Background
Stephenson, Donnan was born on November 21, 1919 in LaHarpe, Kansas, United States. Son of Ralph Duane and Zoe B. (Donnan) Stephenson.
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Stephenson, Donnan was born on November 21, 1919 in LaHarpe, Kansas, United States. Son of Ralph Duane and Zoe B. (Donnan) Stephenson.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University Kansas, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, University Kansas, 1948.
With Trans World Airlines, 1948. Practice law Santa Fe, 1958-1970. Partner Bigbee & Stephenson, 1949-1962, Stephenson & Olmsted, 1962-1966, Stephenson, Campbell & Olmsted, 1966-1970.
Justice New Mexico Supreme Court, Santa Fe, 1971-1976. Senior partner Bigbee, Stephenson, Carpenter, Crout & Olmsted, 1976-1981, of counsel, 1982-1988.
Established and endowed Stephenson Lectures in Law and Government Kansas University Law School Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, World War World War II. Fellow New Mexico Bar Association.
Married Patricia Marie Ledyard, May 14, 1942. Children: Mark Donnan, Bruce Ledyard.