Peek served on the Trinity faculty for 36 years, teaching arithmetic and mathematics from 1966 until his retirement in 1999. He also taught in the Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (PREP) at the University of Texas at San Antonio during the summers of 1985 to 2003.
An author and inventor, he published several mathematical articles in refereed journals. He also held a patent for an icosahedron puzzle device that is similar to the Rubik's cube.
Peek earned his B.S. degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington, his M.S. degree in mathematics from the University of North Texas, and his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin.
A lifelong Texan and raconteur, he parlayed his "knack for spinning yarns" into an autobiography titled Darwin's Evolution: A Peek. Published in 2016, the book – part genealogical, part anecdotal – offers his reminiscences of bygone days and experience of life in Texas.
Peek is survived by his twin daughters: Peggy Ann Peek of Rockville, MD, and Penny Ann Peek-Davis of Melissa, Texas; son, David Eugene Peek of Rowlett, Texas; stepdaughter Susan Kempf, and numerous grandchildren.
In sharing the news of his death with friends and colleagues, his children said, "We wanted to share this with you, his friends from throughout his lifetime–exactly 28,000 days we determined yesterday. We don't know how he planned to live exactly 4,000 weeks or 1,000 lunar cycles, beginning and ending both on a prime number day, but God knew his special affinity with numbers."
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug.16, 2017 in the chapel at the Mulkey-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home, 705 N. Locust St., Denton, Texas 76201.
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