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'''Kenilworth''' is a village located in [[Cook County, Illinois]], approximately 17 miles north of downtown [[Chicago]]. It is the newest of the eight suburban "[[North Shore]]" communities bordering [[Lake Michigan]], and is the only one developed as a planned community. Department store mogul Joseph [[Sears]] purchased 223.6 acres in one of the last undeveloped areas near Chicago's lakeshore for $150,300 in [[1889]]. Seven years later the population had reached 300 residents, fulfilling the legal requirement for incorporation. As of the [[2000]] census, the village had a total population of 2,494.
'''Morgan Scott Peck''', M.D. ([[May 22]], [[1936]] – [[September 25]], [[2005]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[psychiatrist]] and best-selling author.
Kenilworth has a reputation as the wealthiest and most exclusive community in [[Chicagoland]]. In April of 2005, American Demographics magazine named Kenilworth's [[zip code]] (60043) the 11th most affluent in the U.S.
==Biography==
== Geography ==
Peck was born in [[New York City]]. He graduated from [[Friends_Seminary]] in [[1954]], after which he received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Harvard]] in [[1958]] and an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] degree from [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[1963]]. He served in administrative posts in the government during his career as a psychiatrist. He was the Medical Director of the [[New Milford Hospital Mental Health Clinic]] and a psychiatrist in private practice in [[New Milford (town), Connecticut|New Milford, Connecticut]]. His first and best-known book, ''The Road Less Traveled'', has sold more than seven million copies.
Kenilworth is located at 42°5'17" North, 87°42'57" West (42.088128, -87.716009){{GR|1}}.
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 1.6 [[square kilometer|km²]] (0.6 [[square mile|mi²]]). 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
Peck's works combined his experiences from his private psychiatric practice with a distinctly religious point of view. In one of his books, ''[[People of the Lie]]'', he wrote, "After many years of vague identification with [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Islam|Islamic]] mysticism, I ultimately made a firm [[Christianity|Christian]] commitment — signified by my non-denominational baptism on the ninth of March 1980..." One of his religious insights was that people who are evil attack others rather than facing their own failures. His religious views are criticized by some fundamentalist Christians (for example, [[Debbie Dewart]]).
== Demographics ==
In 1984, Peck co-founded the [[Foundation for Community Encouragement]], a tax-exempt, nonprofit, public educational foundation, whose stated mission is "to teach the principles of community to individuals and organizations."
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there are 2,494 people, 792 households, and 697 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] is 1,604.9/km² (4,190.8/mi²). There are 815 housing units at an average density of 524.5/km² (1,369.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.04% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.00% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.28% from two or more races. 1.36% of the population are [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.
There are 792 households out of which 49.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 81.7% are [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 11.9% are non-families. 10.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.15 and the average family size is 3.39.
Peck married Lily Ho in [[1959]], and they had three children. In 2004 she left him. Peck then married Kathleen Kline Yates.
In the village the population is spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.3 males.
Peck died at his home in [[Connecticut]] after suffering from [[Parkinson's disease]] and pancreatic and liver duct [[cancer]].
The median income for a household in the village is excess of $200,000, as is the median income for a family. Males have a median income of over $100,000 versus $69,375 for females. The per capita income for the village is $100,718. 1.1% of the population and none of the families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, none are under the age of 18 and 1.7% are 65 or older.
==''The Road Less Traveled''==
''The Road Less Traveled'' is Peck's best-known work, and the one that made his reputation. It is, in short, a description of the attributes that make for a happy and fulfilled human being, based largely on his insights as a [[psychologist]] and a person.
In the first section of the work Peck talks about discipline, which he considers essential for emotional, spiritual and psychological health, and which he describes as "the means of spiritual evolution". The elements of discipline that make for such health include the ability to delay gratification, accepting responsibility for oneself and one's actions, a dedication to reality and an openness to challenge.
In the second section, Peck considers the nature of ''love'', which he considers the driving force behind spiritual growth. The section mainly attacks a number of misconceptions about love: that it is about dependency, that true love is "falling in love", that love is a feeling. Instead love is about ''cathexis'', the extending of one's ego boundaries to include another, and about the spiritual nurturing of another.
The final section describes ''Graces'' — phenomena which Peck says:
*nurture human life and spiritual growth
*are incompletely understood by scientific thinking
*are commonplace among humanity
*originate outside conscious human will
He concludes that "the miracles described indicate that our growth as human beings is being assisted by a force other than our conscious will".
==Bibliography==
* ''The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth'' (Simon & Schuster, 1978)
* ''People of the Lie: The Hope For Healing Human Evil'' (Simon & Schuster, 1983)
* ''What Return Can I Make? Dimensions of the Christian Experience''(Simon & Schuster, 1985) (republished by Harpers in 1995 under the new title, ''Gifts For the Journey: Treasures of the Christian Life'')
* ''The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace'' (Simon & Schuster, 1987)
* ''A Bed By the Window: A Novel of Mystery and Redemption'' (Bantam, 1990)
* ''The Friendly Snowflake: A Fable of Faith, Love and Family'' (Turner Publishing, Inc., 1992)
* ''A World Waiting To Be Born: Civility Rediscovered'' (Bantam, 1993)
* ''Meditations From the Road'' (Simon & Schuster, 1993)
* ''Further Along the Road Less Traveled'' (Simon & Schuster, 1993)
* ''In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason and Discovery'' (Hyperion 1995)
* ''In Heaven As On Earth: A Vision of the Afterlife'' (Hyperion, 1996)
* ''The Road Less Traveled and Beyond: Spiritual Growth in an Age of Anxiety'' (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
* ''Denial of the Soul: Spiritual and Medical Perspectives in Euthanasia and Mortality'' (Harmony Books (Crown), 1997)
* ''Golf and the Spirit: Lessons for the Journey'' (Harmony Books, 1999)
* ''Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism, and Redemption'' (Free Press, January 19, 2005)
==References==
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/09/26/entertainment/e195239D74.DTL&hw=Scott+Peck&sn=002&sc=539 "'Road Less Traveled' Author Dies at 69"] - obituary from the [[Associated Press]], September 26, 2005
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-100-1606175-100,00.html "Gin, cigarettes, women: I'm a prophet, not a saint"] - interview in ''[[The Times]]'', [[May 10]], 2005
== External links ==
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* [http://www.mscottpeck.com/index.html M. Scott Peck home page]
* [http://www.fce-community.org/ Foundation for Community Encouragement home page]
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[[Category:American psychiatrists|Peck, M. Scott]]
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