Raymond Allen Pearson (April 9, 1873 – February 13, 1939)[1] was an American agricultural administrator and educator who served as the 7th president of Iowa State University from 1912 to 1926, the 20th president of University of Maryland, College Park from 1926 to 1935.

After his graduation from Cornell University in 1894, he served as assistant chief of the dairy division of the United States Dept.

While at Iowa State College he also served as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture during the war emergency period of 1917-18.

He promoted the graduate program, broadened extension service; and gave wholehearted support to athletics.

His main contribution to Maryland was a greatly expanded physical plant, both in Baltimore and College Park, with 13 buildings added, as well as additional acreage.