STEPHEN L. WERNER ’58

STEPHEN L. WERNER, a Central Intelligence Agency officer for 34 years, died Jan. 29, 2017. He was 80. A member of Psi Upsilon, he received his degree with honors. He then served in the U.S. Air Force, after which he joined the CIA. During his 34-year career as an operations officer with the CIA, he was appointed to the National War College, which his father had served as its first Executive Officer. Following his retirement, when he returned to Albuquerque, New Mexico, he became a legislative advocate for the Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry, working on behalf of those who had no voice. He continued this work when he moved to Charlottesville, Va., where he worked in several community support groups. He is survived by his wife, Joan Hall Werner, three children, and six grandchildren.