Stephen Crouse Hart ’42

Steve, who engaged in religious work throughout his career, died Feb. 25, 2006, at the Florida Hospital in DeLand.

A graduate of Asheville (N.C.) School, he earned honors in mathematics at Princeton, served on the Princetonian board, taught Sunday school at Jamesburg, and was a member of Court Club. During World War II, he spent two years with the American embassy in Buenos Aires and the remainder of the war with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

After earning a law degree at Cornell and admission to the New York bar, Steve went to work as minister/administrator for the Gospel Association for the Blind at New Testament Christian Church in College Point, N.Y. Three years later he joined Word of Life Fellowship in Schroon Lake, N.Y. Six years later he joined Life Messengers and finally spent 25 years with Operation Mobilization, until retiring in 1987 and moving to Florida. He became a member of the Alliance Chapel of DeLand and devoted his retirement to special missionary projects.

Steve never married, so he left us no children. But he did leave us with this thoughtful aphorism:

"Only one life, 'twill soon be past,

Only what's done for Christ will last."

To his brother David and many friends, the class extends deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1942