanical engineering alum Bob Peterson helped Pixar received its first Emmy Award on Night 4 of the remote Creative Arts awards last week.

The award was for the animated short-form series “Forky Asks a Question,” specifically, the episode asking, What Is Love?”

Accepting the award in pre-taped speeches were Peterson and producer Mark Nielsen. 

Peterson is a voice actor known for voicing Roz, Dug, and Mr. Ray. He is an animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director and voice actor. Hired at Pixar 1994 as an animator for commercials, he later became an animator on Toy Story.