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Greg Sten (Gonzaga Class of '73), a 1995 inductee into Gonzaga's Athletic Hall of Fame, died in Sandy Hook, CT on November 7, 2004 at the age of 52. He is survived by his wife Christine and one-year old twin daughters, Trinity and Eva. Greg is also survived by two older children, Nick and Jill, and two sisters Stephanie and Debbie.
Greg was the son of Russian emigre and noted musician Aaron Sten, founder of the California Youth Symphony, and his wife Catherine. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Greg played French horn with CYS from 1962 to 1969. He is remembered by contemporaries to have enlivened DeSmet Hall at GU with the sound of music during his freshman year. He played high school basketball in San Carlos, CA before being recruited to play basketball at Gonzaga University, where he was fond of joking that as a "Jewish boy from California" he'd had no idea that the college was even Catholic until he actually arrived on campus.
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Richard Stroshane
I was very shocked to learn of Greg's passing. He is mostly remembered for his outstanding basketball abilities but I remember him most in Mr. Ryan's band during freshman year. I was second French Horn to his first and his talent far exceeded mine.Kevin H. Wirth
Greetings, I played tympani and percussion in the California Youth Symphony in 1968/69 when Greg was the first horn player, and under his father Aaron Sten. I was going to make a comment about Greg, sad to hear that he passed so young. Thank you, Craig Phelps
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