Robert W. Peters is president of Morality in Media, Inc., a nonprofit, interfaith organization founded in New York City in 1962 to combat illegal hardcore pornography and uphold standards of decency in the media.

Mr. Peters, the husband of wife Josie and son of Earl and Lucille Peters (both deceased), was born in LaSalle, Illinois in 1949. He graduated from LaSalle-Peru Township High School in 1967 and Dartmouth College in 1971. While at Dartmouth, he co-captained Dartmouth's 1970 undefeated football team and was also selected to All-Ivy, All-New England and All-East teams. While at Dartmouth, Mr. Peters also spent a semester teaching at a Catholic elementary and high school that served Clarksdale, Mississippi’s black community.

Mr. Peters graduated from New York University School of Law in 1975, and was admitted to practice law in New York in 1976. Following law school, Mr. Peters served for a year as a VISTA attorney in New York City, representing indigent tenants in Manhattan’s landlord-tenant court.

He then spent several years serving in a non-legal capacity with various organizations in New York City that worked to curb the decline in morality. For his work with one such organization, he received an Effective Citizenship Award from John Cardinal O'Connor for translating "concern for the welfare of children into effective action on their behalf."

Mr. Peters joined Morality in Media in 1985 as a staff attorney. In 1987, he was named Assistant Director of the National Obscenity Law Center, a project of Morality in Media. The NOLC serves as a clearinghouse in obscenity law. Subscribers to the Center's services include prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, law libraries and municipal attorneys. He was appointed President of Morality in Media in September 1992.

As part of his legal work, Mr. Peters drafted state and local obscenity and related laws; prepared official Comments submitted to the FCC regarding broadcast indecency and TV ratings; and authored amicus briefs submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court in support of Federal Laws regulating indecent material on broadcast and cable TV and by means of telephone ("dial-a-porn") and computer.

In 1992 Congress enacted legislation, patterned in part after a proposal submitted by Mr. Peters, to address the problem of indecent programming on cable TV leased access channels. In June 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1992 law. In 2003, the U.S. Senate enacted Senate Concurrent Resolution 77, which Mr. Peters proposed and helped draft. S.Con.Res.77 expresses the sense of Congress that “the Federal obscenity laws should be vigorously enforced throughout the United States.”

Mr. Peters is the author of "Information Superhighway or Technological Sewer: What Will It Be?" which appeared in the December 1994 issue of the Federal Communications Law Journal; "'Marketplace of Ideas' or Anarchy: What Will Cyberspace Become?," which appeared in the Spring 2000 (Vol. 51, No. 3) issue of the Mercer Law Review, and “The Link Between Pornography & Violent Sex Crimes” (2004).

Mr. Peters has spoken at numerous seminars and other events. He is often interviewed by local, national and international print and electronic media, including the following national TV programs: 'News Hour with Jim Lehrer' (PBS); ABC Evening News and 'Prime Time Live'; CBS TV Evening News and '48 Hours'; NBC TV Evening News and 'Today'; 'Larry King Live' (CNN); ‘Greta Van Susteren,’ 'Hannity & Colmes,' and 'O'Reilly Report' (FOX News Channel); 'Hardball with Chris Matthews' and 'Brian Williams' (MSNBC); 'Equal Time' (CNBC); 'Pros & Cons' (Court TV); and 'The Web' (Sci-Fi).