Greenhill Mourns Legend Dr. Marilyn Stewart

Greenhill grieves the passing of longtime English teacher and Legend Dr. Marilyn Stewart who passed away in Dallas on April 1, 2023, at the age of 81. The consummate scholar, intellectual, and humanitarian, Dr. Stewart taught in the Upper School English Department at Greenhill from 1982 until her retirement in 2010. 

Her students recall joining Stewart in thrall with Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, or A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a journey into Shakespeare’s world with her as the tour guide was the adventure of a lifetime. Dr. Stewart opened students’ eyes and hearts to the wonders of literature, with their admiration and affection only stoking her fire to share more.

Her journalism students followed Stewart up and down Manhattan, running to keep up with her, on her annual trips to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association each spring break, where she introduced them to the sandwich delights of Carnegie Deli and the cool vibe at The Blue Note Jazz Club (for lunch!). One trip was even treated to a Lincoln Center production of King Lear starring Christopher Plummer. Stewart — in her black overcoat and fire engine red scarf — navigated her Evergreen charges through the city, gathering along the way tourists and passers-by enchanted by her energy!

Dr. Stewart’s classroom extended Greenhill’s 73 acres, as she fashioned a loyal following of adult learners with regular workshops at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture and at the Athena Foundation. And in her final years at The Tradition-Prestonwood, she earned legions of new fans and acolytes, who called her “The Professor.”

A Celebration of Life will be held in the Montgomery Library at Greenhill School on Saturday, June 10, from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.  

Alumni and colleagues are invited to share their memories of Dr. Stewart here. The memories will be shared with her family directly in the coming weeks.

Photo credit: John Derryberry Photography
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