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William F. Pedersen (1908–1990) was an American architect in practice in New Haven, Connecticut from 1952 to 1989.

Life and career
William Francis Pedersen was born April 18, 1908 in Stamford, Connecticut to Anthon Pedersen and Helen (Blondon) Pedersen. He was educated in the Stamford schools and at Harvard University, graduating with a BA in 1931 and an MA from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1934. He then practiced independently in Stamford until 1940, when he joined the New York City office of George B. Post & Sons and then that of Antonin Raymond. In 1941, during World War II, he joined the navy. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to New York, where he joined the office of Harrison & Abramovitz as a project architect. In 1952 he returned to private practice, forming a partnership in New Haven with Bradford S. Tilney, who he had met in Raymond's office.

Pedersen & Tilney developed a substantial regional practice, but were best known as the winners of a competition to design the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. in 1960. Their design, for a cluster of monumental tablets, was supported by prominent architects including Paul Rudolph and Philip Will Jr. and critic Ada Louise Huxtable but was opposed by Roosevelt's children. After revisions it was approved by the United States Commission of Fine Arts but following continued opposition was formally abandoned in 1965. Amidst this controversy Pedersen and Tilney dissolved their partnership in 1964. Pedersen reorganized his practice as William F. Pedersen & Associates in New Haven and New York City and retired in 1989 when he dissolved his firm.

Norman Foster worked in Pedersen & Tilney's New Haven office during 1962, and J. Max Bond Jr. later worked in their New York office.

Pedersen joined the American Institute of Architects in 1941 and was elected a Fellow in 1982.

Personal life
Pedersen was married in 1942 to Priscilla Auchincloss, had three children, and lived in New Canaan, Connecticut. Pedersen died December 26, 1990 in a nursing home in Mitchellville, Maryland.

Architectural works

 * Brookside, 6 Solomon Crossing, New Haven, Connecticut (1952, demolished)
 * Joseph Barber house, Fortunes Rocks, Maine (1953, unlocated)
 * St. Peter Lutheran Church, 208 Newtown Ave, Norwalk, Connecticut (1955)
 * Sheridan School extension, 191 Fountain St, New Haven, Connecticut (1955, demolished)
 * North Lake, N Lake Dr, Hamden, Connecticut (1957)
 * American Cyanamid Company laboratory, 528 S Cherry St, Wallingford, Connecticut (1958, demolished)
 * Physical education building, Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut (1959, unlocated)
 * Christ Church extensions, 254 E Putnam Ave, Greenwich, Connecticut (1960)
 * Earl Hall and Morrill Hall, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut (1960)
 * United Church parish house, 323 Temple St, New Haven, Connecticut (1961)
 * IBM office building, 1049 Asylum Ave, Hartford, Connecticut (1962)
 * FDNY Ladder 102, 850 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn (1965)
 * Public School 306 Ethan Allen, 970 Vermont St, Brooklyn (1966)
 * South Postal Annex extension, 25 Dorchester Ave, Boston (1968–72)
 * Reception Center, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Old Bethpage, New York (1968)
 * Imperial Chemical Industries office building, Washington Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut (1969, demolished)
 * New Haven County Courthouse, 235 Church St, New Haven, Connecticut (1972–74)
 * New Haven Savings Bank Building, 195 Church St, New Haven, Connecticut (1972–74)
 * Seabury Cooperative, 400 Elm St, New Haven, Connecticut (1972)
 * Seward Park Extension, 154 Broome St and 64 Essex St, New York City (1973)
 * Robert N. Gaimo Federal Building, 150 Court St, New Haven, Connecticut (1975)
 * NYPD 7th Precinct and NYFD Engine 17 and Ladder 18 Fire Station, 19–25 Pitt St, New York City (1975)
 * Roberto Clemente School, 360 Washington Ave, New Haven, Connecticut (1978, demolished)