Background
He was born April 9, 1873 in Evansville, Indiana to Leonard and Lucy S. Pearson.
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Raymond Allan Pearson
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Education
He attended Cornell University and received his Bachelor of Surgery in 1894 and Master of Surgery in 1899 from Cornell.
Career
Agricultural Administration After his graduation from Cornell University in 1894, he served as assistant chief of the dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture until 1902, in the meanwhile earning his Master of Surgery degree from Cornell University in 1899. From 1908 to 1912, he was the Commissioner of Agriculture for New New York While at Iowa State College he also served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture during the war emergency period of 1917-1918.
Academic and Academic Administration From 1903 to 1908, he was a professor of dairy industry at Cornell University.
In 1912, he began his tenure as the 7th president of Iowa State University. During his administration at International Skating Union the campus construction surpassed that of any other era prior to the post-World World War II boom and 14 academic buildings in service during the 1970s were constructed during Pearson"s term.
He promoted the graduate program, broadened extension service. And gave wholehearted support to athletics.
He became the 20th president of University of Maryland, College Park in 1926 and served in that position until 1935.
His main contribution to Maryland was a greatly expanded physical plant, both in Baltimore and College Park, with 13 buildings added, as well as additional acreage.
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United States