Ray Peat: A Chronological Timeline

1936: Raymond Peat was born in Santee, California. His parents were Sidney Howe Peat and Lou Ella Osborne. He moved to Oregon after the Second World War.

1950-1954: Attended Grants Pass High School. He was nicknamed “half-pint” and played in the orchestra.

1955-1956: Attended Southern Oregon University as a freshman and a sophomore.

1957-1958: Attended the University of Oregon as a junior and a senior, studying humanities.

1959-1960: Did residency coursework as part of an interdepartmental program for a doctorate in the philosophy of language at Ohio State University.

1960: Published his master’s thesis titled “William Blake and the Mysticism of Sense and Non-Sense”.

1961: Taught biology courses (Introduction to Physics For Biology Majors) at Urbana College.

1962: Founded Blake College (a small, independent liberal arts school) in Valle De Bravo, Mexico. At the same time, he taught English at Mexico State University.

1965: Blake College was shut down, and Ray traveled to Montana to teach linguistics at Montana State University.

1966: Reopened Blake College in Eugene, Oregon.

1967-1968: Taught as an art professor at Junction City High School.

1968: Traveled to Moscow to meet with Soviet scientists.

1972: Published his Ph.D. thesis titled “Age-Related Oxidative Changes in the Hamster Uterus” at the University of Oregon.

1974: Became the director of “Medical Diet Service, Inc.” in Eugene, a weight loss clinic.

1976: Published “Mind and Tissue: Russian Research Perspectives on the Human Brain”.

1978: Attended and gave a lecture about the benefits of progesterone at the Orthomolecular Medical Society Conference in San Francisco.

1978-1980: Taught endocrinology at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine.

1981: Published “Nutrition for Women”.

1984: Patented “Treatment of progesterone deficiency and related conditions with a stable composition of progesterone and tocopherols”. Created Progest-E.

1986: Patented “Pharmaceutical compositions containing dihydroepiandrosterone and other anesthetic steroids in the treatment of arthritis and other joint disabilities”.

1988-1989: Toured the coast of California (in cities like Santa Barbara and Santa Maria) and gave lectures about health and nutrition.

1993: Published “Progesterone in Orthomolecular Medicine”.

1994: Published “Generative Energy: Restoring the Wholeness of Life”.

1997: Published “From PMS to Menopause: Female Hormones in Context”.

2022: He passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thanksgiving day. Rest in peace, Ray.