University of Maryland School of Pharmacy - Terra Mariae Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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[(18 TERRA nftfllftE 27)] RAYMOND ALLEN PEARSON, recently installed President of the University of Maryland, is broadly known and universally recog- nized as a leader in special lines of education. He was born in 1873 in the state of Indiana, received his Master of Science degree from Cornell University in 1899: the Doctor of . Laws degree from Alfred University in 1910: his degree of Doctor of Agriculture from the University of Nebraska in 1917. Dr. Pearson ' s interests and activities have always centered in the broad field of scientific agriculture. He was Assistant Chief of the Dairy Division of the United States Government from 1895 to 1902: general manager of Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company from 1902 to 1903: Professor cf Dairy Industry in Cornell University from 1903 to 1908: New York State Agri- cultural Commissioner from 1908 to 1912 and President of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts from 1912 to 1926. He assumed duties as President of the University of Maryland on September 1. 1926. Seasoned training and rich experience are essential to the development and promotion of men. These, Dr. Pearson has had in unusual measure. His reputation as an administrator preceded his taking up the reigns of govern- ment of the University of Maryland. Much of the work in the Baltimore division of the University is new to him and his grasp of the problems he has been called upon to face here have amazed those who have the pleasure to work with him. Being new in the field he exercises cautious judgment in disposing of the many perplexing questions brought to his attention. His policy from the beginning has been Not to move too rapidly in his efforts to advance the institution, nor too slowly. Such a policy is just another way of saying. Be sure you arc right and then go ahead and augurs well for a safe and sane program for the future of the institution over which he pre- sides. His ability to absorb facts and figures and correlate them is marvelous. It is not in him to shirk responsibility nor to stifle others in their expression of personal opinions. His method of approach to big and knotty problems always shows a discreet regard for details which gives him opportunity to view his subject from all angles. His rulings are invariably based on sound premises and convey the conviction that once promulgated there can be no turning back. Personally. President Pearson is a fine type of American citizen: he is modest, magnetic, kindly-spoken, generous in his dealings with those with whom he comes in contact, being thoughtful of the feelings of others to a marked degree, and nevertheless is a man of firm convictions evolved from a sane and tolerant consideration of what is right. He has been brought to Maryland for an important work and doubtless realizes the enormity of his undertaking. In all of his efforts he deserves, and it is believed he craves, a continu(?d v hole-hearted support of those in authority and the student body as well. Twenty

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[(18 TERRA flAfliftE 27)] Board of Regents SAMUEL M. SHOEMAKER, CHAIRMAN Ecdeston. Baltimore County ROBERT GRAIN Mt. Victoria. Charles County JOHN M. DENNIS. TREASURER Union Trust Company. Baltimore DR. FRANK GOODNOW 6 West Madison Street. Baltimore . JOHN S. RAINE 413 E. Baltimore Street. Baltimore . CHARLES C. GELDER Princess Anne. Somerset County DR. W. W. SKINNER. SECRETARY Kensmgton. Baltimore County B. JOHN BLACK Randallstown. Baltimore County HENRY HOLZAPFEL Hag:rstown. Washington County DR. RAYMOND A. PEARSON Presid ent of the University, College Park. Maryland. 1924-1933 1924-1933 1923-1932 1922-1951 1921-1930 1920-1929 1919-1927 1918-1926 1925 1934 The University Senate RAYMOND A. Pearson. A.M.. D.Agr,. LL.D . . President. H. C. BYRD. B.S. . . y4ssis(anf to the President. T. O. HEATWOLE. M.D.. D.D.S., D.Sc. .Secretary of the Baltimore Schools. A. N. Johnson. S. B.. D. Eng. Dean of the College of Engineering. FREDERICK E. LEE. Ph.D. Dean of College of Arts and Sciences. J. BEN ROBINSON. D.D.S.. F.A.C D Dean of the School of Dentistry. J. M. H. ROWLAND, M.D Dean of the School of Medicine. HENRY D. HARLAN, LL.D Deun of the School of Law. ROBERT H. FREEMAN. A.M.. LL.B. Assistant Dean of the School of Law. ANDREW G. DUMEZ. PhD Dean of the School of Pharmacy. E. F. KELLY. Phar.D. Advisory Dean of the School of Pharmacy. W. S. SMALL. Ph.D. Dean of the College of Education. M. Marie Mount. M.A Dean of the College of Home Economics. Adele H. Stamp, M.A Dean of Women. C. O. APPLEMAN. Ph.D Dean of Graduate School. H. J. PATTERSON, D.Sc Dean of the College of Agriculture. P. W. ZIMMERMAN. M.S Director of Extension Service. R. S. LYTLE, Major, U. S. A Head of the Department of Military Science and Tactics. Twenty-two