Edward P. Stabler *61

On Aug. 16, 2023, Ed died in Camillus, N.Y., at the age of 94.

Ed was born in Scarsdale, N.Y. He graduated from Swarthmore in 1951 and earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1961.

Ed spent his career as a professor of electrical and then computer engineering at Syracuse University. He especially enjoyed his sabbaticals at NASA, Yale, and Cambridge. Among many interesting projects Ed undertook was a collaboration in the mid-1970s with the Romanian ballet, for which he designed the program used for the first polytempic ballet. He went to Romania and then to Paris for the ballet’s premiere at the Pompidou Centre.

An avid long-distance runner, Ed ran and volunteered for many years with the Syracuse Chargers. He placed silver at the World Association of Veteran Athletes Masters Championship in 1989. In 1998, he was also honored by the establishment of the Ed Stabler Syracuse Chargers National Distance Running Library at Syracuse.

For decades Ed was a prison volunteer at Auburn Correctional Facility, where he led workshops in Alternatives to Violence.

Predeceased by his wife, Helen, Ed is survived by his children Edward Jr., Elizabeth, Caroline, and Catherine; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

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