Stephens, Grover C., 1925-2003.

Grover C. Stephens was a founding faculty member in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California Irvine.

He was the first chair of the Department of Organismic Biology, later named the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology. He also served as Dean of Biological Sciences in the mid-1980s. He was a comparative physiologist whose research focused on small marine invertebrates. Stephens was born in 1925 in Oak Park, Illinois and later received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. His first academic appointment was at Brooklyn College, followed by a professorship at the University of Minnesota prior to moving to the new UC Irvine campus in 1964. Professor Stephens died on June 17, 2003. He was survived by his wife, Ann Doyle Stephens, and his sons Peter W. Stephens and John D. Stephens.

From the description of Grover C. Stephens papers, 1950-2003. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 151501158

Biography

Grover C. Stephens was a founding faculty member in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California Irvine. He was the first chair of the Department of Organismic Biology, later named the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology. He also served as Dean of Biological Sciences in the mid-1980s. He was a comparative physiologist whose research focused on small marine invertebrates.

Stephens was born in 1925 in Oak Park, Illinois and later received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. His first academic appointment was at Brooklyn College, followed by a professorship at the University of Minnesota prior to moving to the new UC Irvine campus in 1964.

Professor Stephens died on June 17, 2003. He was survived by his wife, Ann Doyle Stephens, and his sons Peter W. Stephens and John D. Stephens.

• 1925: Born, Oak Park, Illinois.
• 1948: B.A. Mathematics, Northwestern University.
• 1949: M.A. Philosophy, Northwestern University.
• 1952: Ph.D. Biology, Northwestern University.
• 1952 - 1953 : Instructor, Biology, Brooklyn College.
• 1953 - 1957 : Summer Instructor, Invertebrate Zoology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
• 1953 - 1964 : Instructor and Professor, Zoology Department, University of Minnesota.
• 1964 - 1969 : Professor of Biological Sciences and Chairman, Department of Organismic Biology, UCI.
• 1974: Co-authored Biology (New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1974) with Barbara B. North.
• 1969 - 1991 : Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UCI.
• 1982 - 1986 : Dean of School of Biological Sciences, UCI.
• 1989 - 1991 : Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCI.
• 1991: Professor Emeritus, UCI.
• 2003: Died on June 17th.

From the guide to the Grover C. Stephens papers, 1950-2003, (Repository Unknown)