Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Received B.A. from Yale University in 1936, BFA in 1940, MFA in 1941. Married to Emily Velona Barringer with four sons. Taught at the Whitney School of Art and Silvermine Guild School of Art. Later he was employed by Laminated Shim Company and Schwab Engraving Company. Employed as sculptor-engraver at the U.S. Mint after 1965. Free lance designer for Medallic Art Company.

Produced dies for various medals:

Henry H. Fowler reverse 1965 (USM 220)

Joseph W. Barr reverse 1969 (USM 222)

Donald T. Regan obverse (USM 229, 230)

Donna Pope obverse (USM 322)

Navy Bicentennial (USM 534)

Joe Louis reverse (USM 607)

Diplomatic Courier reverse (USM 658)

Robert Kennedy reverse 1973 (USM 668)

Louis L'Amour reverse (USM 676)

Philadelphia Mint reverse 1969 (USM 701)

Denver Mint obverse (USM 703)

New Orleans Mint reverse (USM 750)

Old San Francisco Mint rev 1974 (USM 751)

Chief Justice John Rutledge com rev (USM 902)

Dartmouth College Bicentennial obverse 1969 (Turner 26)

Winston Churchill reverse 1969 (Turner 27)

American Fisheries Society Centennial 1970 (Turner 32)

Jose Antonio Navarro reverse 1971 (Turner 35)

Colorado Centennial commem.1976 (Turner 41)

Steever designed the obverse of the 1986 Statue of Liberty Half Dollar and the obverse of the 1992 White House dollar. He also designed coinage for Liberia, Nationalist China and the Philippine Islands. He received the ANA Numismatic Art Award in 1996.

bio: CCUS; P-F; WWAmArt 76 Interviewed 7/27/94

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