Stephen Grellet Cary

Background

Cary, Stephen Grellet was born on September 21, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Reed and Margaret Morris (Reeve) Cary.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Haverford College, 1937; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1943; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1979; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Haverford College, 1981.

Career

Business trainee, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, 1937-1939; salesman, Johns Manville Corporation, Philadelphia, 1939-1942; camp director, American Friends Services Committee, 1942-1946; co-director, Quaker Relief Service in Europe, Paris, 1946-1948; director United States program, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1948-1958; associate executive secretary, American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1958-1968; vice president finance and development, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1968-1977; acting president, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1977-1978. Chairman of the Board American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1979-1991. Board of managers Haverford College, 1955-1965, vice chairman, 1965-1969.

Achievements

• Stephen Grellet Cary has been listed as a noteworthy Academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia, 1958-1967. Chairman school committee Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, 1954-1969.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Summers, January 1, 1948. Children: Anne Cary Sampson, Charles Reed, Dorothy.

Father:

Charles Reed Cary

Mother:

Margaret Morris (Reeve) Cary

Spouse:

Elizabeth Summers

child:

Dorothy Cary

child:

Charles Reed Cary

child:

Anne Cary Sampson Cary