Maryly Van Leer Peck (June 29, 1930 – November 3, 2011) was an American academic, and the first female president of a Florida community college at Polk Community College. Peck was the first woman to graduate with a degree in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1951, and the first woman to receive an M.S. and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Florida. Peck also founded the Guam Community College.
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1930 Washington, D.C.
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3 November 2011 (aged 81) West Palm Beach, Florida
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