Pearson, Paul M. (Paul Martin), 1871-1938

From left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Dr. Paul Martin Pearson, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands; Robert Welsh Herrick, Secretary to the United States Virgin Islands; and Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The first Virgin Islands Company Board of Directors poses for a picture in Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes' office. Standing, left to right: Lionel Roberts; Charles Taussig, President, American Molasses Company; Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Dr. Paul Martin Pearson, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands; and D. Hamilton Jackson. Secretary Ickes seated in center.

From left to right: Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, Director, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, Department of the Interior; Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Dr. Paul M. Pearson, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands.