DR. ROY P. PETERSON
Dr. Roy P. 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.
Dr. Roy P. 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.