Background
Pearson, Jerome was born on April 19, 1938 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Elbert Sharp and Angela Lucille (Bond) Pearson.
Pearson, Jerome was born on April 19, 1938 in Texarkana, Arkansas, United States. Son of Elbert Sharp and Angela Lucille (Bond) Pearson.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Washington University, 1961. Master of Science in Geology, Wright State University, 1977.
He is president of STAR, Incorporated., and has developed aircraft and spacecraft technology for the United States Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He holds several patents and is the author of nearly 100 publications in aircraft, spacecraft, electrodynamic tethers, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and global climate control. Pearson received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1961, and his master’s degree in geology from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, in 1977. After serving in the United States. Marine Corps, he became an aerospace engineer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley and Ames research centers during the Apollo Program.
He joined the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in 1971, and developed vibration control for high-power lasers and a kinetic-kill vehicle concept for President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s.
As Chief of the AFRL Structural Dynamics Branch, he led the development of the high-temperature acoustics test facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which was used for high-speed missile testing and the National Aerospace Plane development. In the 1980s he consulted for Walt Disney World in Florida, and consulted on the CommuniCore Pavilion.
In 1998 he founded Star Technology and Research, Incorporated., a small business in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for aerospace research and development, and currently serves as its president
Counselor Boy Scouts American, DAyton, since 1985. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), British Interplanetary Society. Member Tau Beta Pi.
Married Eugenia Edna Thompson, August 22, 1965. Children: Edmund, Marcus, Laura.