Petersen William Jaegerman

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Petersen William Jaegerman, of New York City and Southampton, passed away. He was seventy-one. Born to Miriam Petersen and Edward Charles Jaegerman, he was the third of their six children. Petersen graduated from Bennington College with a bachelor of arts, majoring in French. He received his law degree from George Washington University Law School and was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., and New York. Petersen had a 20-year career in intellectual property law as Senior Vice President, Legal and Business Affairs with Peer Music of New York City. In 2011 he shifted focus and pursued licensure as a psychoanalyst from the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) and maintained a private therapeutic practice thereafter. While living in Washington, DC, he met his life partner and future husband, Richard Stafford.

Petersen loved old movies, especially Alfred Hitchcock, and vocal jazz, including Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holliday and classic cars.

Petersen is survived by his husband, Richard, and his siblings, Karen Collins of Charlottesville, Virginia, Betsy Jaegerman of Harrington, Maine, Margaret Jaegerman of Brunswick, Maine, Alexander Jaegerman of Portland, Maine, and Anne Jaegerman of Washington, D.C., as well as his much-loved Boston Terrier, Ramsay. In lieu of flowers, the family asks those who are able instead to make a donation to the Central Park Conservancy, (centralparknyc.org) or the NPAP (NPAP - National Psychological Association For Psychoanalysis).