Background
Stevens, Lydia Hastings was born on August 2, 1918 in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Rolland T.R. and Ruth Shotwell (Beebe) Hastings.
Stevens, Lydia Hastings was born on August 2, 1918 in Highland Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Rolland T.R. and Ruth Shotwell (Beebe) Hastings.
Born in Highland Park, Illinois, she graduated from Vassar College in 1939.
She was involved in the community and was President of the Greenwich Broadcasting Company. She served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1988 and 1990 as a Republican. Stevens died in Guilford, Connecticut.
President Greenwich Young Women’s Christian Association, 1971-1974, Greenwich Housing Coalition, 1982-1986. Vice president planning Greenwich United Way, 1973-1976. Senior warden Greenwich Christ Episcopal Church, 1981-1986.
Chairman review commission Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, 1985-1987. Board directors Greenwich Library., 1985-1993. Chairman Greenwich Commission Aging, 1986-1988.
President, board directors Greenwich Broadcasting Corporation, 1977-1979. Board directors Fairfield County Community Foundation, 1992, United Way of Greenwich, Save the Sound, since 1996, League Conservation Voters Connecticut, 1999.
Married George Cooke Stevens, November 2, 1940. Children: Lydia Stevens Gustin, Priscilla Stevens Goldfarb, Frederick S., Elizabeth Stevens MacLeod, George H., Ruth Stevens Stellard.