Background
III, Samuel Haff Pearsall, was born on September 2, 1949 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Sam H. Junior and Margaret Isabelle (Ikard) P.
ecologist Foundation administrator geographer
III, Samuel Haff Pearsall, was born on September 2, 1949 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Sam H. Junior and Margaret Isabelle (Ikard) P.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1942. Master of Professor Studies, Cornell University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University Hawaii, 1993.
Executive director Coastal Resources Center, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1975-1977. Program director Natural Areas and Natural Heritage Survey Tennessee Department Conservation, Nashville, 1978-1981, director Ecological Services division, 1982-1985. Director Pacific Science The Nature Conservancy, Honolulu, 1989-1991, director science and stewardship Durham, North Carolina, 1992-1999, director science and Roanoke River Project, 2000—2007, director science and climate change adaptation, 2007—2008.
Southeast regional manager land, water and wildlife Environmental Defense Fund, Raleigh. Adjunct faculty University North Carolina, since 1993, Nicholas School Environment Duke University, since 1999, founder Pacific Science program Nature Conservancy, 1989, founding member conservation committee, 1994-1996, Ecoregions working group, 1996-1997. Member Southern Blue Ridge Ecoregional Planning Team, 1996-1997.
Leader Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Ecoregional Planning Team, since 1997. Founding member Georgia-Pacific/Nature Conservancy Roanoke Ecosys. Partnership, 1995-1997.
Science and technical advisory committee Albermarle-Pamlico National Estuari Program, 2004-2005. Advisory committee coastal elevations and sea level rise United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2007-2009. Member National Park Service Cape Hatteras Regulatory Negotiation Committee, 2007-2008, North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission Habitat & Water Quality Advisory Committee, since 2009.
Board directors Tennessee Environmental Council, Nashville, 1980-1985, Natural Areas Association, Rockford, Illinois, 1984-1987, Bend, Oregon, 97-2000, treasurer, 1999-2000. Counselor Conservation Trust for North Carolina, 1993-1998. Founder Tennessee Protection Planning Committee.
Student fellow East-West Center, 1985-1990.
Married Patricia Davenport, July 1973 (divorced 1978). 1 child, Rachel Claire. Married Linda Louise Parrish, September 4, 1982.
1 child, Paul Samuel.