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Stephen N. Brenner ’63

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November-December 2026

Stephen N. Brenner ’63 died peacefully at home in Portland, Oregon, on August 13 after a bout of esophageal cancer. He was from Hartsdale, New York, and attended White Plains High School, where he was in the glee club and dramatics and manager of the tennis team and the newspaper. Steve majored in engineering science at Dartmouth, obtaining his B.E. from Thayer School in 1964. He participated in the Winter Carnival Council (director), The Dartmouth (photo editor), WDCR, and Motor Sports Club and was a brother of Foley House. He was active after Dartmouth as a class officer and an alumni volunteer. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1966 and a doctorate in 1972. After teaching for a year at Northeastern University in Boston, he and his wife, Sharon, moved to Portland in 1971 and he began a career as professor at Portland State University School of Business Administration, specializing in stakeholder theory, business ethics, and corporate social responsibility. During his tenure, he was awarded the Branford Price Millar Award for faculty excellence. Steve’s interest in photography grew at Portland State, and he took thousands of pictures of football and basketball games, many of which appeared in the school’s marketing materials. He retired in 2002. He was a founder of the Portland Professional Forum. His wife of 55 years, Sharon, predeceased him in 2005. He is survived by two daughters, one of whom attended Dartmouth, and four grandchildren.

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