Fred Stewart, a best-selling author of popular novels, several of which were adapted for the screen, died of cancer Feb. 7, 2007, at his Manhattan home.
Born in Anderson, Ind., he graduated from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, he majored in history, was the musical director for the 1954 Triangle Show, conductor of the Club Orchestra, and chairman of the social committee of Colonial Club. He also studied at the Juilliard School and was an accomplished concert pianist.
Fred’s first novel, The Mephisto Waltz, was published in 1969 and became a film. He subsequently wrote Six Weeks, which became a film in 1982. His novel Ellis Island (1983) became a CBS mini-series in 1984. He published four additional books, one of which, Century (1981), spent six months on The New York Times best-seller list. He loved to write about families.
The class extends its sincere sympathy to his wife, Joan, and his half-brother, John.