Robert Laughlin Pierson
About Robert Laughlin Pierson
Lived 1926 – 1997 (aged 71).
Robert Laughlin Pierson (1926–1997) was an Episcopal clergyman and Freedom Rider and a named appellant in Pierson v. Ray, 386 U.S. 547.
Life He was born in Chicago on March 9, 1926.
He graduated from Lawrence University, the University of Wisconsin, and Nashotah House with a master of divinity (MDiv).
He served at St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church. In 1961, he was arrested at Jackson, Mississippi, with the Freedom Riders.
He died from a heart attack at the age of 71 on April 13, 1997, in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Family In 1955, he married Ann Clark Rockefeller, daughter of Nelson Rockefeller. They divorced in 1966.
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Who was Robert Laughlin Pierson?
(1926-1997)
When was Robert Laughlin Pierson born?
Robert Laughlin Pierson was born on 9 March 1926.
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Robert Laughlin Pierson died on 13 April 1997.
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