STEPHEN KINNEY

KINNEY--Stephen Hoyt, Jr., 74, died January 17, 2023 after a short, valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. Steve was the son of Stephen and Harriet and grew up in Farmington, NM, where he grad- uated from Farmington High School. He moved east to MIT where he was a physics major and a member of Kappa Sigma and Sigma Xi. Steve married Leslie van Liew in 1972 and graduated from Harvard Law in 1973. Steve began his legal career at Reid and Priest (later Thelan LLP) in New York and retired from Morgan-Lewis LLP. Steve was a quiet, gentle man who lived large. Steve was dedicated to his years on the Board of Directors of The Friends of Thirteen, The Friends of Thirteen Advocacy Board of the WNET Group. He was an advocate for public broadcasting in the community and on Capitol Hill. He loved singing in the choir and serving as assisting minister at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior. Steve was an avid sailor on Manhasset Bay and loved games of all kinds. He was happiest being active and outside, and his retirement was like day camp: sailing, skiing, windsurfing, skateboarding, tennis, golf, bridge, chess, travel, cooking, and book group. His greatest love was traveling with Leslie and spending time with his grandchildren. Steve is survived by his wife of 50 years, Leslie, his daughter Erin and son-in-law Andris Dikmanis, their children, his brother Charles and nephew Christopher and niece Janine, his brother Warren and Nancy Kinney, his siblings-in-law Christina, John, Greg and Lynn van Liew and his nieces Kristen, Marisa and Alexa, their families, and his many beloved friends. A memorial will follow at a later date at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Port Washington, NY.