Roy harvey pearce biography for kids

As a member of the ROTC at Clemson, he received his diploma and a commission as a second lieutenant the same day.

Son of Walter Leslie and Esther (Bruesch) Pearce. In a key article of 1958, “Historicism Once More,” he criticizes the formalist New Criticism that reigned in universities at that time.

Background

Pearce, Roy Harvey was born on December 2, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

He was a member of the University of South Carolina Development Advisory Council and is a lifetime honorary alumnus of USC. He has also served as a trustee of the South Carolina Foundation of Independent Colleges and Providence Hospital Foundation and as a member of the board of Carolina Children's Home.

He was awarded the first Food Service Trailblazer Award in the United States by Institutional Food Distribution magazine. He was awarded four Arrowhead decorations for invasions and the Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster. He received the Clemson Distinguished Service Award in 1963, an honorary doctorate in 1986, and, in 1988, the Clemson President's Award.

He was a member of the Clemson team that won the Cotton Bowl in 1940. Member Modern Language Association, American History Association, American Association of University Professors, American Studies Association, International Association University Professors English, Phi Beta Kappa.

Clubs: Tudor and Stuart (Baltimore).

In 1967, PYA merged with Consolidated Foods Corporation's Monarch Institutional Foods to become PYA and Monarch and later PYA/Monarch, Inc. The merged companies managed Consolidated's entire food distribution operation throughout the United States and moved headquarters from Chicago to Greenville.

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Married Marie Jeanette Vandenberg, February 7, 1947.

He attended the Columbia public schools and in 1937 graduated from Columbia High School, where he was a student leader and star athlete.    

However, his most enduring gift to his native state will probably be the Roy and Marnie W. Pearce Center for Professional Communication at Clemson University. In 1966 Pearce was one of three UCSD faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  He served as Associate Dean and Dean of Graduate Studies at UCSD and was a member of the board of directors of several academic associations, including the National Council of Teachers of English, the Committee on International Exchange, the English Institute, and the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast.

Roy Pearce was a renowned scholar of American Literature whose many books, articles, editorial projects, and lectures contributed to the crossing of history, social sciences and literature that are a primary feature of American Studies today.

After the war, PYA began supplying hospitals, public schools, and colleges.

By 1960, when Pearce was named president and chief executive officer, half of the company's business was retail and half institutional. They have six grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, and two great-grandsons.

He and his wife are members of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, where he has taught Sunday school, served as a deacon for more than 10 years and as chairman of deacons and chairman of the Finance Committee for building a new sanctuary.

In 1970, PYA/Monarch merged with Consolidated Foods Corporation, now Sara Lee Corporation, and Pearce was elected group vice president. This is historical understanding and historical knowledge.”  It is perhaps a kind of critical irony (or testimony to his critical acumen) that this article was published in The Kenyon Review, a bastion of New Critical thought.

Roy Harvey Pearce is survived by his wife, Marie, and son, Robert.