Bradley Pearson, '14: Marries Anna Strom Thompson

Anna Strom Thompson, the daughter of Peter G. Thompson of Washington and the late Barbara Strom Thompson, was married Oct. 15 to Bradley James Pearson, a son of Helen W. Pearson and Glenn W. Pearson of Chevy Chase, Md. Porter G. Dawson, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated at the Columbus Club in Union Station in Washington.

Mrs. Pearson, 30, is a senior consultant who advises clients on organizational, talent, and leadership issues, in the consulting unit, at Deloitte, the professional services company, in New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth and received an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Her father is a partner in Sperduto Thompson, a Washington law firm. Her mother was a child development specialist.

Mr. Pearson, also 30, is an associate specializing in transportation finance at the New York law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. He graduated cum laude from Amherst College and received a law degree from the University of Chicago.

His mother is a tutor for children with learning disabilities in Chevy Chase. His father, a pianist and bandleader, is the president of Glenn Pearson Productions, a music and entertainment business in Chevy Chase.

The couple met in third grade at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, and went on their first date when they were in 10th grade, to the 2001 homecoming dance.