Obituaries
Obituary: Stephen Pierson, 83, Former Darien Town Counsel
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This obituary was previously published by Greenwich Free Press:
Stephen Pierson, 83, of Riverside, beloved husband of Nancy Pierson, passed away on July 7, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in New York City on Oct. 18, 1931, he was the son of the late Dr. Richard Norris Pierson and Dorothy Frances Stewart Pierson of New York City and Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
Stephen matriculated through The Buckley School in New York City and Millbrook School in Millbrook, N.Y. He attended Colgate University and pursued an accelerated program, achieving a political science degree after three years of study in 1953. Thereafter, he served in the United States Army in the Signal Corps during the Korean War and was posted to the Philippines. After discharge, he attended
Columbia Law School in New York City and graduated in 1958.