William Buckley Peck

William Buckley Peck Jr. (October 11, 1870 - August 20, 1941) was a prominent physician and surgeon who founded, and for 25 years, served as the managing director of the Inter-State Postgraduate Medical Association of North America, became widely known locally and internationally because of his efforts in continuing education of medical professionals by leading groups of physicians to seminars at European centers of advanced medicine through the Association. In 1909 Peck was invited to take a prestigious temporary position as assistant to the chief of surgery at the Royal London Hospital in London, England for four months.

Return to Freeport Peck returned to Freeport, Illinois, serving for a time as Stephenson County Coroner during his early career,

Peck then recognized that there was a need for an organization that could offer service through keeping medical professionals abreast of the advances in western medicine, many of which were coming from Europe at that time. Peck was elected as the first president of the body. The organization soon grew into the Inter-State Postgraduate Medical Association of North America.

In 1935 Peck was honored by members of his profession at a convention in Detroit, Michigan by recognizing Peck's success as the organizer and managing director of the Inter-State Postgraduate Medical Association of North America where one of the principal speakers acknowledging Peck's accomplishments was Dr. William James Mayo (1861–1939), one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic. Peck also had a handwritten personal note from Thomas Edison congratulating Peck on his accomplishments with the Inter-State Postgraduate Medical Association.

Peck's duties as managing director of the association,

The Tri-State Medical society that Peck founded in 1916, continues today, going by the moniker IPMA (Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association) in Madison Wisconsin, as a physician-led 501(c)(3) organization providing independent educational services for medical professionals. District surgeon for the Chicago and North Western Railroad Member of the Anglo-American Society of Berlin Member of the Association Pour be Development des Relations Medicals, Paris, France Member of the Surgical Club of the London Hospital Member of all Masonic lodges in Freeport, Illinois Member of the Mystic Shrine in Rockford, Illinois

Personal life Peck married Alvina E. Weber of Merrill, Wisconsin on September 26, 1912. The couple had no children.