Background
Peck, William Jay was born on December 31, 1927 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Horace Dudley and Dorothy (Miller) Peck.
Peck, William Jay was born on December 31, 1927 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Horace Dudley and Dorothy (Miller) Peck.
Bachelor, Yale College, 1949. Bachelor's Degree, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Instructor religion, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1961-1966; Fulbright research professor, Frankfurt (Federal Republic of Germany) U., 1966-1967; instructor religion, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967-1970; associate professor religion, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1970-1980; Bowman & Gordon Gray professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1980-1983; associate professor religious studies, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1983.
Member International Bonhoeffer Society (executive committee since 1971), Bonhoeffer Group in American Academy Religion (chairman 1988-1993).
Married Joyce Bainton, December 20, 1950. Children: Christopher, Timothy, Steven, Kathryn.