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SPS, including his father, his uncle,
Thomas J. Hilliard (Form of 1913), and
brothers Henry R. Hilliard Jr. ’39 and
George W. Hilliard ’41.
He arrived as a Second Former in the
fall of 1942. Mr. Hilliard rowed for Halcyon,
earning a spot in the first crew in his later
years at the School. Described as big and
powerful by one former faculty member,
Mr. Hilliard also played second hockey
and football with Delphian. He found
his true passion in the arts, particularly
photography, drawing, and painting.
Initially intending to study architecture
in college, Mr. Hilliard abandoned that
plan and instead earned an A.B. in Eng-
lish literature from Princeton in 1952.
Shortly after his graduation, he served in
Germany until 1954 as a corporal in the
U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps.
Following his return, Mr. Hilliard began
to pursue a career in film production,
direction, and screenwriting. Focusing
on the production of horror films, he
served as a producer, editor, writer, and
cinematographer on a handful of films
for a decade, beginning in the late 1950s.
The Horror of Party Beach, released in
June 1964 and written by Mr. Hilliard,
was billed as the “first horror-monster
musical.” Other titles on which Mr. Hilliard
worked include Wild Is My Love (1963),
Violent Midnight (1963), and The Secret
Files of Detective ‘X’ (1968).
In a correspondence with St. Paul’s
just prior to his 50th anniversary in
1997, Mr. Hilliard wrote, “When produc-
ing feature films became a loss, I yelled,
‘Cut!’ I fled to Hawaii, built a house, but
got marooned. I started writing and have
published a novel and a few stories.” The
house about which he wrote was, in fact,
built almost exclusively by Mr. Hilliard.
He also continued to write screenplays.
When he sought an escape from his writ-
ing, he enjoyed flying model gliders.
Mr. Hilliard leaves behind his brother,
Henry R. Hilliard Jr. ’39; two sons, Thomas
Potter Hilliard and Paul Hilliard; and sev-
eral grandchildren. He was predeceased
in 2011 by his brother George ’41.
1947
Edward “Ned” Clinton
Stebbins
of New Canaan,
Conn., died peace-
fully at Meadow
Ridge Retirement
Community in
Redding, Conn.,
on August 29,
2012, at the age
of 82 after a
battle with
Parkinson’s disease.
The younger of two sons born to Dr.
Edward C. Stebbins and Hope (Blodgett)
Stebbins of Niagara Falls, N.Y., he was
born February 26, 1930. Mr. Stebbins
attended the Deveaux School prior to
entering St. Paul’s in the Fourth Form.
His academic ability was apparent at an
early age, as he consistently made the
honor roll. He only continued to excel
once joining his brother John ’46 at SPS
in the fall of 1944.
By his Fifth Form year, Mr. Stebbins was
notified of his class standing of “tertius”
for the fall and “secondus” for the spring,
with then-Director of Studies Francis
Lloyd Jr. noting in a letter home to Dr.
and Mrs. Stebbins, “The competition is
very stiff in this form, and it is much to
Edward’s credit to gain this honor.”
Throughout his time at St. Paul’s, Mr.
Stebbins received prizes in mathematics,
Latin, French, and public affairs.
In addition to his exceptional academic
record, Mr. Stebbins also played football
for Isthmian and rowed with Shattuck.
He also was an active member of the
Record Committee, the Concordian Lit-
erary Society, the Scientific Association,
and the Missionary Society.
After graduating with distinction from
St. Paul’s, Mr. Stebbins entered the Class
of 1951 at Williams College, graduating
cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He grad-
uated magna cum laude from Harvard
Law School in 1954, where he served as
editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Shortly after his graduation from Har-
vard, Mr. Stebbins married Bernadine
Schildge in July 1954, and the two moved
to Charlottesville, Va., where he served
in the U.S. Army, teaching at the Judge
Advocate General (JAG) School at the
University of Virginia. After three years
of service, Mr. and Mrs. Stebbins moved
to Connecticut and he shifted into cor-
porate litigation, joining Sullivan and
Cromwell in New York City, where he
worked for seven years. In 1964, he joined
Freeport Sulphur, serving in various roles
over his 25-year tenure, including secre-
tary, vice president, associate general
counsel, and president. He retired from
Freeport in 1989.
In an update to the School prior to his
50th anniversary in 1997, he wrote, “Now
occupied with volunteer work and leisure,
especially rowing with three other geri-
atrics who don’t know better.”
After his retirement, Mr. Stebbins
became an active volunteer at Norwalk
Hospital, Waveny Care Center, and the
New Canaan Library. He also joined the
Norwalk Yacht Club’s “The Ancient and
The Honorable” rowing team, winning
competitions both nationally and
internationally.
Mr. Stebbins is survived by his beloved
wife of 58 years, Bernadine; his brother,
John Stebbins ’46; his children, Victoria
Frelow, Charles Stebbins, and Robert
Stebbins; and six grandchildren.
1949
Samuel McClay Yonce
passed away September 18, 2012, in
Greenwich, Conn., due to complications
from surgery. He was 81. Born January
30, 1931, in Chicago, he was the son of
the late Stanley Logan Yonce and Cora
McClay Yonce.
Mr. Yonce attended Lake Forest Country
Day School in Lake Forest, Ill., and Buck-
ley School in New York City before enter-
ing the Third Form of St. Paul’s School
in 1945. At the time of his admission, he
wrote to the School that “the most sig-
nificant experiences which I can remem-
ber affecting me were the death of my
father [who died in 1944] and sister [who
died at a young age]. This left me only