Henry Carrington Stevens II ’41 *47

Steve died at home in West Chester, Pa., on May 9, 2002. Son of John M. Stevens '17, and great-great-grandson of Henry Carrington 1814, he prepared at the Haverford School.

At Princeton, Steve majored in architecture, graduating with honors. He was vice president of Cap and Gown Club. His roommates were Phil Austin, Pete Dean, Steve Wright, and Phil Wainwright.

Steve joined the Navy in 1942. He served in ship and aircraft recognition and early radar at the Philadelphia and Willow Grove naval bases before service on the USS Bayfield, flagship of the Allied assault on Utah Beach. In the Pacific, he was fighter director on the USS PHIBSPAC, seeing action in four Pacific landings.

In 1945 he returned to Princeton to earn a master's in architecture, then worked with several large architectural firms in Philadelphia in the '50s and '60s. Steve established his own firm in Berwyn, Pa., in 1970, specializing in designs for schools, colleges, hospitals, and corporate projects in the greater Philadelphia area.

When he retired, he returned to his lifelong interests in watercolor painting and gardening. He served on the Eastown planning commission, the Paoli library board, and the planning board of St. David's Church.

In addition to his wife of 59 years, Patricia Stewart Stevens, he is survived by his three sons, Peter, Craig '72, and Henry Carrington III, and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1941