Edward Pierson ’51

Ned was born May 29, 1929, in Stamford, Conn., to Lucy (Bruggerhof) and Norris E. Pierson 1911.

A Deerfield graduate, Ned was a history major at Princeton. He belonged to Cannon and was active in the Chapel Choir, Student Christian Association, and the United World Federalists. He roomed with Farrrell Bushing, Dave Fogle, Dick Pierson, and Bill Rushton. He spent his summers working with the American Friends Service Committee in the United States and France.

Ned married Day Eggleston in 1951 and had two children, George and Elizabeth. Ned earned a bachelor of divinity degree from Hartford Theological Seminary in 1953 and was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church USA. He later earned a doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary. He served churches in Brooklyn; Framingham, Mass.; Baltimore; Rocky River, Ohio; and Orchard Lake and Albion, Mich., retiring in 1991.

Divorced in 1961, he married his beloved wife, Jean, 10 years later. Ned died April 15, 2012, in Holland, Mich. He is survived by his wife; his son and daughter; two granddaughters; two great-grandsons; his sister Margaret Weeks; and cousins Richard Pierson Jr. ’51, Samuel Pierson ’65, Richard Pierson III ’78, and Cordelia Pierson ’86. His sister Lucy Ramsey predeceased him.