J. Frank Stephens, center, shown here receiving his 25-year pin from L-57 President Wayne Jones, l., and L-57 Sec.-Treas. William Pontious, retires after 27 years in the Brotherhood.
Former lodge president also chaired Norfolk shipyard metal trades council
J. FRANK STEPHENS, a former president of Local 57 (Portsmouth, Va.) and past chairman of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Metal Trades Council, retired Feb. 1 after 27 years of membership in the Boilermakers. Stephens demonstrated a commitment to personal development, earning a high school diploma while in the U.S. Army and later attending a community college and the George Meany Institute for Labor Studies. He also became a certified mediator. Stephens served as Local 57’s president from 1991 until 2003. He chaired the Tidewater, Va., Federal Employees Metal Trades Council for four terms and served as the council’s president for three terms.
