Neil M. Stevenson
{{Short description|US Navy chaplain (1930–2009)}}
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| birth_place =Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
| death_place =Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.
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| branch = United States Navy
| serviceyears = 1956–1985
| rank = Rear admiral
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Neil MacGill Stevenson (December 26, 1930 – November 21, 2009) was a rear admiral and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.
Biography
Stevenson was born in Brooklyn in 1930.{{cite book|title=The History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy: 1972-1981|author1=United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel|author2=Drury, C.M.|date=1948|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xKZGN0u9foC}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usni.org/heritage/stevenson|title=Stevenson, Neil M. (1930- )|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|accessdate=2014-04-17}} He attended the Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church (now the Bay Ridge United Church). He graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in 1948,Tower, Fort Hamilton High School Year Book Tarkio College (B.A., 1952) and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1955) before attending Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Th., 1968).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSfkJjy9BmcC&pg=PA166 |title=History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy |article=Stevenson, Neil MacGill |first=H. Lawrence |last=Martin |date=1984 |volume=VIII |page=166 |publisher=U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps |access-date=2020-12-25}}
Stevenson died on November 21, 2009, in Williamsburg, Virginia.{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=49822|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011123941/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=49822|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2012|title=Former Navy Chief of Chaplains Dies|publisher=United States Navy|accessdate=2014-04-17}} He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on February 26, 2010.{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CglTdGV2ZW5zb24SBE5laWwaAU0-/ |title=Stevenson, Neil M |website=ANCExplorer |publisher=U.S. Army |accessdate=2020-12-28}}
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 Naval Station Great Lakes, Naval Station Newport and Naval Air Station Glenview, as well as aboard the {{USS|Saratoga|CV-60}}.
After serving in the Vietnam War, Stevenson was named Senior Chaplain at Naval Training Center Orlando. 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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