Pearson, Glenn Laurentz

Mormon pioneer.

Glenn L. Pearson was born on November 12, 1918 on a farm near Ririe, Idaho. After high school, he served in World War II as an enlisted man in the European Theater. When the war was over, he served an LDS mission in Minnesota. He then returned to Utah and entered college. He married Ardith Hunsaker of Honeyville, Utah on March 25, 1943. They had three sons, two daughters. Pearson earned his bachelor's degree at Utah State University, and his Master's degree at BYU. Between 1955 to 1958 he was employed as director of the LDS Institute of Religion at UCLA and Santa Monica City College. During that time he began work on his Ph. D., but did not write a dissertation. In June, 1958, he returned to BYU, as a member of the faculty until 1972. He was a prolific speaker and writer. He wrote and published ten books, edited two, and contributed chapters to two others. In addition to the manuals he wrote for the LDS Institute of Religion, he wrote lessons for MIA, Sunday School and Family Home Evening manuals. He was a poet who wrote several hundred poems; some have been published, but most have not. He died on the 29th of March, 1999.

Glenn L. Pearson (1918-1999) was a World War II veteran who was part of the BYU faculty.

Glenn L. Pearson was born November 12, 1918 on a farm near Ririe, Idaho. After high school, he served in World War II in the European Theater. When the war was over, he served a Mormon mission in Minnesota. He returned to Utah, entered college, and married Ardith Hunsaker of Honeyville, Utah, March 25, 1943. They had three sons and two daughters. Pearson earned his bachelor's degree at Utah State University, and his Master's degree at BYU. Between 1955 to 1958 he was employed as director of the LDS Institute of Religion at UCLA and Santa Monica City College. In June 1958, he returned to BYU as a member of the faculty until 1972. He was a prolific speaker and writer. He wrote and published ten books, edited two, and contributed chapters to two others. In addition to the manuals he wrote for the LDS Institute of Religion, he wrote lessons for MIA, Sunday School and Family Home Evening manuals. He was a poet who wrote several hundred poems. He died March 29, 1999.