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- [S182] Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936 - 2007, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Edmund Anton Stephan
[Edmund A Stephan]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1911
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Death Date: 16 Jan 1998
Father: Anton C Stephan
Mother: Mary V Egan
SSN: 078125630
Notes: Sep 1939: Name listed as EDMUND ANTON STEPHAN; 20 Feb 1998: Name listed as EDMUND A STEPHAN
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Edmund Anton Stephan
Birth: 7 Oct 1911 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death: 16 Jan 1998 (aged 86) Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Memorial #: 191143709
Bio: Obituary from Chicago Tribune, 18 January 1998 (p. 6):"Edmund A. Stephan, 86, a lawyer with the powerhouse Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt for 53 years and a former trustee of the University of Notre Dame, died Friday in Evanston Hospital of heart failure."Mr. Stephan's legacy includes the crafting of the legal framework that enabled Notre Dame to transfer its governance from religious-order leadership to a board predominantly made up of lay people. A resident of Wilmette, Stephan also rewrote the university's bylaws in 1967, sparking a diversification movement felt not only in Indiana but in Catholic-owned education centers and hospitals nationwide."'He was probably at the heart of the most dramatic changes between large Catholic institutions and the (Roman Catholic) Church in this century,' said Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame. 'The impact it had influenced every Catholic university in America. It meant bringing the great pools of lay talent into the university's life, and it was enormously helpful.'"Mr. Stephan, a graduate of Loyola Academy, Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, also was well-known in Chicago political and religious circles. He served as personal adviser to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and counsel to the finance committee for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago."'Cardinal Bernardin really looked to him for advice about the church and the community,' said Rev. Robert L. Kealy, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park and former chancellor of the archdiocese. 'He was seen as a very wise man and real voice of reason, and moderate. And I think that is one of the main reasons he and Cardinal Bernardin hit it off so well together. They had similar temperaments.'"Mr. Stephan also helped found the Big Shoulders Foundation, an organization that raised funds for inner-city Catholic schools. He served on numerous corporate boards of directors as well as boards of many civic organizations, including chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1982 to 1985."Mr. Stephan is survived by his wife, Evelyn Way Stephan; four sons, Edmund A., Donald, Gregory and Christopher; four daughters, Mariam, Martha, Terry and Victoria; a brother; a sister; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren."Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Church, 1421 Oak Ave., Evanston."
Family Members
Parents
Anton Charles Stephan 1881-1954
Mary Veronica Egan Stephan 1887-1973
Spouse
Evelyn Jean Way Stephan 1912-2002
Siblings
Miriam Terese Stephan Russell 1914-2014
Joseph Stephan 1920-1920
Created by: E. Smith (49355143)
Added: 5 Jul 2018
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191143709/edmund-anton-stephan
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 May 2019), memorial page for Edmund Anton Stephan (7 Oct 1911?16 Jan 1998), Find A Grave Memorial no. 191143709, citing Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by E. Smith (contributor 49355143) .
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1911 - 1998 (86 years)