Stephen Michael Nassau

Stephen M. Nassau, a Washington attorney, died in his home on the Chesapeake Bay on Thursday, July 5, 2001 of Pancreatic Cancer. He was 61. In private practice for the past two decades, Mr. Nassau specialized in employment and consumer law, typically representing plaintiffs. Active in Montgomery county politics and a longtime member of the ACLU, his work and political activities focused on individuals'' rights and civil liberties. Born January 3, 1940 in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., he was the son of the late Manuel and Kay Garfunkel Nassau. After graduating from Brown University and the Columbia University School of Law, he moved, in 1963, to the Washington, D.C. area where he worked briefly for a federal agency and clerked for a DC Appellate Judge. He served eight years as Associate General Counsel for the National Education Association. For the past decade, he was a partner in the law firm of O''Toole, Rothwell, Nassau & Steinbach. Mr. Nassau had served as Chairman of the Human Relations Commission in Montgomery County and as a member of the Democratic State Central Committee for that county. A founding member of the Legislative Study Group, he was also a member of the Talbot County Democratic Club and a Board member of Temple B''Nai Israel in Easton. An avid sailor and traveler, he was a longtime resident of Bethesda. Last year, he and his wife moved their permanent residence to Sherwood, MD on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where they had a home since the mid-1980''s. Mr. Nassau is survived by his wife of 37 years, the former Adrienne Kole; a daughter, Margot S. Nassau of Washington, D.C.; two sons, David E. Nassau and his wife, Milagritos, of San Ramon, CA and Robert L. Nassau and his wife, Diana, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a brother, Gary C. Nassau and his wife, Beverly, of North Woodmere, N.Y.; a grandson, Jacob M. Nassau and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, July 8th, at 7:30 P.M. at Congregation Beth-El, 8215 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Burial will be on Monday, July 9th, at 11:30 A. M. at the Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Md. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lombardi Cancer Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 2007 for pancreatic cancer research or palliative care or to the Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601. Funeral arrangements are by the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD.