Obituary from Chicago Tribune, 18 January 1998 (p. 6):
"Edmund A. Stephan, 86, a lawyer with the powerhouse Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt for 53 years and a former trustee of the University of Notre Dame, died Friday in Evanston Hospital of heart failure.
"Mr. Stephan's legacy includes the crafting of the legal framework that enabled Notre Dame to transfer its governance from religious-order leadership to a board predominantly made up of lay people. A resident of Wilmette, Stephan also rewrote the university's bylaws in 1967, sparking a diversification movement felt not only in Indiana but in Catholic-owned education centers and hospitals nationwide.
"'He was probably at the heart of the most dramatic changes between large Catholic institutions and the (Roman Catholic) Church in this century,' said Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame. 'The impact it had influenced every Catholic university in America. It meant bringing the great pools of lay talent into the university's life, and it was enormously helpful.'
"Mr. Stephan, a graduate of Loyola Academy, Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, also was well-known in Chicago political and religious circles. He served as personal adviser to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and counsel to the finance committee for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
"'Cardinal Bernardin really looked to him for advice about the church and the community,' said Rev. Robert L. Kealy, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park and former chancellor of the archdiocese. 'He was seen as a very wise man and real voice of reason, and moderate. And I think that is one of the main reasons he and Cardinal Bernardin hit it off so well together. They had similar temperaments.'
"Mr. Stephan also helped found the Big Shoulders Foundation, an organization that raised funds for inner-city Catholic schools. He served on numerous corporate boards of directors as well as boards of many civic organizations, including chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1982 to 1985.
"Mr. Stephan is survived by his wife, Evelyn Way Stephan; four sons, Edmund A., Donald, Gregory and Christopher; four daughters, Mariam, Martha, Terry and Victoria; a brother; a sister; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
"Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Church, 1421 Oak Ave., Evanston."
"Edmund A. Stephan, 86, a lawyer with the powerhouse Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt for 53 years and a former trustee of the University of Notre Dame, died Friday in Evanston Hospital of heart failure.
"Mr. Stephan's legacy includes the crafting of the legal framework that enabled Notre Dame to transfer its governance from religious-order leadership to a board predominantly made up of lay people. A resident of Wilmette, Stephan also rewrote the university's bylaws in 1967, sparking a diversification movement felt not only in Indiana but in Catholic-owned education centers and hospitals nationwide.
"'He was probably at the heart of the most dramatic changes between large Catholic institutions and the (Roman Catholic) Church in this century,' said Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame. 'The impact it had influenced every Catholic university in America. It meant bringing the great pools of lay talent into the university's life, and it was enormously helpful.'
"Mr. Stephan, a graduate of Loyola Academy, Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, also was well-known in Chicago political and religious circles. He served as personal adviser to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and counsel to the finance committee for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
"'Cardinal Bernardin really looked to him for advice about the church and the community,' said Rev. Robert L. Kealy, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park and former chancellor of the archdiocese. 'He was seen as a very wise man and real voice of reason, and moderate. And I think that is one of the main reasons he and Cardinal Bernardin hit it off so well together. They had similar temperaments.'
"Mr. Stephan also helped found the Big Shoulders Foundation, an organization that raised funds for inner-city Catholic schools. He served on numerous corporate boards of directors as well as boards of many civic organizations, including chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1982 to 1985.
"Mr. Stephan is survived by his wife, Evelyn Way Stephan; four sons, Edmund A., Donald, Gregory and Christopher; four daughters, Mariam, Martha, Terry and Victoria; a brother; a sister; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
"Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Church, 1421 Oak Ave., Evanston."
Obituary from Chicago Tribune, 18 January 1998 (p. 6):
"Edmund A. Stephan, 86, a lawyer with the powerhouse Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt for 53 years and a former trustee of the University of Notre Dame, died Friday in Evanston Hospital of heart failure.
"Mr. Stephan's legacy includes the crafting of the legal framework that enabled Notre Dame to transfer its governance from religious-order leadership to a board predominantly made up of lay people. A resident of Wilmette, Stephan also rewrote the university's bylaws in 1967, sparking a diversification movement felt not only in Indiana but in Catholic-owned education centers and hospitals nationwide.
"'He was probably at the heart of the most dramatic changes between large Catholic institutions and the (Roman Catholic) Church in this century,' said Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame. 'The impact it had influenced every Catholic university in America. It meant bringing the great pools of lay talent into the university's life, and it was enormously helpful.'
"Mr. Stephan, a graduate of Loyola Academy, Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, also was well-known in Chicago political and religious circles. He served as personal adviser to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and counsel to the finance committee for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
"'Cardinal Bernardin really looked to him for advice about the church and the community,' said Rev. Robert L. Kealy, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park and former chancellor of the archdiocese. 'He was seen as a very wise man and real voice of reason, and moderate. And I think that is one of the main reasons he and Cardinal Bernardin hit it off so well together. They had similar temperaments.'
"Mr. Stephan also helped found the Big Shoulders Foundation, an organization that raised funds for inner-city Catholic schools. He served on numerous corporate boards of directors as well as boards of many civic organizations, including chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1982 to 1985.
"Mr. Stephan is survived by his wife, Evelyn Way Stephan; four sons, Edmund A., Donald, Gregory and Christopher; four daughters, Mariam, Martha, Terry and Victoria; a brother; a sister; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
"Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Church, 1421 Oak Ave., Evanston."
"Edmund A. Stephan, 86, a lawyer with the powerhouse Chicago firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt for 53 years and a former trustee of the University of Notre Dame, died Friday in Evanston Hospital of heart failure.
"Mr. Stephan's legacy includes the crafting of the legal framework that enabled Notre Dame to transfer its governance from religious-order leadership to a board predominantly made up of lay people. A resident of Wilmette, Stephan also rewrote the university's bylaws in 1967, sparking a diversification movement felt not only in Indiana but in Catholic-owned education centers and hospitals nationwide.
"'He was probably at the heart of the most dramatic changes between large Catholic institutions and the (Roman Catholic) Church in this century,' said Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame. 'The impact it had influenced every Catholic university in America. It meant bringing the great pools of lay talent into the university's life, and it was enormously helpful.'
"Mr. Stephan, a graduate of Loyola Academy, Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, also was well-known in Chicago political and religious circles. He served as personal adviser to Cardinal Joseph Bernardin and counsel to the finance committee for the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
"'Cardinal Bernardin really looked to him for advice about the church and the community,' said Rev. Robert L. Kealy, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Highland Park and former chancellor of the archdiocese. 'He was seen as a very wise man and real voice of reason, and moderate. And I think that is one of the main reasons he and Cardinal Bernardin hit it off so well together. They had similar temperaments.'
"Mr. Stephan also helped found the Big Shoulders Foundation, an organization that raised funds for inner-city Catholic schools. He served on numerous corporate boards of directors as well as boards of many civic organizations, including chairman of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations from 1982 to 1985.
"Mr. Stephan is survived by his wife, Evelyn Way Stephan; four sons, Edmund A., Donald, Gregory and Christopher; four daughters, Mariam, Martha, Terry and Victoria; a brother; a sister; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
"Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday in Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Church, 1421 Oak Ave., Evanston."
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