The Life of Stuart Neff
NEFF, Dr. Stuart E., of Bala Cynwyd, PA, died Saturday, October 29, 2016. Stuart received a baccalaureate from the University of Louisville and a PhD from Cornell. He was a Professor of Biology at Virginia Tech, and Professor of Biology and the Director of the Water Resources Laboratory at the University of Louisville. From 1985 to 2011 he was a Biology Professor at Temple University, teaching full-time until he was 85 years old. He was widely published in scientific journals in limnology and entomology and is much honored by the large number of undergraduate and doctoral students he mentored. He received many awards for his service in the Navy in both WWII and the Korean War. He was widely read in many fields, an expert on the Civil War, a devotee of W.H. Auden and A.E. Housman poetry, knew Wagner's Ring cycle from Das Rheingold to Siegfrieds Tod, and was a committed movie buff. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 40 years, Lois; children: Stuart (Alice), Russell, Dr. Peter Cronholm (Jennifer McClintock), and Judith Tindall (Douglas Tindall); 10 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the University of Louisville, Stuart E. Neff Award for the Outstanding Senior in Environmental Studies, Univ. of Louisville, Dept. of Biology, Louisville, KY, 40292. A memorial service will be held in the Spring. Arrangements by West Laurel Hill Funeral Home, Inc.