Background
Peck, Robert David was born on June 1, 1929 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Lester David and Bernice Marie (Peterson) Peck.
educational foundation administrator
Peck, Robert David was born on June 1, 1929 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Lester David and Bernice Marie (Peterson) Peck.
Bachelor, Whitworth College, 1951; Master of Divinity, Berkeley (California) Baptist Division School, 1958; Doctor of Theology, Pacific School Religion, 1964; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1960, 62-63; postgraduate, Wadham College, University of Oxford, England, 1963.
Music teacher public schools, Bridgeport, Washington, 1954-1955;
professor, registrar, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1963-1969;
assistant director, Ednl. Coordinating Council, Salem, Oregon, 1969-1975;
associate professor, Pacific Lutheran U., Tacoma, 1976-1979;
associate professor, U. Puget Sound, Tacoma, 1977;
vice president, John Minter Associations, Boulder, Colorado, 1979-1981;
vice president, Council Indiana Colls., Washington, 1981-1984;
administrative vice president, Alaska Pacific U., Anchorage, 1984-1988;
president, Phillips U., Enid, Oklahoma, 1988-1994;
chancellor, Phillips U., Enid, Oklahoma, 1994-1995;
chairman, The President Foundation for Support of Higher Education, Washington, since 1995;
senior associate, InterEd, Phoenix, since 1998. President Phillips U. Ednl.
Enterprises Inc., 1994-1995. Consultant Higher Education Executive Associations, Denver, since 1984. Owner Tyee Marina, Tacoma, 1975-1977.
Yacht broker Seattle, 1977-1979.
Democratic county chairman, McMinnville, 1968, Democratic candidate for state House of Representatives, McMinnville, 1969. President McMinnville Kiwanis, 1965-1969. Corporal Signal corpus, United States army, 1952-1954.
Member Oklahoma Indiana College Association (secretary since 1989).
Married Lylia June Smith, September 6, 1953. Children: David Allan, Kathleen Marie.