by inheritance, as he was a member of the famous Stevens family, of which 

 Col. John Stevens constructed the first successful twin-screw vessel; Robert 

 L. Stevens designed the Stevens battery; and his father, also Edwin A. 

 Stevens, founded Stevens Institute, which has turned out so many notable 

 engineers. Curiously enough, Colonel Stevens did not take a technical course, 

 but graduated at Princeton in 1879. His whole life, however, was given to 

 engineering work, and he did some notable things, of which perhaps the most 

 important was the siibstitution of the screw-propeller for the paddle-wheel in 

 the ferryboats of New York Harbor. He was a pioneer in this work, and 

 built the first screw ferryboat of the modem type, with a screw at each end. 

 This vessel was the ferryboat Bergen, built in 1889. 



Colonel Stevens was interested in engineering matters in many ways, 

 besides being president for a number of years of the Hoboken Ferries. He 

 was for a time a member of the firm of Cox & Stevens, Naval Architects 

 and Engineers. He received the degree of Doctor of Engineering from 

 Stevens Institute. 



In his earlier years he devoted considerable time to the militia of New 

 Jersey, and his title of colonel was earned by the command of the Second 

 Regiment of the National Guard of New Jersey. He had also been presi- 

 dent of the New Jersey Commissioners of Palisades Park. 



For the last few years his duties as Commissioner of Roads and Bridges 

 of the State of New Jersey had prevented his active work with our Society, 

 but until that time he had been one of the most regular and useful attendants 

 at the meetings of the Council and of the Society. He had been a vice- 

 president for a great many years, and was made one of the Honorary Vice- 

 Presidents in 1912. He was a member of the Institution of Naval Archi- 

 tects of Great Britain, and had been Vice-President of the American Society 

 of Mechanical Engineers. 



Colonel Stevens was a man of great personal charm, and it is safe to 

 say that all who were honored with his friendship counted it a special privi- 

 lege. It is interesting to note that the colonel's son, and namesake, read his 

 first paper before the Society at its twenty-first meeting, a fact which was 

 commented upon at the time, as showing that the Society had come of age 

 because the second generation was beginning to take an active part. 



The Council and Members of The Society of Naval Architects and 

 Marine Engineers in convention on this date, taking note of the death of 

 Col. Edwin A. Stevens — 



"Resolved, That the Society wishes to express its great sorrow at the 

 passing of one of its most valued members, who had been a vice-president 

 for many years and was an Honorary Vice-President at the time of his death. 



