[2] During his thirty-six years of service at UConn, Stemmons rose to become Director of the Division of Publications and University Editor.

He oversaw all the university's publications, including the course catalog, Experiment Station bulletins, and press releases.

[2] He also served as faculty advisor and confidant to generations of student editors of the Daily Campus and the Nutmeg yearbook.

[1] In 1918, when most male students were serving in the military during the First World War, Stemmons oversaw the Daily Campus's first all-woman editorial staff and first woman editor, Helen Clark.

Throughout his career he had been an in-demand public speaker and was known throughout the state for his sardonic wit, tendency to rabble-rouse, and wide social circle.

He researched and wrote several chapters in a sequel to his 1931 history of the university, though the work was unfinished at the time of his death and was never completed.

[10] Stemmons' papers, including his unfinished book manuscript, are held at the UConn Archives and Special Collections.