Stephen J. Lerman ’61

Steve died June 6, 2023, as the result of a rare lung tumor in Reno, Nev. 

Born in Boston, he came to us from Belmont Hill School. At Princeton, he majored in biology and joined Whig-Clio, the Outing Club, the Prince, and the Pre-Med Society. He was a member of Quadrangle and roomed with Peter Pettibone, Jon Hlafter, Lee Pierson, Walt Fowski, and Greg Guroff  ’62.

Steve earned a medical degree at Case Western Reserve University and was a resident in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital. He then served in the U.S. Public Health Service in Nigeria, followed by children’s flu vaccine trials at the University of Nebraska, a master’s degree in public health at Harvard, and consulting in child health programs for the World Health Organization. Steve loved travel and visited more than 50 countries in his lifetime, including 22 trips to China, mostly working with parents adopting babies and on public health issues.

He is survived by his wife of 24 years Phyllis; first wife Lindsey Miller-Lerman; children Hannah and Jeremy; and two grandchildren.