Four MIHS alumni to be honored with Pathfinder Awards

The awards will be presented at the Breakfast of Champions on April 30.

March 25, 2019 5:30 am
Mercer Island schools will honor four Pathfinders - Caroline Fraser, Pete Nordstrom, Erik Nordstrom, and posthumously, Blake Nordstrom - at its upcoming annual breakfast. Pathfinders are notable alumni of Mercer Island High School. Courtesy photos
Mercer Island schools will honor four Pathfinders - Caroline Fraser, Pete Nordstrom, Erik Nordstrom, and posthumously, Blake Nordstrom - at its upcoming annual breakfast. Pathfinders are notable alumni of Mercer Island High School. Courtesy photos

The Mercer Island School District will present its fourth annual Pathfinder Awards to four graduates of Mercer Island High School next month.

Caroline Fraser (1979), Pete Nordstrom (1980), Erik Nordstrom (1981), both co-presidents of Nordstrom, the Seattle-based fashion retailer, and posthumously Blake Nordstrom (1978).

Fraser is an author and winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for biography for her critically-acclaimed book “Prairie Fires” about the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The newest Pathfinders will be honored at the Mercer Island Schools Foundation’s Breakfast of Champions on April 30. Register to attend at mercerislandschoolsfoundation.com.

A permanent Pathfinder Awards wall has been created at Mercer Island High School alongside previously recognized distinguished graduates. Fifteen alumni have now been recognized since the awards began in 2016.

The recipients were selected from dozens of nominations submitted by the community at large and chosen by a selection committee comprised of staff, students, administrators, community members and alumni from the district and board of the Mercer Island Schools Foundation.