Edward Stephens Named Dean

Edward Stephens served as assistant dean of the Newhouse School’s “intermedia” division before becoming dean.

Stephens had joined the Newhouse faculty in 1976 as professor and chair of the advertising department. He had been an assistant dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and served as a consultant to a Chicago advertising agency while on the Newhouse faculty. Stephens was the author of six novels and a children’s non-fiction book. Stephens became acting dean in 1980 before assuming the role full-time in 1981. He served as dean until 1989.