Raymond Pearson

From Rofflehaus

Raymond A. Pearson (1873 – 1939) was the 7^th president of ISU.

[edit] Education

• M.S. Cornell University 1894

[edit] Achivements

• Assistant chief of the Dairy Division of the United Stated Department of Agriculture 1895
• Professor of Dairy Science at Cornell University
• New York Commissioner of Agriculture from 1908 to 1912
• 7^th ISU president from 1912 to 1926
  • Completed divisional organization of undergraduate education
  • Graduate program given divisional status in 1915
  • Broadened extension service
  • Assistant Secretary of Agriculture during World War I from 1917 to 1918
  • Left for presidency at University of Maryland, College Park
• 20^th president of University of Maryland, College Park

[edit] References

• Raymond A. Pearson Papers, RS 02/07, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.