Yannis died suddenly July 25, 2013, from a heart attack.

Yannis came to Princeton from Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. His father, Stephen ’27 and his brother, Constantine ’54, preceded him at Princeton.

Yannis was a politics major and a member of Key and Seal Club. He roomed with Penn Charter classmates Don Goetz, George McLaughlin, Jim Lehman, and Leman Davis.

In the summer of 1956, he organized a two-month European excursion, driving 7,000 miles through 10 countries.   The memories of this trip shared with his roommates lasted a lifetime. According to Davis, “Amidst the academic and peer pressures of our busy world, Yannis could always bring us back to reality with his sense of humor and infectious laugh. Above all, his unselfish friendship was an enduring characteristic.”

In 1959 he married Daphne Loupas from Greece. By the time of our 10th reunion, they had been blessed with two sons, Stephen and Alexander. In 1987 after a later marriage to Kristina, he acquired a stepdaughter, Ilya.

After serving in the Army for two years, he joined his brother in the Philadelphia-based Stephano Brothers, building a successful career in the tobacco industry. For the next 12 years he expanded international sales as vice president for marketing. After the firm was sold in 1974, he served as senior vice president for the U.S. Tobacco Co. until his retirement in 1988.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, Kristina; his children, Stephen, Alexander, and Ilya; four grandchildren; and his sister, Effie.

Undergraduate Class of 1958