PAT STEVENS IV

Pat M. Stevens IV  Major General, US Army  
Major General Pat M. Stevens IV was born on December 5, 1941 in Riverside, California and died January 10, 2022 at the Fairfax Retirement Community at Ft. Belvoir, VA. The son of Colonel Pat M. Stevens III and Grace Marshall Stevens, he was born into a long line of Army officers, a tradition he continued. Pat graduated from West Point in 1963 and was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers. He later received a Masters in astrodynamics from UCLA in 1967.Pat's assignments included tours in Thailand, Australia, and the Sultanate of Oman. He deployed for two combat tours in Vietnam and served in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. Pat's career included command of the Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District, the North Pacific Division, the Lower Mississippi Valley Division and he served as President of the Mississippi River Commission. He retired in 1996 as the Acting Chief of Engineers and Deputy Commanding General. Following retirement from the Army he served as a Vice President of the Morrison- Knudsen Corporation. Returning to his roots as an Army Engineer, he was the Executive Director of the Society of Military Engineers from 1998-2002.He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Isabel Clarke Stevens of The Fairfax; his sister Nancy Vaughan (Curry) of Palm Bay, Florida; his step-brothers Harry and Charles Heim of Novato, California; his daughter Nancy Stevens (Nathan Harris) of Bayside, California; his son Lt. Colonel Patrick M. Stevens V (Patricia) of Albuquerque, NM; and his grandsons, Patrick VI, Joseph and Christopher Stevens of Albuquerque, NM.Service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery on a later date.In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the charity of your choice, the SAME Foundation (www.same.org/foundation/donate-now) or the Lewy Body Dementia Association (www.lbda.org). Please view and sign family guestbook at www.jeffersonfuneralchapel.com