Robert D. Stevens ’50

Bob died July 10, 2014, in Reading, Mass.

He entered Princeton from Groton. Bob was a member of the United World Federalists and Prospect Club. He graduated with honors in biology and was elected to Sigma Xi.

After service in the Army Medical Corps, he earned a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell. Among his many career highlights were working as an economist in Peru, an assistant professor at the American University in Beirut, a visiting professor at the National College of Agriculture in South Vietnam, and finally professor of agricultural economics for 25 years at Michigan State.

Bob retired in 1990 and settled in his family home in North Andover, Mass., where he became involved with its historical society. He was honored with its Lifetime Preservation Award in 2014 and showed his commitment by donating land for preservation in North Andover and New London, N.H.

Bob’s interests included local history, photography, world news, and cultural events. He held fond memories of time spent at Lake Sunapee, N.H., where he was a lifetime summer resident.

Our sympathy goes to Bob’s second wife, Anne; his children, Samuel, Amelia, Edmund, and William; five grandchildren; and Anne’s family. His first wife, Nancy Lee, whom he married in 1959, died in 2004.