Major General Cedric Maudsley Ingram "Sandy" Pearson, AO, DSO, OBE, MC (24 August 1918^[3] – 7 November 2012) was an Australian Army officer. He was a Commander of Australian Forces during the Vietnam War, Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and Director of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales.^[4]

CMI Pearson (known as Sandy) was born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales,^[3] the son of Margaret and the Rev. George Ingram Pearson, a Methodist minister.^[5] Pearson attended Newington College (1932–1936)^[6] before graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1940.

• Served Second World War, (1942–1945)^[3]
• Served Singapore, (1966–1968)
• Commander 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam, (1968–1969)^[7][8]
• Commandant, Royal Military College, Duntroon, (1970–1973)^[8]
• Chief of Personnel, Australian Army, (1973–1975)

• Exexcutive Director, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, (1976–1983)
• Director, Brickworks Ltd, (1983–1998)

• RSL Committees, (1977–2002)
• Newington College Council, (1978–1998)
• NSW Homeless Children, (1981–1990)

Aged 94, Pearson died on 7 November 2012 at the RSL Village in Narrabeen, New South Wales.^[9] His funeral was held eight days later at the Newington College Chapel, Stanmore.