Professional Profile: John Peckham - 1966

Name: John Peckham - 1966

Company: Data Realty Corp.

Location: Brookline, Mass.

Birthplace: 1933

Education: Abington High School; Tufts University; Columbia Law School In 1956, Jack joined forces with his Uncle Sam and spent the next 38 months on the USS Neptune in the Atlantic Ocean “My next three yeas were possibly the most exciting as I worked as a plainclothesman with the Naval Intelligent covering everything from murders to robbery.” In 1962, Jack entered the real estate business as an investment property salesman trainee and soon after organized the investment sales division at Commonwealth Real Estate Company. In 1965, he formed Data Realty, consisting of 9 salesman and utilizing an IBM computer to match and sort listings. Commenting on the first year, “We should do in the vicinity of $15 million.” A former magician, Peckham finds times to instruct income property education courses for the Mass. Realtor Assn. and claims, “ I have yet to saw a commission in half.”