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Edward F. Stevens

  • Class
  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    Meritorious Service
Ed Stevens was the 10th president of George Fox University, serving from 1983-1998. During his tenure, enrollment more than tripled from 650 to 2,255, and Bruin athletics enjoyed one of its  most successful eras. Stevens provided national leadership for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as the chairman of the NAIA's Council of Presidents from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, he brought George Fox into  the Northwest Conference and advocated for the conference's subsequent move to the  NCAA Division III. Stevens played point guard for the 1962 Nebraska Wesleyan University basketball team that reached the NCAA small-college final four. He was an assistant basketball coach at the University of Nebraska and head coach at Augustana College. Cancer claimed Stevens' life in 1998 at age 57.
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