 His great-grandson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III, was a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981 and an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986.In 1962, Stevenson's alma mater, Centre College, named a newly-built residence hall "Stevenson House" in his honor.They had previously awarded him an honorary degree in 1893.