Stephen J. Ettinger *65

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Stephen Ettinger, who worked for the World Bank for more than two decades, died July 31, 2013, after battling pancreatic cancer for almost four years. He was 70.

Ettinger graduated from Haverford in 1963, and earned a master’s degree in public administration from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1965. In 1972, he joined the World Bank after completing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan. He worked at the World Bank on development projects in China, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other countries before retiring after 23 years.

Ettinger had been the treasurer of New Futures, a scholarship fund for Washington, D.C., youth, since it started. He also was an active member of the Partnership for Transparency, an international anti-corruption organization. Reflective of his outdoor activities, he recently published Capital Canoeing and Kayaking: A Complete Guide to Whitewater Streams Within Two Hours of Washington, D.C.

He is survived by his wife, Ronie, and their two sons.

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