A humble and gentle soul to all he met, Stephen Hayes JD ’77 died June 19, 2022. Stephen always remembered his hometown fondly and regularly shared stories of its charm ranging from delivering the newspaper to Coleman Hawkins’ mother, his father’s years as a foreman in the stockyards, to seeing Mickey Mantle play minor league ball. For more than 40 years he worked as a legal counsel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in D.C. His humility and commitment to justice inspires those fortunate to share in it.