Nicholas M. Edgerton ’86

Nicholas M. Edgerton ’86, of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Nov. 16. He was a professional educator who started his career as a teacher and dean of students at the Kildonan School, a boarding school for dyslexic children in Amenia, N.Y. He was a tireless advocate for children and adolescents with learning differences. In 2000, he moved to Williamstown, Mass., where he was appointed head of Pine Cobble School. He moved his family to Kalamazoo in 2010 and continued to pursue opportunities as a school administrator and leader. As an administrator he dedicated himself to knowing each student and their family and was a stickler for grammar, manners, and propriety, and he carried with him an encyclopedia of knowledge. He is survived by daughter Elizabeth “Lily” Edgerton ’21; a son; his father; a brother and sister-in-law, and his former wife, Elizabeth.