Elton Bryson Stephens Sr.

Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. (1911–2005) was an American businessman from Alabama, who founded EBSCO Industries.

[2][4][5] The company sold magazine subscriptions to the United States Army.

[2] He donated $15 million to the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, where he was chairman of its board of trustees, and where the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center was named after his late wife.

[2] With his son James, Stephens donated $2.5 million to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

[2] They also paid $15 million for the construction of the Elton B. Stephens Science Center on the campus of Birmingham–Southern College.