UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July 2004
PEARSON plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
80 Strand
London, England WC2R 0RL
44-20-7010-2000
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Yes No X
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This Report includes the following documents:
1. A press release from Pearson plc announcing Statement re Appointment
Press Release
28 July 2004
Susan Fuhrman Joins Pearson Board
Pearson plc, the international media and education company, today announces the
appointment of Professor Susan Fuhrman, Dean of Penn Graduate School of
Education at the University of Pennsylvania, as a non-executive director.
Professor Fuhrman has spent her entire career working in education, spanning
school and university teaching, public policy and research.
After teaching history in public and private secondary schools in the US,
Professor Fuhrman received a joint PhD from Columbia University in political
science and education. She has taught at Teachers College, Columbia University
and held a professorship at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where
she was affiliated with the Eagleton Institute of Politics. In 1995 she was
appointed Dean of Penn GSE, one of the leading schools of education in the US.
Additionally, since 1985 as founder and director of the Consortium for Policy
Research in Education, she has managed an extensive, ve-university programme to
improve elementary and secondary education through practical research.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching, a member of the Council for Corporate and School
Partnerships of the Coca-Cola Foundation, and former co-chair of the National
Advisory Panel for the Third International Math and Science Study-Replication.
Dennis Stevenson, chairman of Pearson, said: "Susan has a lifelong commitment to
education and is among the leading educational experts in the US. With these
credentials, and her record of success at some highly respected institutions,
she will be a terrific addition to our board."
Professor Fuhrman will stand for reappointment to the Pearson board at Pearson's
next AGM on 29 April 2005.
For further information:
Charlotte Elston Pearson + 44 20 7010 2310
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PEARSON plc
Date: 28 July 2004
By: /s/ STEPHEN JONES
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Stephen Jones
Deputy Secretary