Dr. Roy P. Peterson
Dr. Roy P. Peterson
Dr. Roy Peterson came to Kentucky in 1980 to work for the Kentucky Council on Higher Education. During his tenure at the Council on Higher Education, he was responsible for the creation of the Governor’s Minority Student College Preparation Program; the development of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Compact for Faculty Diversity; and the creation of the Committee on Equal Opportunities. Governor Wallace Wilkinson appointed Dr. Roy P. Peterson to the Governor’s Task Force for the Arts. In 1995, Governor Paul E. Patton appointed Dr. Peterson as Secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Education, Arts, and Humanities. He also served as Interim President of Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN from 1985-1986.
Peterson was also very active at the local, state and national levels and held many leadership positions. Dr. Peterson was a founder of the Governor’s Scholar’s Program, Chair of the YMCA Black Achievers Steering Committee and Scholarship Committee, and served on the boards of the National Council of Higher Education and Leadership Kentucky. Nationally, he sat on the Education Commission of the States; the National Commission on Higher Education Issues and the Minority Doctoral Scholars Program.
Dr. Peterson’s many honors include receiving The Leader in Education and the Arts (with wife Juanita) by The Lane Report (1996), The Adult Achiever of the YMCA Black Achievers Program (1989), The Lauren W. Weinberg Humanitarian Award (with wife Juanita) sponsored by the National Conference of Community and Justice (1999), The YMCA Black Achievers Community Achiever Award (with Juanita) (1999), and The Hellenic Ideals Award (1998). Dr. Peterson’s final award was The Governor’s Award in the Arts, The Milner Award, presented to him posthumously in 2000. The Milner Award remains the most prestigious tribute presented for outstanding individual contributions
to the arts in Kentucky.
The Fourth “A Musical Heritage Celebration in Memory of Dr.Roy P. Peterson.” A musical concert and charitable event to raise funds for arts and educational outreach for youth. Will be held on November 14, 2015 at the Central Christian Church, 205 East Short Street, Lexington, Kentucky. 40507 at 7:00 p.m.
Peterson was also very active at the local, state and national levels and held many leadership positions. Dr. Peterson was a founder of the Governor’s Scholar’s Program, Chair of the YMCA Black Achievers Steering Committee and Scholarship Committee, and served on the boards of the National Council of Higher Education and Leadership Kentucky. Nationally, he sat on the Education Commission of the States; the National Commission on Higher Education Issues and the Minority Doctoral Scholars Program.
Dr. Peterson’s many honors include receiving The Leader in Education and the Arts (with wife Juanita) by The Lane Report (1996), The Adult Achiever of the YMCA Black Achievers Program (1989), The Lauren W. Weinberg Humanitarian Award (with wife Juanita) sponsored by the National Conference of Community and Justice (1999), The YMCA Black Achievers Community Achiever Award (with Juanita) (1999), and The Hellenic Ideals Award (1998). Dr. Peterson’s final award was The Governor’s Award in the Arts, The Milner Award, presented to him posthumously in 2000. The Milner Award remains the most prestigious tribute presented for outstanding individual contributions
to the arts in Kentucky.
The Fourth “A Musical Heritage Celebration in Memory of Dr.Roy P. Peterson.” A musical concert and charitable event to raise funds for arts and educational outreach for youth. Will be held on November 14, 2015 at the Central Christian Church, 205 East Short Street, Lexington, Kentucky. 40507 at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Roy P. and Juanita Betz Peterson Arts and Education Fund, Inc.
Board of Directors
Peterson Arts & Education Fund Board of Directors, November 2014
Back Row: Edwin Clark, Sherron Jackson, & Darryl Wayne Peterson.
Middle: Patrick Sira.
Front Row: Lee Jackson, Juanita Betz Peterson, Twanjua Jones, & Mark Hester
Board of Directors
Mr. Sherron Jackson, Chair
Mr. Edwin Clark, Recording Secretary
Mr. Lee A. Jackson, Financial Secretary
Mr. Patrick Siria, Treasurer
Dr. Darryl Wayne Peterson, Parliamentarian
Mr. Mark Hester
Ms. Juanita Betz Peterson, Ex-Officio
Mr. Ray Larson-Ex-Officio
Mrs. Lori Peterson Guiseppi
Mrs. Martice Hawkins Fletcher
Mrs. Twanjua Jones
Mr. Sherron Jackson, Chair
Mr. Edwin Clark, Recording Secretary
Mr. Lee A. Jackson, Financial Secretary
Mr. Patrick Siria, Treasurer
Dr. Darryl Wayne Peterson, Parliamentarian
Mr. Mark Hester
Ms. Juanita Betz Peterson, Ex-Officio
Mr. Ray Larson-Ex-Officio
Mrs. Lori Peterson Guiseppi
Mrs. Martice Hawkins Fletcher
Mrs. Twanjua Jones
