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David Pearson is a native of Miami, Florida. His family settled there in the 1920s and ’30s. His father Dr. Colquitt Pearson was the city’s first anesthesiologist. He graduated from Emory University, worked for UPI, and became the first Vice President for Public Relations at Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island. He served in the Peace Corps in Washington DC and on November 22nd, he received a phone call to report to the White House and President Kennedy was shot. Over the next couple of days, he assisted at Kennedy’s funeral. He spent two years in Washington as Deputy Information Director of the Peace Corps under Sargant Shriver and as Assistant Director of the Community Relations Service under LeRoy Collins.
If you are interested in buying JFK And Bobby, Arnie and Jack… (2016), the book is available at Books & Books in Coral Gables.
