Alan Stephens

ALAN G. STEPHENS IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Alan Gardiner Stephens of Idaho Falls, died September 11, 2004. He was born April 22, 1935, in Binghamton, New York, to Harry B. and Margaret Gardiner Stephens. He graduated from North High School in 1953, where he was captain of the football team, four-time city track champion, president of the school, and president of the National Honor Society. He received a full-ride scholarship to play football at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1957, he graduated from Lafayette College with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Declining an offer to play in the NFL for the Baltimore Colts, he instead focused on his engineering career, which began at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. He subsequently returned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and graduated with an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering. In 1971 he received a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in Nuclear Engineering. He relocated to Idaho Falls in 1975, where, with his family, he became a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. He began his professional life in Idaho at ARA3 and Semiscale and was a member of the Idaho Section of the American Nuclear Society. In 1985 he left the site to begin a teaching career at Idaho State University. He was subsequently director of the graduate nuclear engineering program and retired as Professor Emeritus. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Stephens; four children, David Scott Stephens of Whitefish, Montana, Andrea (David) Stephens McEvoy of Missoula, Montana, Holly (Coby) Stephens Hanes of Prineville, Oregon, and Christian (Lisa) Scott Stephens of Lake Oswego, Oregon; eight grandchildren, Drew Stephens of Carmel, California, Anna and Maria McEvoy of Missoula, Montana, Garrison, Isabella, Abigail and Trieste Stephens, all of Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Cole Hanes of Prineville, Oregon. He is also survived by his sister, Rae (Richard) DeVoe of Windsor, New York; two nieces and three nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Joyce (Lou) Hurlbut. Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 15, 2004, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 237 North Water, Idaho Falls, with Reverend Thom Larson presiding. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home (273 N. Ridge) and one hour prior to the services at the church. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Idaho State University Foundation, College of Engineering, Campus Box 8050, Pocatello, ID 83209.