Kenneth H. Pearsall

Kenneth H. Pearsall (1918 – 1999) was an American ordained minister and academic administrator who served as the 8th president of Northwest Nazarene University from 1973 to 1983.

Kenneth Pearsall
8th President of Northwest Nazarene University
In office
1973–1983
Preceded byJohn E. Riley
Succeeded byA. Gordon Wetmore
Personal details
Born1918
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died1999 (aged 81)
Nampa, Idaho, U.S.
ChildrenJoel Pearsall
EducationEastern Nazarene College (BA)

Early life and education

Ken Pearsall was born 1918 in New York City, the son of Hazel and Nelson D. Pearsall. He received his undergraduate education at the Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) in Massachusetts. He later received honorary doctor of divinity degrees from ENC and the College of Idaho.[1]

Career

Pearsall was ordained in 1946 by the Metro New York District Church of the Nazarene and pastored in New York before joining the administration of alma mater Eastern Nazarene.[2] He then left to pastor churches in Ohio and Washington before his election as District Superintendent of the Albany District Church of the Nazarene in 1962.[2] He was elected District Superintendent of the New England District Church of the Nazarene[3] in 1968 and president of the Northwest Nazarene College (NNC) in 1973.[4] It was under Pearsall that master's degrees were first offered at NNC.[5]

Personal life

He retired in 1984 and lived in Nampa, Idaho until his death in 1999 at the age of 81.[1] In 2016, Pearsall's son, Joel Pearsall, was selected to serve as the 13th president of Northwest Nazarene University.[6]

Notes and references
  1. Twelfth Presidential Inauguration at Northwest Nazarene University Archived 2009-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Pearsall Obituary
  3. The Ledger - Feb 9, 1974
  4. NNU Administrative Policy Manual
  5. "Fall 2008 President's Dinner at NNU". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  6. Barnhill, Frankie. "NNU Welcomes New University President". www.boisestatepublicradio.org. Retrieved 2020-09-26.


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