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Steven Louis Engel ’77

Steven Louis Engel ’77, March 9, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. Steve earned a BA from Reed in music. Following graduation, he moved to Israel, and performed for two years with the Sea of Galilee Symphony Orchestra. While at Tel Aviv University, he met another musician, pianist Anat Even; the couple married in 1981. Steven received a bachelor’s degree from the university in violin performance in 1985. The couple moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, that same year. He earned an MBA in a joint program from Boston College and Tufts University in 1993, and worked in the marketing computer field with Advanstar, Digital, Network World IDG, and Softbank Comdex. Additionally, he was a bar mitzvah teacher. In later years, he worked as a real estate broker with ReMax of Framingham. Steven performed violin with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra in Weston and was associated with the Rivers Music School. Survivors include his wife and two sons, and his brother, Robert Engel ’80. Gifts in Steve’s memory may be made to Reed College to provide music lessons for Reed students with financial need through the Dedicated Music Scholarship Fund.

Appeared in Reed magazine: August 2006

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