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Williams College names athletics chief Peck to lead program
Robert R. Peck, 41, appointed Director of Athletics and Chairman of the Department of Physical Education at Williams College, succeeding Frank R. Thoms Jr. July 1, 1971 start. Peck, visiting professor at North Carolina A and T University, has prior stints at Bates College and Boston University, and helped plan Williams Case Center. He played key roles in expanding intramural and intercollegiate programs, with a BU crew shell named for him. He holds a PhD from Columbia and is married with three children.
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Williamstown
Mass
Robert R. Peck
Williams College
Frank R. Thoms Jr
John E. Sawyer
Peck
Thoms
Boston University
North Carolina A. & T. University
Greensboro
Bates College
Bob Peck
Williams
Sawyer
Bates
B.U
Case Physical Education Center
B.A
Columbia
School of Education
Jyvaskyla
Finland
Staton R. Curtis
North Carolina
B.U. Crew
Stetson University
Deland, Fila
New York University
Columbia University
Jane Carey Chapman
Forsyth
Marine Corps
Korea
Quantico Marine Base
Eliot Church
Newton
N.C.A