Don Pederson Explained

Don Pederson
State Legislature:Nebraska
State:Nebraska
District:42nd
Term Start:1996
Term End:2007
Preceded:David Bernard-Stevens
Succeeded:Tom Hansen
Birth Date:23 December 1928
Birth Place:Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.
Death Place:Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Don Pederson (December 23, 1928 – June 2, 2019) was an American politician from Nebraska. He served in the state legislature from 1996 to 2007.

Personal life

Pederson was born December 23, 1928, in Hastings, Nebraska. 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 of North Platte. He was the father of former Nebraska Cornhuskers athletic director Steve Pederson. Pederson died from pancreatic cancer in 2019 at the age of 90.[1] [2]

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

References

  1. Web site: Nebraska Unicameral Legislature . Sen. Don Pederson . March 15, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060423035412/http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/senators/district42.htm . April 23, 2006 .
  2. Web site: National Conference of State Legislatures . Term Limits in Nebraska: A Timeline . March 20, 2006 . https://archive.today/20051129070206/http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legman/about/nebterm.htm . November 29, 2005 . dead .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Nebraska State Sen. Don Pederson dies at age 90 Nebraska omaha.com . www.omaha.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190603063358/https://www.omaha.com/news/former-state-sen-don-pederson-dies-sunday-at-age-of/article_b6e804a3-1639-58e6-95da-51b5e94705ba.html . 2019-06-03.
  2. https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Former-Nebraska-State-Sen-Don-Pederson-dies-at-90-510733501.html Former Nebraska State Sen. Don Pederson dies at 90