Biography:

Biologist, extension specialist, university professor. Born– January 14, 1909. Parents– R.G. and Selma Bowling Pearson. Married– Mary Elizabeth Duncan. Children– One. Education– Alabama Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1931; M.S.; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1936. Employed by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., 1935-1937; associate specialist at Auburn University, 1943-1971. Named emeritus professor at Auburn in 1972. Member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, Wildlife Society, American Society of Mammals, and the American Ornithologists Union.  Died March 28, 1999.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science. 1982; Find A Grave website

Joint_Publication(s):

The Mourning Dove in Alabama. S.l.; Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Conservation, State of Alabama, 1941.