Norman A. Pedersen ’49

Norm died June 9, 2015, in Sarasota, Fla.

He was a history major and a member of Terrace and the Rugby Club at Princeton. Norm spent 15 years teaching at the Nichols School in Buffalo, and then was appointed headmaster of Brunswick School in Greenwich, Conn., where he stayed for 19 years. After his retirement, Norm and his wife, Isabel (“Ish”), spent winters in Florida and summers in Chautauqua, N.Y., where Ish and her family had lived for many years.

Classmate Herb Spencer has especially warm memories of an unexpected reunion with Norm, Ish, and their daughter, Selina. In 1956, the three Pedersens became trapped on their way to a family Thanksgiving in a fierce Lake Erie blizzard and ended up spending the holiday with the Spencers. Not only were the two Spencer boys and Selina happy companions, both fathers were classmates, and it turned out that Ish and Charlotte were Smith classmates as well. It was a happy ending to a disastrous trip for the Pedersens and the Spencers.

Norm is survived by Ish; children Selina P. Johnson ’76, Norman III, and Laura; and six grandchildren. We extend our affectionate greetings and condolences to them all.