Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Researchers
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Grover C. Stephens papers
Date: 1950-2003
Collection Number: MS-F018
Creator:
Stephens, Grover C.
Extent:
3.6 linear feet
(5 boxes)
Languages: The collection is in English.
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.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
Grover C. Stephens papers. MS-F018. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ann Doyle Stephens, 2004.
Processing History
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2005. Finding aid revised by Cyndi Shein, 2007.
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.
Biography/Organization History
Chronology
| 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. |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
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.
Collection 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
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Stephens, Grover C., 1925-2003 -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- School of Biological Sciences -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine. Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -- Archives.
Physiology -- Comparative -- Archives.
Biology -- Archives.
Physiology -- Comparative -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Archives.
Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Archives.
Marine invertebrates -- Archives.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Letters -- 20th century.
Curricula -- 20th century.
Grant proposals -- 20th century.
Lectures -- 20th century.
Lecture notes -- 20th century.
Research notes -- 20th century.
Reprints -- 20th century.
Slides -- 20th century.
DVDs -- 21st century.
Autobiographies -- 21st century.
Occupations
Biologists.
Professors.
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