Peter Kump

Peter Kump was a rapid-reading educator and the former National Director of Education for Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics. He later directed Peter Kump Reading Consultants, teaching speed-reading techniques to White House staff, corporate groups, and individual students. Kump authored Breakthrough Rapid Reading, first published by Prentice Hall in 1979 and later revised and reissued, presenting exercises designed to improve reading speed and comprehension.

Kump also became known for his work in culinary education, founding a cooking school in New York and establishing the James Beard Awards in 1991. He died in 1995 at age 57.