Arthur W. Stier

Arthur W. Stier, age 86, passed away on September 28, 2014, at the Stone Institute in Newton Highlands, MA. Born in Lynn Massachusetts on November 15, 1927, he was the son of the late William and Florence J. (Beers) Stier. He graduated from New Boston High School in New Boston, New Hampshire in the class of 1944. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1945. He served briefly in WWII, qualified for the GI bill and was honorably discharged in 1948. He then went on to earn his Bachelor of Science Degree in Pre-Veterinarian from the University of New Hampshire in the class of 1952. He later continued his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his Master’s Degree in Food Science and Technology in 1963.