Robert F. McAlevy III *60

Robert McAlevy, retired professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., died July 15, 2017. He was 84.

A native of Hoboken, McAlevy graduated from Stevens in 1954 and earned a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering from Princeton in 1960.

McAlevy joined the mechanical-engineering department at Stevens, where he also directed a research laboratory. He was a consultant for NATO/AGARD, NASA, ONERA, the Air Force, and the federal Department of Energy.

He received many awards and honors for his extensive research. He loved his field of engineering and teaching. McAlevy was an avid fisherman and conservationist and had embraced Hampton Bays, Long Island, N.Y., as his home. He was a strong supporter of a united Ireland.

McAlevy is survived by his wife, Patricia; and his brother, Dennis.

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