Steve died in St. Louis April 6, 2011. One of his former students described him as “a true gentleman, scholar, and exquisite clinician.”
Coming to Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School, Steve sang in the Nassoons and graduated with honors in psychology. He lived in St. Louis throughout his life, except for two years as a Navy lieutenant junior grade after graduation from Princeton, and during studies at Columbia, where he earned a medical degree in 1957.
Steve joined the faculty of St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute in 1973. There he developed and directed a program in advanced psychodynamics psychotherapy that became a model for training thousands of psychotherapy professionals. Over the years he was medical director, clinical supervisor, and board member of St. Louis Care and Counseling. He held faculty positions at several St. Louis hospitals and served on the staff of others. He maintained a private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis until several years ago.
Previously widowed and divorced, Steve married Ellen Eisendrath in 1975, creating a family of seven children, four of his and three of hers. Ellen described Steve as “a
loving husband, father, and friend; and a maniac tennis player and sailor.”
Our condolences go to Ellen, Steve’s children, stepchildren, and brother Robert ’56.