Rev. Peter R. Lawson ’50

Rev. Peter R. Lawson ’50, of Petaluma, Calif.; Apr. 11. He graduated from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University and was ordained deacon, then priest in the Episcopal Church in 1957. He served two parishes in Connecticut before heeding the call to urban ministry in Newark, N.J., and Indianapolis, Ind. There, he was elected dean of Christ Church Cathedral (1964-1971). He retired from St. James Church in San Francisco after 12 years, and became an author and an influencer in the lives of many in Sonoma County. Survivors include his sister Cynthia Lawson Samoiloff ’59.