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Pearson gets MIAC's Distinguished Service Award

By Mike Ludwig '03
May 22, 2009

Wes Pearson, a St. Olaf chemistry professor, was given the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Distinguished Service Award earlier this month after it was announced he would be leaving his post as the faculty athletic representative (FAR) at St. Olaf.

Pearson has been a Professor of Chemistry at St. Olaf since 1958 and the school's FAR since 1984. He served as president of the MIAC twice before the conference office was established. Pearson was voted in as vice president in 2007 and has served on the league's budget committee three times.

In the late 1990s he served on a committee that created the mission statement for the league and was again on the committee when the statement was revised in 2005.

Besides working on legislative issues with the MIAC and NCAA, Pearson is an active participant in the St. Olaf athletic department, as he runs the game clock for both basketball and football.

Contact Mike Ludwig at 507-786-3834 or ludwigm@stolaf.edu.