Roy P. Peterson (November 16, 1934 - November 28, 1998)^[1] was an American academic administrator. He served as the president of Tennessee State University, a historically black public university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1985 to 1986.

Peterson was born on November 16, 1934. He graduated from Southern University, where he earned a bachelor's degree.^[2][3][4] He earned a master's degree from the University of Oregon, and a PhD from the University of Iowa.^[2][3][4]

Peterson served as the interim president of Tennessee State University from 1985 to 1986.^[2][4]

Peterson briefly worked for the Illinois Oversight Board of Higher Education.^[3] He was assistant to the executive director of the Kentucky Council on Higher Education from 1986 to 1995.^[2][4] He served as the secretary of the Kentucky Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet from 1995 to 1998.^[2][3][4]

With his wife Juanita, Peterson had two sons and a daughter.^[2][4] They resided in Lexington, Kentucky.^[2][4]

Peterson died of lung cancer on November 28, 1998, in Lexington, at 64.^[2][3][4]

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