Ned Ryerson, 73; teacher, writer, director of Palfrey Street School

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: November 20, 1992 | Copyright information

Ned Ryerson, a teacher, writer and a founder of the Palfrey Street School in Watertown, died on Wednesday at his home in Cambridge after a five-year struggle with prostate cancer. He was 73.

Mr. Ryerson was born in Riverside, Calif., and grew up in Chicago. He graduated from Yale University in 1941 and received a master's degree in American history from Harvard University in 1946.

He served in the Army's Signal Corps during the Korean War, teaching English to Koreans in Seoul.

Mr. Ryerson, a teacher for more than 30 years, taught English and history in Beaver Country Day School, the Belmont ...

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