Lester B. Pearson: Lester B. Pearson. Self: Front Page Challenge. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario, Lester Bowles Pearson was the son of Annie Sarah Bowles and Edwin Arthur Pearson. Throughout World War I, Pearson volunteered for service and entered in it. He survived an aeroplane crash and Pearson went by the code name, "Mike".
After World War I, Pearson returned back to school and received his Bachelor of Arts in Toronto in 1919. In 1925,...