Neil MacGill Stevenson (December 26, 1930 – November 21, 2009) was a

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and

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Biography

Stevenson was born in Brooklyn in 1930. He attended the Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church (now the

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). He graduated from

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in 1948,

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(B.A., 1952) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1955) before attending Princeton Theological Seminary (

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, 1968). Stevenson died on November 21, 2009, in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on February 26, 2010.

Career

Stevenson was commissioned in the United States Naval Reserve on June 30, 1956, and reported to the Chaplain School in Newport, Rhode Island for training in April 1957. He was later stationed at

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, Naval Station Newport and Naval Air Station Glenview, as well as aboard the . After serving in the Vietnam War, Stevenson was named Senior Chaplain at

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. He later served as Fleet Chaplain of the United States Pacific Fleet Deputy Chief of Chaplains. Stevenson was Chief of Chaplains from 1983 until his retirement in 1985. After his retirement from the Navy, he was pastor of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church in southern Virginia for 10 years, helped launch the Stone House Presbyterian Church in Toano, Va., and was interim pastor at Yorkminster Presbyterian Church.Washington Post,Thursday, November 26, 2009

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