Background
Pearson, Norman was born on October 24, 1928 in Stanley, County Durham, England. Son of Joseph and Mary (Pearson) Pearson. arrived in Canada, 1954.
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Norman Pearson
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Norman Pearson, Canadian Urban and regional planner, administrator, academic and planning consultant, writer. Decorated knight of grace Sovereign Order St. John of Jerusalem, 1979, knight Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1991, International Order of Merit, 1991, Order International Fellowship, 1995, knight of the Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1996; recipient Friend of the Escarpment awardProvince of Ontario, 1992.
Education
Bachelor in Fine Arts with honors in Town and Country Planning, U. Durham (England), 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Land Economy and Ecological Planning, International Institute Advanced Studies, 1979; Master of Business Administration, Pacific Western U., Colorado, 1980; Doctor of Business Administration, Pacific Western U., Colorado, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy In Management, California U. for Advanced Studies, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary) in Environmental Planning, International U. Foundation, 1987.
Career
Cons., Stanley Urban District Council, United Kingdom, 1946-1947;
planning assistant, Accrington Town Plan and Bedford County Planning Survey, U. Durham Planning Team, United Kingdom, 1947-1949;
planning assistant, Allen and Mattocks, consultant planners and landscape designers, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 1949-1951;
administrative assistant, Scottish Division, National Coal Board, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1951-1952;
planning assistant, London County Council, Westminster, United Kingdom, 1953-1954;
planner, Control Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1954-1955;
planning analyst, City of Toronto (Ontario) Planning Board, 1955-1956;
director planning, Hamilton Wentworth Planning Area Board, Hamilton, Ontario, 1956-1959;
director planning, Burlington (Ontario) and Suburban Area Planning Board, Canada, 1959-1962;
commissioner planning, City of Burlington, Ontario, 1959-1962;
president, Tanfield Enterprises Ltd., London, Ontario, Canada, since 1962;
president, Norman Pearson & Associations Ltd., London, Ontario, Canada, since 1962;
president, International Planning Management Cons., London, Ontario, Canada, since 1962;
president, Leahy, Pearson, Toll & Associations Ltd., London, Ontario, Canada, 1993-1995;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, The Tanfield Group, since 1995. President Greenleaf Collaborative, Inc., 1997-1998. Consultant in urban, rural and regional planning, since 1962.
Life member United States Committee for Monetary Research and Education, since 1976. Special lecturer in planning McMaster U., Hamilton, 1956-1964, Waterloo (Ontario) Lutheran U., 1961-1963. Assistant professor geography and planning U. Waterloo (Ontario), 1963-1967.
Associate professor geography U. Guelph (Ontario), 1967-1972, chairman, director Center for Resources Development. Professor political science U. Western Ontario, London, 1972-1979. Chairman, Board Of Directors Alma College, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1990-1996.
Adjunct Professor of ecological planning and land economics International Institute for Advanced Studies, Clayton, Missouri, 1980-1989. Core faculty Doctoral Program in Adminstrn/Management Walden U., Minneapolis, 1985-1996, chair administration-management, 1989-1996, member academic county, 1992-1996. Professor business administration and management Greenwich U., Hawaii, since 1995, dean College Business and Political Science, since 1997.
Member board regents California U. for Advanced Studies, Petaluma, 1987-1994. Associate faculty business and organization Graduate School American, since 1996. Professor 21st century studies Greenleaf U., St. Louis, 1996-1998, Board of Governors, 1996-1998.
Professor organization and management Graduate School of America, since 1996. Member Social Sciences, Economics and Legal Aspects Committee of Research Advisory Board International Joint Commission, 1972-1976. Consultant to City of Waterloo, 1973-1976, Province of Ontario, 1969-1970.
Advisor to Georgian Bay Regional Development Council, 1968-1972. Real estate appraiser, province of Ontario, since 1976. President, Chairman of the Board Governors Pacific Western U., Canada, 1983-1984.
Achievements
Membership
President Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 1960-1961. With Royal Air Force, 1951-1953, RAFVR, 1953-1968. Fellow Royal Town Planning Institute (Bronze medal 1957), Royal Economics Society, Lambda Alpha International.
Member American Institute Planners, Canada Institute Planners, Canada Political Science Association, International Society City and Regional Planners, International Association Engineers and Drs. Industrial Applied Sciences, Bruce Trail Association (founding president, chairman, honorary member, Founder's Plaque 1995), Ontario Club, Empire Club, University Club (London), Baconian Club.
Connections
Married Gerda Maria Josefine Riedl, July 25, 1972.
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Nationality
Canadian
Awards
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Decorated knight of grace Sovereign Order St. John of Jerusalem, 1979, knight Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1991, International Order of Merit, 1991, Order International Fellowship, 1995, knight of the Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1996. Recipient Friend of the Escarpment awardProvince of Ontario, 1992.Decorated knight of grace Sovereign Order St. John of Jerusalem, 1979, knight Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, 1991, International Order of Merit, 1991, Order International Fellowship, 1995, knight of the Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, 1996. Recipient Friend of the Escarpment awardProvince of Ontario, 1992.