Martin Stevens ’53

Martin was born in Wayne, Pa., and came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy. He joined Cloister Inn, majored in mechanical engineering, played I.A.A. sports, and was involved in Theatre Intime and the Triangle Club. After graduation, he worked briefly for Westinghouse, and then joined Sharples Corp., where he became head of engineering and developed new applications and processes for its centrifuges.

Restless at 40, he pulled up roots and moved to New Hampshire, where he found “the air is breathable,” the “taxes expensive,” and “the people different.” After a short stint in the hardware business, he worked at Kingsbury Machine Tool Corp. in Keene, N.H., until he retired in 1987 and moved back to the Wayne area to be closer to family. Martin was on the board of Planned Parenthood in West Chester, Pa., and served as an escort there for many years.

His father, John Stevens, was in the Class of 1917, and his brother, Henry Carrington Stevens, was in the Class of 1941.

Martin died June 28, 2016. At the time of his death, he was survived by Ann Dunham Chivers, his wife of 63 years. Ann died in September 2016.