Before and after retirement, John devoted many hours of service to the Austin community, the State, and the Nation, particularly with organizations serving children with disabilities. These organizations included the Marbridge Foundation, Mary Lee School of Special Education, Governor's State Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation, and the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. John devoted not only his professional life to serving children with disabilities, but his personal life as well. He and his surviving wife, Lena Peck, took many children with disabilities into their home, caring for them on a daily basis. John's passing marks the loss of a kind and gentle man who devoted his life to teaching and mentoring university students, as well as parenting children with disabilities.
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