Robert DeShaun Peace (June 25, 1980 – May 18, 2011) was an American scholar and teacher who attended Yale University, where he graduated with honors in molecular biophysics and biochemistry.
There, he excelled academically (4.0 GPA) and athletically (captaining the swimming and water polo teams) and upon graduation was the school’s student body leader and recipient of the Presidential Award.
After high school, Peace was sponsored by Charles Cawley, a bank executive, to attend Yale University, where he majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry.
[7] He persisted in his efforts to establish his father’s innocence until Robert Douglas received a diagnosis of brain cancer and died while incarcerated, Peace was 26 at the time.
Peace began a new career working at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he used employee standby flight benefits to travel the world extensively.