Steven M. Strang ’71 AM, ’81 PhD

Steven M. Strang ’71 AM, ’81 PhD, of Medford, Mass.; Dec. 29. He began his career as a journalist and columnist at Bangor Daily News in Maine before becoming a teacher whose career spanned more than 51 years. He taught writing at MIT for 40 years and in 1981 founded and directed MIT’s Writing and Communications Center. He was the author of Writing Exploratory Essays. His fiction, poems, literary criticism, and pedagogical articles were published in many journals. He is survived by his wife, Ayni; a daughter; a son and daughter-in-law; and four grandchildren.