David A. Crocker (born 4 October 1937),[1] is Research Professor in the School of Public Policy, at the University of Maryland,[2] he is also the founder and former president of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA).
[3] His work[4] has been cited by the United Nations Human Development Report.
[5] David Crocker gained his bachelor's degree in psychology from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1959.
He also has three degrees from Yale University (M.Div in Philosophy of Religion 1963, MA in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1965, and a Ph.D in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion 1970).
[2] Crocker was one of a number of leading philosophers who, at the 1998 World Congress of Philosophy, were interviewed by Michael Malone for the television series, A parliament of minds: philosophy for a new millennium.