Stephen Frank Mandel

STEPHEN FRANK MANDEL, of Darien of pneumonia, Friday September 11, 2009 at Stamford Hospital. Born in New York at Doctors' Hospital, April 27, 1931, son of Dorothy Buchman Mandel and Richard Henry Mandel, he was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is survived by his wife, Ann Safford Mandel, and his sons, Stephen F. Mandel, Jr., and his wife, Susan, of Greenwich, and Edward Safford Mandel and his wife, Betsy of Chevy Chase, Md.; five grandchildren, Kate, Ben, Tom, Ned and Mollie Mandel; and his brother, Richard H. Mandel, Jr., of Denver, Colo. In his professional career, he was president of Allstate Welding Products in Elmsford, N.Y., and International Welding Products in Greenwich. As a longtime community leader, he was devoted to the Darien Library, where he was Board President and an Honorary Trustee, Explorer Post 53 Emergency Medical Service, Gallivant, as president of the Darien Community Fund (United Way) and Dartmouth College, among many others. A private service in his memory will be held for his family. Contributions in his memory may be sent to Darien Library, 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820, or Explorer Post 53, P.O. Box 2066, Darien, CT 06820.