Don Pederson (December 23, 1928 – June 2, 2019) was an American politician from
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
. He served in the state legislature from 1996 to 2007.
Personal life
Pederson was born December 23, 1928, in
Hastings, Nebraska
Hastings is a List of cities in Nebraska, city and the county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 25,152 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid ...
. He attended
University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Grinnell College, and
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pederson was a lawyer and lived in
North Platte, Nebraska. He served on the North Platte Board of Education. Pederson was a member of many North Platte organizations, bar associations, and the
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
of North Platte. He was the father of former
Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the Cornhuskers compete in NCAA Divis ...
athletic director
Steve Pederson
Steve Pederson was athletic director (AD) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Pittsburgh. He began his career as a college football recruiting coordinator at Ohio State, Tennessee, and Nebraska, where he assembled No. 1 ...
. Pederson died from pancreatic cancer in 2019 at the age of 90.
Former Nebraska State Sen. Don Pederson dies at 90
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Legislature service
He was appointed to the legislature on September 5, 1996, to replace David Bernard-Stevens who had resigned. He was then elected in 1996 to represent the 42nd Nebraska legislative district and reelected in 1998 and 2002. He sat on the Nebraska Retirement Systems, Building Maintenance, and Legislative Performance Audit committees. He was also a nonvoting member of the executive board and Reference committees and served as the chair of the Appropriations committee. Since Nebraska voters passed Initiative Measure 415 in 2001 limiting state senators to two terms after 2001, he was unable run for reelection in 2006.
See also
* Nebraska Legislature
References
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1928 births
2019 deaths
University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
Nebraska lawyers
School board members in Nebraska
Nebraska state senators
People from Hastings, Nebraska
People from North Platte, Nebraska
American Presbyterians
Deaths from cancer in Nebraska
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
20th-century American lawyers