Grover C. Stephens papers, 1950-2003

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Summary

Creators:

Abstract:

Collection comprises the extant professional papers of University of California, Irvine biologist and founding faculty member Grover C. Stephens. His research focused on small marine invertebrates. A nearly complete set of his publications is included, as well as some of his correspondence, research files, course materials, biographical items and slides.

Extent:

3.6 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Grover C. Stephens papers. MS-F018. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

Collection comprises the extant professional papers of University of California, Irvine comparative physiologist and founding faculty member Grover C. Stephens. His research focused on small marine invertebrates. A nearly complete set of his publications is included, as well as some of his correspondence, research files, course materials, biographical items and slides.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Chronology
Date	Event
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	Biology
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.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Ann Doyle Stephens, 2004.

Processing information:

Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2005. Finding aid revised by Cyndi Shein, 2007.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 4 series:

Series 1. Publications, 1950-1989. 0.6 linear feet.
Series 2. Administrative and biographical files, 1952-2003. 0.6 linear feet
Series 3. Course materials, 1978-1990. 0.6 linear feet
Series 4. Grants and research materials, 1957-1994. 1.7 linear feet

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Physiology, Comparative -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Biology -- History -- Sources
Marine invertebrates
Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Physiology, Comparative
Professors.
Biologists.
Curricula -- 20th century.
Letters -- 20th century.
Lectures -- 20th century.
Grant proposals -- 20th century.
Research notes -- 20th century.
Lecture notes -- 20th century.
Slides -- 20th century.
Reprints -- 20th century.
Autobiographies -- 21st century.
DVDs -- 21st century.
Names:: University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
Stephens, Grover C. -- Archives

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. For publications, literary rights are retained by the creators of the publications and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.