Kevin Scott Echart;34;74 Hubinger St.;New Haven;Conn.;died Friday;June 17;1988;in Yale-New Haven Hospital;as the result of an automobile accident at 1:55 a.m. on I-95 in Millford;Conn. He was born Nov.14;1953;in North Charleroi;the son of Raymond and Arlene Hille Echart;who survive and reside in Belle Vernon. Mr.Echart was a member of the Union Church of Pricedale;where he also served as organist. He had been living in New Haven since 1975. He graduated as valedictorian with the Belle Vernon Area High School Class of 1971;where he had been editor of the yearbook. He was also a member of the Youth for Christ Campus Life Quiz Team;and in 1971 was top quizzer in the church league and International Quizzer of the year. He graduated summa cum laude in 1975 from Hope College;Holland;Mich.;and in 1973 received the Robert L.Milka Memorial Award for Essays on European History while attending Vienna Summer School in Austria. During the summer of his junior year at Hope he taught English composition to Japanese exchange students. Mr.Echart also was presented the Ray DeYoung History Prize;and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a scholarship for graduate study at Yale University and Earned his master’s degree in medieval history in 1977. He studied at Uppsala University in Sweden in 1980 and 1981. At the time of his death;he was teaching at Wesleyan College in Connecticut;while pursuing his doctorate in history at Yale. He was preceded in death by a sister;Laurie Zombek;on Feb.11;1986. In addition to his parents he is survived by his grandmother;Mrs.Mary Echart;and his great-aunt;Irene Robson;both of Belle Vernon;and a brother-in-law;James Zombek of North Versailles. Friends will be received Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon. Services will be held Tuesday;June 21;at 1 p.m.;in the funeral home;with the Rev.David R.Reeves of the Union Church of Pricedale;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Arrangements are being handled by the Ferguson Funeral Home Inc.