2011/12 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University

STANFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AND
BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER
present
International Students at Stanford
John Pearson
Assistant Vice Provost &
Director of Bechtel International Center
Tuesday, Nov. 15
5:30 P.M.
Bechtel International Center
Nearest parking at Tresidder & Lomita Drive
60 Bechtel International Center Annual Report 2011/12
John Pearson’s talk will provide an overview of the
presence of international students at Stanford since the
founding class. The talk will cover the trends, the
challenges and the experiences of international students
at Stanford through the years since 1891.
John Pearson is originally from Manchester, UK and went
to college in Wales and London. As a teenager he became a
fan of the music that came from the southern states of the
U.S, and first came to America in the summer of 1969,
when he lived and worked in Nashville. In 1971 he went
to the University of Tennessee to work in international
education. He came to Stanford in 1985 and has been the
director of the Bechtel International Center since 1988. He
still collects old hillbilly, blues and rock and roll music and
his spare time is spent watching Manchester City Football
club on TV!