Richard K. Stevens Jr. ’58

Dick Stevens died May 19, 2007, from complications of lymphatic cancer.

He came to Princeton from Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia and majored in history. Senior year he roomed with Jim Caldwell. Quadrangle was his club, and he was preceded at Princeton by his father, Richard '22, and followed by his brother, James '61. After Princeton, he received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. His expertise was in probates and estates. At the time of his death, he was a partner in Strong, Stevens & Wyant, a law firm he and his brother founded in 1991 with George Strong.

Dick was very active in his community. He served on the boards of the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, The Knox Home, and Octavia House. He also was a member of Rotary and the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust. From 1992 on, Dick was secretary of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia.

His first marriage to Karen Depew ended in divorce in 1996. In 2001, he married Charleen McKenna, who survives him. To his widow; his daughter, Abigail; and his son, James, the class extends its sympathy.