Alfred J. Pearson Explained

Alfred J. Pearson
Order:2nd
Minister From:United States
Country:Finland
Term Start:September 5, 1925
Term End:April 30, 1930
Order1:2nd
Minister From1:United States
Country1:Poland
Term Start1:June 26, 1924
Term End1:August 18, 1925
President1:Calvin Coolidge
Birth Date:29 September 1869
Death Place:Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Education:Bethany College (A.B., M.A.)
Yale University (Ph.D.)

Alfred J. Pearson (September 29, 1869 – August 10, 1939) was a Swedish born-American educator and diplomat.[1]

Biography

Alfred John Pearson was born at Landskrona, Sweden. His family immigrated when he was an infant, eventually settling in Kansas in 1875. He graduated with an A. B. from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas in 1893 and in 1896 with a M.A. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1896.[1]

Pearson was an instructor at Upsala College in Essex County, New Jersey from 1896 to 1898. From 1898 to 1907, he was a professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Pearson joined the faculty at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa as a professor of German Language and Literature in 1907.[2]

Pearson was the American Minister to Poland (1924–25) and to Finland (1925-1930).[3] He was a professor of German language and literature at Drake University,[4] Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of Drake University from 1930 until his death in 1939. [1]

Alfred J. Pearson died in Des Moines, Iowa during 1939.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Alfred John Pearson. drakeapedia.library. October 1, 2020.
  2. News: Alfred J. Pearson, educator 43 years; Drake University Dean Was Former Minister to Poland and Finland--Dies at 69 Began Career at Upsala Reported Reported Hitler Interview and German Conditions to Roosevelt in 1934 . 29 January 2020 . The New York Times . August 11, 1939.
  3. Herriott, F. I. "Alfred John Pearson, An Appreciation." The Annals of Iowa 22 (1941), 515-542.
  4. Web site: Previous Ambassadors . U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Poland . 29 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Dr. Alfred John Pearson. Drake Times-Delphic, vol. 58 no. 01 - September 19, 1939. October 1, 2020.