Editing Ted Stevens (section)

===Marriage and family===
Early in 1952, Stevens married Ann Mary Cherrington, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and the adopted daughter of [[University of Denver]] Chancellor [[Ben Mark Cherrington]]. She had graduated from [[Reed College]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], and during the [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] administration had worked for the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref name="whitney-roadnorth"/>

On December 4, 1978, the crash of a [[Learjet 25]]C on approach at [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage International Airport]] killed five of the seven aboard; Stevens survived, suffering a [[concussion]] and broken ribs,<ref name=recrapd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rhRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2507%2C1595345 |via=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Recovery rapid for Sen. Stevens, doctor reports |date=December 6, 1978 |page=5A |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514182403/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rhRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2507%2C1595345 |url-status=live }}</ref> but his wife, Ann, did not. Stevens would later state in an interview with the Anchorage Times "I can't remember anything that happened." Smiling, he added, "I'm still here. It must be my [[Scottish people|Scots]] blood."<ref name=alsjck>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WuAzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4480%2C3779622 |work=Lodi News-Sentinel |location=California |agency=UPI |title=Alaskan jet crash kills senator's wife |date=December 5, 1978 |page=1 |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602170923/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WuAzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4480%2C3779622 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=ergappcr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rRRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5162%2C1367366 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Jet crash injures Sen. Stevens, kills his wife, four other persons |date=December 5, 1978 |page=4A |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601153529/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rRRWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5162%2C1367366 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Hosenball|date=August 11, 2010|url=http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/11/ntsb-warned-about-alaska-pilots-risky-ways-and-ted-stevens-argued.html|title=NTSB Warned About Alaska Pilots' Risky Ways – and Ted Stevens Argued|magazine=Newsweek|access-date=August 13, 2010|archive-date=August 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815043411/http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/08/11/ntsb-warned-about-alaska-pilots-risky-ways-and-ted-stevens-argued.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The building which houses the Alaska chapter of the [[American Red Cross]] at 235 East Eighth Avenue in [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]] is named in her memory; likewise a reading room at the [[Zachariah J. Loussac|Loussac]] Library.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann Stevens Room & Galleria |url=https://www.anchoragelibrary.org/services/in-the-library/meeting-rooms/meeting-and-event-space/ann-stevens-room-galleria/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Anchorage Public Library |language=en |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512125306/https://www.anchoragelibrary.org/services/in-the-library/meeting-rooms/meeting-and-event-space/ann-stevens-room-galleria/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Ted & Ann Stevens' wedding.PNG|alt=Stevens and his wife Ann on the day of their wedding, 1952. Stevens is in a suit, and Ann in a traditional bridal dress. Stevens and Ann both have wide smiles as she sits on his lap while he holds her, in what seems to be a car. The image has a light yellowish-sepiatone tint.|left|thumb|upright|Stevens and his wife Ann on the day of their wedding, 1952]]
Stevens and Ann had three sons (Ben, Walter, and Ted) and two daughters (Susan and Elizabeth).<ref>[https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/beth-stevens-daughter-sen-ted-stevens-dies/2014/02/27/ Stevens family says goodbye to a stalwart sister] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209132833/https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/beth-stevens-daughter-sen-ted-stevens-dies/2014/02/27/ |date=December 9, 2018 }}, ''[[Alaska Dispatch News]]'', Sean Doogan, February 27, 2014.(Updated: May 31, 2016). Retrieved 29 May 2017.</ref> Democratic Governor [[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]] appointed [[Ben Stevens|Ben]] to the [[Alaska Senate]] in 2001, where he served as the president of the state senate until the fall of 2006.

Ted Stevens remarried in 1980. He and his second wife, Catherine, had a daughter, Lily.

Stevens's last Alaska home was in [[Girdwood, Alaska|Girdwood]], a ski resort community near the southern edge of Anchorage's city limits, about {{convert|40|mi|round=5|spell=in}} by road from [[Downtown (Anchorage)|downtown]]. The home was the subject of media attention after it was raided by FBI & IRS agents in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mauer |first1=Richard |last2=Bolstad |first2=Erika |date=December 21, 2007 |title=Warrant served at Stevens' Girdwood home |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/article/warrant-served-stevens-girdwood-home/2007/12/21/ |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Anchorage Daily News |language=en |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512125306/https://www.adn.com/politics/article/warrant-served-stevens-girdwood-home/2007/12/21/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Prostate cancer====
Stevens was a survivor of [[prostate cancer]] and had publicly disclosed his cancer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usrf.org/news/colin_powell.html|title=USRF – Colin Powell: Powell Has Surgery for Prostate Cancer|publisher=USRF|access-date=October 28, 2008|archive-date=January 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125065130/http://usrf.org/news/colin_powell.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Herman |first=Robin |date=1992-03-31 |title=THE CANCER MEN DIDN'T TALK ABOUT... UNTIL NOW |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1992/03/31/the-cancer-men-didnt-talk-about-until-now/477e7711-155c-4c49-b667-d7df16ecde32/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724185645/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1992/03/31/the-cancer-men-didnt-talk-about-until-now/477e7711-155c-4c49-b667-d7df16ecde32/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was nominated for the first Golden Glove Awards for Prostate Cancer by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition (NPCC). He advocated the creation of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for Prostate Cancer at the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], which has funded nearly $750{{spaces}}million for prostate cancer research.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://friendsofcancerresearch.org/news/senator-ted-stevens/ | title=Senator Ted Stevens | newspaper=Friends of Cancer Research | date=August 11, 2010 | access-date=May 22, 2023 | archive-date=May 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522231527/https://friendsofcancerresearch.org/news/senator-ted-stevens/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Stevens was a recipient of the Presidential Citation by the [[American Urological Association]] for significantly promoting urology causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auanet.org/content/about-us/awards.cfm?sub=citations |title=Presidential Citations |publisher=American Urological Association |access-date=November 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114211024/http://www.auanet.org/content/about-us/awards.cfm?sub=citations |archive-date=November 14, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>