Steve, a designer and manager of large computer projects, died Feb. 3, 2011, in Baltimore, where he grew up.
He spent only a year at Princeton — retaining what he said were “very strong and positive feelings toward the school and the people I knew there” — before transferring to Johns Hopkins, where he majored in political economics.
Steve built a long and respected career in computer software as an information-systems designer, which he looked back upon as “a series of fascinating experiences.” Early on he developed a solid professional foundation at Information Systems Technology Corp. and then Deloitte Haskins & Sells. He spent the latter phase of his career at Science Applications International as a senior systems engineer on complex, large-scale federal computer transaction-processing applications, including the national real-time IRS filing system. He served in the Army in Vietnam.
He is survived by two brothers, Philip N. and Kenneth B.; a much-loved aunt, Jeanne Williams; his uncle, Alan Granruth; a nephew, Zachary; his ex-wife, Anita; and a beloved cat, Annie.