Steven R. Schragger ’61

Steve died Nov. 12, 2015, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania of acute myeloid leukemia.

Born and raised in Trenton, he came to Princeton from the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Steve majored in civil engineering, ate at Cannon, and was a member of the Cane Spree and Junior Prom committees. He also was active in the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences, which assisted students in obtaining summer jobs in Europe. His senior-year roommates were Gene Lawson, Ken Lomas, and Scott McWhinnie.

After graduation, Steve served as an officer in the Navy Civil Engineering Corps and then entered into a 45-year career in the commercial and industrial real estate and property-management business. At the time of his death he was with Boston Properties. Avocationally he loved making anything mechanical, electronic, or motor-driven, and his wife, Mary Ellen, tells us that he could fix anything.

Steve is survived by Mary Ellen, his wife of 48 years, whom he met in high school; children Stephanie ’93, David, and Katherine; two sons-in-law; and five grandchildren.