George Burton Pearson Jr. ’27

Burt Pearson died on Dec. 7, 1999, in Wilmington, Del. Born in Middletown, Del., he entered Princeton from Wilmington Friends School, where he was active in dramatics and in the Officer Athletic Assn., and in later years served as pres. of its alumni association.

At Princeton he was a member of Gateway Club and roomed with Fred Wardenburg. He earned his LLB from Penn law school in 1931 and had a distinguished career in the Delaware state courts system until 1949, when he joined the Wilmington Trust Co., from which he retired in 1970. He provided volunteer services for numerous organizations, including the Delaware Assn. of Police, Memorial Hospital, and a number of historical societies, including the Historical Society of Delaware, and the Society of Colonial Wars.

Burt's first wife, Isabella Turner Pearson, died in 1962. His survivors include his second wife, Edith duPont Pearson, two daughters, Isabella P. Ryan and Margaret C., a granddaughter, five stepchildren, 14 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren, to whom the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1927