Stephenson, Donald Grier, Jr. 1942- (D. Grier Stephenson, Jr.)

PERSONAL:

Born January 12, 1942, in DeKalb County, GA; son of Donald Grier (an attorney and judge) and Katherine (a social worker) Stephenson; married Ellen Walker, August 15, 1967; children: Todd Grier, Claire Walker Stephenson Coyle. Ethnicity: "Caucasian (Scots-Irish)." Education: Davidson College, A.B., 1964; Princeton University, M.A., Ph.D., 1967. Religion: Presbyterian. Hobbies and other interests: Outdoor activities, cooking.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Lancaster, PA. Office—Department of Government, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604; fax: 717-291-4356. E-mail—grierstephenson@fandm.edu.

CAREER:

Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, Charles A. Dana Professor of Government, 1970—. Military service: U.S. Army, 1968-70; became captain; received Joint Service Commendation Medal.

MEMBER:

Supreme Court Historical Society, American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, 1972, 1985-89.

WRITINGS:

(Compiler, with Alpheus Thomas Mason) American Constitutional Development, AHM Publishing (Arlington Heights, OH), 1977.

The Supreme Court and the American Republic: An Annotated Bibliography, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1981.

(With Alpheus Thomas Mason and William M. Beaney) American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 7th edition, 1983, 14th edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ), 2005.

(General editor, with Robert J. Bresler, Robert J. Friedrich, and Joseph J. Karlesky) American Government, Harper & Row (New York, NY), 1988, 2nd edition, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1992, brief edition, 1994.

(Editor) An Essential Safeguard: Essays on the United States Supreme Court and Its Justices, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 1991.

Campaigns and the Court: The U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections, Columbia University Press (New York, NY), 1999.

The Waite Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy, American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 2003.

The Right to Vote: Rights and Liberties under the Law, American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press (Santa Barbara, CA), 2004.

Some early editions of Stephenson's books were published under the name D. Grier Stephenson, Jr.