abrupt end in 1974 when, after it was announced that Gulf Oil Corporation was contemplating investing more than $300 million to build a resort on the island, the government of Jean-Claude Duvalier (known as "Baby Doc"), summarily expropriated the project, resulting in its collapse. A similar venture on the island of Dominica which was attempted in the wake of the failed project in Haiti, also met with disaster following governmental turmoil in Dominica. Pierson family In his personal and private life Don Pierson was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Eastland. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ryce and Hazel Pierson, and his brother Ryce Pierson Jr. and survived by his wife Annette; his sisters, his son Grey, daughter Marilyn, and two grandchildren. External links Biography of Don Pierson Don Pierson and Wonderful Radio London Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the US, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 People from Abilene, Texas People from Eastland, Texas United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II United States Army Air Forces non-commissioned officers American Presbyterians Pirate radio personalities 20th-century American businesspeople History of Haiti Mayors of places in Texas 1925 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American politicians