Background
Pearson, GEorge Burton was born on August 8, 1905 in Middletown, Delaware, United States. Son of George Burton and Mary Estelle (Cochran) Pearson.
Pearson, GEorge Burton was born on August 8, 1905 in Middletown, Delaware, United States. Son of George Burton and Mary Estelle (Cochran) Pearson.
AB magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1927. Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania, 1931. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Delaware, 1988.
Law clerk Honorary Victor B. Woolley United States Court Appeals (3d circuit), 1930-1931. Associate attorney Law Office Hugh M. Morris, Wilmington, Delaware, 1931-1939. Vice chancellor State of Delaware, 1939-1946.
Associate judge Delaware Supreme Court, 1946-1950. Senior vice president, director, chairman trust committee Wilmington Trust Company, 1950-1970, associate director, member trust committee, since 1970. Member advisory board Delaware Bank, 1959-1969.
Trustee University Delaware, Newark, since 1951, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, 1962-1973. Member Newark Special School District, 1933-1941. Trustee, now president Unidel Foundation, Inc., Wilmington.
Member American Bar Association, Sons of the American Revolution, Delaware Bar Association (president 1950-1952), American Law Institute, Society Colonial Wars, Society of Cincinnati, Chevalier du Tastevin, Alliance Francaise, Wilmington Club (past board directors), Wilmington Country Club, Greenville Country Club, Fishers Island Country Club, Fishers Island Yacht Club, Mill Reef Club.
Married Mary Isbella Turner, June 27, 1941 (deceased November 1962). Children: Isabella Turner Pearson Ryan, Margaret Cochran Pearson. Married Edith duPont Riegel, January 4, 1968.