David Petri Pearson

Background

Pearson, David Petri was born on October 24, 1926 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Brewer Petri and LauraAlvine (Johnson) Pearson.

Education

Graduate Center.

Career

Research chemist Phillips Petroleum Company (Atomic Energy Commission), Idaho Falls, Idaho, 1957-1962, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1962-1969. Lecturer in chemistry, Portland State University, 1969-1971. Assistant professor of chemistry Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, 1971-1972.

Research associate Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, 1972-1974.

Senior chemist Portland General Electric Company, 1975-1987. Retired, 1987. Patentee in field

Achievements

• David Petri Pearson has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to corporal United States Army Air Force, 1946-1947. Member American Chemical Society (treasurer Portland section 1979-1982, chairman 1983), Electrochemical Society. Clubs: American Alpine, Idaho Alpine (secretary Idaho Falls 1961, president 1962).

Connections

Married Patricia Margaret Cowan, June 4, 1949. Children: Kathryn A., James P., Rebecca L., Kristine R., Judith G. Bachelor of Arts Chemistry, Reed College.

Father:

Brewer Petri Pearson

Mother:

LauraAlvine (Johnson) Pearson

Spouse:

Patricia Margaret Cowan

child:

Kristine R. Pearson

child:

James P. Pearson

child:

Kathryn A. Pearson

child:

Rebecca L. Pearson

child:

Reed College Pearson

child:

Judith G. Bachelor of Arts Chemistry Pearson