Education
He received an Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1960.
He received an Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1960.
Stein was a 1958 graduate of Brandeis University. He worked several years in business before buying Camp Echo Lake in 1964. Stein was former president of the American Camping Association and its New York section as well as a former president of the New York State Camp Directors Association.
Stein is well known for his love of children which is why he bought the camp.
Since then, Stein has bought over 150 acres (061 km2) of land for the Camp. Stein, at the age of 58, died on Monday, October 31, 1994. in the crash of an American Eagle commuter flight 4184 plane near Roselawn, Indiana.
At his death, Stein was en route to his home in Hartsdale, New York after working on a fund-raising program for underprivileged children at the American Camping Association in Martinsville, Indiana.