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\"\"LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Harry Stephenson, whose relationship with Transylvania University as student, coach, teacher and administrator totaled a remarkable 63 years, died May 15 in Lexington. He was 95.<\/p>\n

Stephenson enrolled as a first-year student at Transylvania in the fall of 1936. His association with the university was interrupted by military service during World War II, a year earning a master\u2019s degree after the war, and another year of high school teaching. He joined Transylvania\u2019s faculty and staff in 1948, and when he retired in 2006 had achieved a 58-year employment tenure at his alma mater that became a 63-year association when his student days were added on.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransylvania has lost a leading member of its family with the passing of Harry Stephenson,\u201d said President R. Owen Williams. \u201cThere have been few people in the long history of this institution in whose hearts the spirit of Transylvania burned so brightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHarry Stephenson was the epitome of an educator,\u201d said athletics director Jack Ebel, a 1977 graduate of the university. \u201cCountless Transylvania students and athletes developed lifelong relationships with Harry through his dedication to mentoring young people. Harry was an exceptional friend to the university whose commitment began 76 years ago when he came here as a student.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephenson\u2019s Transylvania studies were sidelined by his service as a crew chief and engineer on a C-47 troop carrier with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-45. He had played professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals organization during the summers while a Transylvania student, and briefly tried to revive his career in 1945 before returning to the university to complete his B.A. degree in 1946. He then earned a master\u2019s degree in physical education from the University of Kentucky and taught from 1947-48 at Georgetown (Ky.) High School.<\/p>\n

He joined the faculty and staff of Transylvania in the fall of 1948 as assistant professor of physical education and health and as head men\u2019s basketball and baseball coach. As the years went by, he also became athletics director, head men\u2019s golf coach and intramural director. He was a pioneer in Kentucky in improving sports officiating and organized some of the first officiating clinics.<\/p>\n

During his coaching years, Stephenson won several National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics coach-of-the-year honors and was inducted into the Transylvania Pioneer Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1993 the university awarded Stephenson and his wife, the late Willie Mae Montague Stephenson, a 1946 Transylvania graduate, the Morrison Medallion, the highest honor given to an alum for service to their alma mater. He retired from full-time faculty duty in 1983 and was awarded professor emeritus status.<\/p>\n

Stephenson was a native of Nicholas County, Ky., and a graduate of Lexington\u2019s Henry Clay High School.<\/p>\n

In a 1998 interview on the occasion of Stephenson\u2019s 50th anniversary as a Transylvania employee, then-head men\u2019s basketball coach Don Lane said, \u201cHarry has always wanted to make Transylvania the best it could be, not just in athletics, but in every aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visitation for Stephenson will be Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at Milward Funeral Directors, 159 North Broadway, Lexington, and his service will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Milward-Broadway.\n<\/p>\n


\nRelated articles about Harry:
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\nLexington Herald-Leader<\/em>: Remembering Transy’s ‘treasure,’ Harry Stephenson<\/em><\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\nSpring 1999 issue of Transylvania<\/em> magazine: 50 Years and Going Strong: Harry Stephenson has devoted himself to teaching and coaching at Transylvania<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\nSummer 2007 issue of Transylvania<\/em> magazine: Stephenson honored for 58 years of service <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Harry Stephenson, whose relationship with Transylvania University as student, coach, teacher and administrator totaled a remarkable 63 years, died May 15 in Lexington. He was 95. Stephenson enrolled as a first-year student at Transylvania in the fall of 1936. His association with the university was interrupted by military service during World War II, a year earning a master\u2019s degree after the war, and another year of high school teaching. He joined Transylvania\u2019s faculty and staff in 1948, and when he retired in 2006 had achieved a 58-year employment tenure at his alma mater that became a 63-year association when his student days were added on. \u201cTransylvania has lost a leading member of its family with the passing of Harry Stephenson,\u201d said President R. Owen Williams. \u201cThere have been few people in the long history of this institution in whose hearts the spirit of Transylvania burned so brightly.\u201d \u201cHarry Stephenson was the epitome of an educator,\u201d said athletics director Jack Ebel, a 1977 graduate of the university. \u201cCountless Transylvania students and athletes developed lifelong relationships with Harry through his dedication to mentoring young people. Harry was an exceptional friend to the university whose commitment began 76 years ago when he came here as a student.\u201d Stephenson\u2019s Transylvania studies were sidelined by his service as a crew chief and engineer on a C-47 troop carrier with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-45. He had played professional baseball with the St.<\/p>\n

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