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"Raymond J. Stein, 81, of Chester Township, died peacefully at St. Clare&#39;s Hospital in Dover on April 18 after a long illness. Mr. Stein was born October 31, 1929 in Pittsburgh, and also lived in White Plains, NY and Maplewood  Millburn, NJ before moving to Chester Township in 1958. He attended Illinois College, graduated from Millikin University and was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marines prior to pursuing his chosen fields in science.  Raymond Stein was a curator, educator and scientist for more than 30 years. His diverse career included supervising excavations of 70-million-year-old fossils from marl beds, directing planetariums and observatories, participating in NASA moonwatch programs, and conducting biological and ecological field studies for various state and federal agencies. He has been associated professionally with the New Jersey State Museum, the Newark Museum, the American Museum of Natural History - Hayden Planetarium, and Fairleigh Dickenson University. In addition to his curatorial and educational work, Mr. Stein wrote a number of technical papers and notes and published popular articles and photographs on biological and astronomical topics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1966 and served as a director of the New York Section of the American Astronautical Society and as chairman of the American Association of Museums&#39; Planetarium Section. He was the founding president of the Northeast Natural Science League and was an active member of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, serving on the staff of its publication, Herpetological Review. Mr. Stein was an advisor for the first official endangered-species list promulgated by the State of New Jersey and established his own environmental consulting firm, Biostar Associates, Inc. in 1985.  A man of deep faith, Raymond Stein served the Church in many capacities over the years including as a vestry member, lay reader and Eucharistic minister. He enjoyed gardening and working around the house, even building his own sailboat, The Quarter Moon. In more recent years, he enjoyed fishing and vacationing in Maine with his whole family. He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Joan Schwebemeyer Stein, and his three daughters, Jill Dodds of Kingwood, Kristin O&#39;Leary of Hillsborough, and Brenna Moore of Basking Ridge. He also leaves behind five grandchildren: Raymond Dodds, Taryn O&#39;Leary, Connor O&#39;Leary, Dennis Moore, and Alyssa Moore.  Memorial donations may be made to the Anglican Church in North America, 800 Maplewood Avenue, Ambridge PA 15003 or to the American Bible Society, 1865 Broadway, New York NY 10023."
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