Steven Strange

Family-Placed Death Notice

STRANGE, Steven STEVEN K. STRANGE Steven Keith Strange, age 59, born August 19, 1950 in Dallas, TX, passed away on Wednesday, October 28 in Atlanta, GA. Steven graduated in 1968 as salutatorian of his class from Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, TX. He received a B.A. (magna cum laude) in mathematics from Rice University in 1972, a M.A. in philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin in 1976, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin in 1981. Steven was an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Over the years, he held academic positions at The University of Texas at Austin, The Ohio State University, The University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University and Princeton University. At the time of his death he was at work on a book about the ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus. He was a supporter of the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Friends of the Emory University Libraries. He served for 15 years on the Senate Library Policy Committee at Emory. He is survived by his wife, Irene McMorland, son Alexander Strange, daughter Flora Strange, and stepson Gabriel McMorland, as well as a brother, George Strange and wife Susan of Beaumont, TX.