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Presented to Duane D Pearsall by Adams State College in appreciation for his service as a distinguished executive.

The Statitrol Story
The Duane D. Pearsall manuscript collection MS055 at WPI, includes business and personal records of Duane Pearsall, developer of the battery-powered home smoke detector. Records of Statitrol, the smoke detector company Mr. Pearsall founded, plus…

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Duane Persall gesturing.

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Ensign Pearsall completed one year of training and was commissioned as Ensign

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Duane Pearsall and President Ford shake hands.

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Photograph of Pearsall with President Ford, two unknown men standing on the right.

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Black and white photograph of the professional photograph of Pearsall sitting with hand on hand, hands cropped out of image.

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Duane Pearsall stands between two rows of female workers at work benches at the Statitrol factory.

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Duane Pearsall stands outside on a balcony wearing a long winter coat. Office buildings and the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains are visble in the background.

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Black and white photograph of Duane standing next to a window with arms crossed.

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Photograph of Duane Pearsall standing for a photograph with President Gerald Ford.

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Duane Pearsall seated at desk. He holds a melted Smoke Gard in his left hand. A second Smoke Gard sits on the desk.

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Pearsall, with his wife Marge and father Sheldon, in Washington DC for the National Small Businessman of the Year awarded him in 1976 by President Ford.

2010 WPI_ Electrical and Computer Engineering.pdf
schedule of Project Presentation Day, Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, 2010

ECE_PP_Day_Schedule_2012_3(2).pdf
schedule of Project Presentation Day, Electrical and Computer Engineering program, April 19, 2012

Updated_ECE_MQP_Campus_Booklet_2015_.pdf
schedule for Project Presentation Day for the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, April 23, 2015

clip-enlisting.mp4
Duane describes his experience of enlisting in the Navy.

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Entreprenuer of the Year Certificate 1990

2010 WPI_ Environmental Engineering.pdf
schedule of Project Presentation Day, Environmental Engineering program

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Presented to Duane D Pearsall by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Measures 10 x 12.5 inches

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Presented to Duane D Pearsall as a Technology Entrepreneur by the Small Business High Technology Institute.

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Back side of award presented to Duane D Pearsall as Technology Entrepreneur

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Franklin-Jefferson Award Coins.

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Engraved plate mounted on marble presented to Duane Pearsall as a member of the Freedom Club from Mountain States Legal Foundation.

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