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Maryly Peck- PCC’s Second President- Selected To FL Women's Hall of Fame

01/24/2007: Dr. Maryly Van Leer Peck, former president of Polk Community College, is among three women selected by Gov. Charlie Crist today (Jan. 24) to be members of the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.

Dr. Peck, PCC’s second president, was born to a family of engineers and earned three degrees in that field from Vanderbilt University and the University of Florida. While in Guam as a missionary for 11 years, she ran a preparatory school and was Dean of the College of Business and Applied Technology at the University of Guam.

In 1982, she became the first female president of a Florida community college. She retired from PCC in 1997. Under her leadership, PCC built a campus in Lakeland, grew the Polk Community College Foundation and established many AS programs.

Dr. Maryly Van Leer Peck's Bio.