New season dawns for Pearson
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Farm Bureau gave Harry Pearson this 1950 Oliver tractor as a retirement
gift when he stepped down as president in 2001. Photo
by Tom Campbell
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By Barney Haney
Harry Pearson's life has been an affirmation of the Biblical verse
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
The former Indiana Farm Bureau president sees God's hand in the major
events of his life, especially the timing of his retirement from the
Farm Bureau.
Pearson, BS '59, says: "It was never my goal to become president.
I watched one of my predecessors and said 'I never want that responsibility.'"
But after seven years as a fieldman relating information back and forth
from the county Farm Bureaus to the state office, eight years on the
board of directors, and five years as vice president, that's right where
Pearson found himself.
His predecessor, Marion Stackhouse, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 1987.
Pearson, the organization's vice president, was immediately elevated
to president in compliance with company bylaws.
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