David Crocker gained his bachelor"s degree in psychology from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1959. He also has three degrees from Yale University (Master of Divinity in Philosophy of Religion 1963, Master of Arts in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1965, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1970).
His work has also been cited by the United Nations Human Development Report. Taught philosophy for 25 years at Colorado State University United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Chair in Development at the University of Valencia. Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association.
Crocker was one of a number of leading philosophers who, at the 1998 World Congress of Philosophy, were interviewed by Michael Malone for the television series, A parliament of minds: philosophy for a new millennium.
