Background
Stevens, Donald King was born on October 27, 1920 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Douglas Franklin and Ida Harriet (King) Stevens.
consultant aeronautical engineer
Stevens, Donald King was born on October 27, 1920 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Douglas Franklin and Ida Harriet (King) Stevens.
Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering with high honors, University Illinois, 1942. Master of Science in Aeronautics an Guided Missiles, University Southern California, 1949. Graduate, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1957.
Graduate, United States Army War College, 1962.
Staff member Illinois State Geological Survey, 1938—1940. Air defense officer (434th American Automobile Association Bn) in England, Algeria. Tunisia, Italy, 1942—1944.
Regimental staff officer 473d Infantry Regiment, Italy, 1945. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1942. Ceramic engineer Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Pittsburgh, 1945—1946.
Research and analysis directorate antiaircraft and guided missiles branch The Artillery School United States Army, Fort Bliss, Texas, 1949—1952, assistant S-3 1st General Motors Brigade, 1953, commander 2d battalion 1st guided missile group, 1954—1956, member weapons system evaluation group Office Secretary Defense Washington, 1957—1961, chief J2 plans branch United Nations command/United States Forces, 1962—1963, advanced through grades to colonel, 1963, Commander Niagara-Buffalo defense 31st artillery brigade Lockport, New York, 1963—1965, chief air defense and nuclear branch war plans division Department Army Washington, 1965—1967, director United States ballistic missile defense studies DEPEX and X-66 for Secretary Defense, 1965—1966, chief strategic forces division office deputy chief of staff military operations, 1967—1969, chief J5 special weapons plans United States European command Germany, 1969—1972, retired, 1972. Co-authored layout of McGregor Range, New Mexico, as guided missile firing range, 1955. Guest lecturer United States Military Academy, 1958-1959.
Member Study Group Army Air Defense Systems for the 1970's, The AADS-70 Study in 1964 defined requirements for SAM-D, later named 'Patriot' 1964. Consultant United States Army Concepts Analysis Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, 1973-1995. Consultant on strategy Lulejian & Associates, Inc., 1974-1975.
Consultant nuclear policy and plans to Office Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1975-1980, 84-93. Consultant Science Applications, Inc., 1976-1978.
Assistant camp director Piankeshaw Area council Boy Scouts American, 1937. Member chancel choir, elder First Christian Church, Falls Church, Virginia, 1957-1961, 65-69, 72-2002, elder emeritus since 2004. Elder, trustee Presbyterian Church, Niagara Falls, New York, 1963-1965.
Member American Ceramic Society, Association United States Army, University Illinois Alumni Association, University Southern California Alumni Association, Rotary, Keramos, Niagara Falls Country Club, Illinois Club (Washington), Terrapin Club, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Phi Omega.
Married Adele Carman de Werff, July 11, 1942. Children: Charles August, Anne Louise, Alice Jeanne Stevens Kay.