Background
Bernard, G. Stevens was born on October 18, 1936 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Gene W. and Bertha T. (Stevens) Bernard.
Bernard, G. Stevens was born on October 18, 1936 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Gene W. and Bertha T. (Stevens) Bernard.
Bachelor, Washburn University. Master of Public Administration, University Kansas.
Planner Topeka-Shawnee County Regional Planning Commission, Kansas, 1959-1962. Administrative assistant to commissioner parks public property City of Topeka, 1963-1965. Assistant city manager, city planner City of Lake Forest, Illinois, 1965-1967.
City manager City of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, 1967-1978. Consultant G. Stevens Bernard and Associates, Management and Organizational Development Consultant, 1978-1979. Associate professor urban and regional studies Mankata State University, Minnesota, 1978-1979.
Assistant city coordinator City of Minneapolis, 1979-1981. City manager City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, since 1981. Consultant, lecturer in field.
Member American Society Public Administration, International City Management Association, National Public Employer Labor Relations Association, Michigan City Management Association (board directors, chairman conference planning committee), Michigan League Cities.
Married Shirley K. Fry, August 31, 1957. Children– Steven Bradley, Stuart Watson.