STEPHEN P. HORVAT JR. ’68

STEPHEN P. HORVAT JR., a corporate attorney, died May 19, 2017, at age 70. A baseball player at Wesleyan, he served as team co-captain in his senior year and won the Walter MacNaughten Award. After four years in the U.S. Army he attended the Northwestern University School of Law, graduating with honors in 1973. He began his law career at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., where he was vice president and general counsel until 1985, when he joined the Franklin Life Insurance Co., and served in several administrative capacities. After a short time in private practice he joined the Sammons Financial Group as senior vice president (legal) for Midland National and the North American Co. for Life and Health Insurance, where he remained until his retirement. He was the chairman, secretary, and former president of the Association of Life Insurance Counsel, and also served as a board member of numerous insurance and bar associations. In addition to his legal practice, he served on the boards of several local businesses and school board committees. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Meehan Horvat, two children, two grandchildren, and was awaiting the birth of his third grandchild.