Bruce Rutherford Stivers, MD, age 77, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 22, 2014. He was born September 15, 1937 in Peoria, Illinois to Lee J. Stivers and Margaret Rutherford Stivers. He served as Class President of Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas and Student Council Representative at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis, Tennessee, during which time he was Class President all four years. He completed an internship at the University Hospital, followed by a surgical residency and a fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Stivers then entered the US Air Force as a Major and was stationed at March Air Force Base USAF Regional Hospital in Riverside, California during the Vietnam War. Following his military service, he spent a year in private practice in San Antonio before joining the Eastern Oklahoma Orthopaedic Center in Tulsa in 1972. While in Tulsa, Dr. Stivers served as President of the Tulsa Orthopaedic Society, as well as President of the Orthopaedic Department at Saint Francis Hospital. During his time in Tulsa, he was also active as a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation for the University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, during which time he lectured to the OU Medical Students in Tulsa. He was active in caring for the areas athletes throughout his entire career. He was Team Physician for the University of Tulsa, Oral Roberts University, Bishop Kelley High School, Memorial High School, the Tulsa Roughnecks, and the Oklahoma Outlaws of the USFL. Dr. Stivers professional appointments include Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, Member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, as well as an Active Member of both the Tulsa County Medical Society and the Sports Medicine Committee of the Oklahoma State Medical Association. Dr. Stivers is survived by his wife Angie Hudson Stivers of Tulsa, son Mark R. Stivers, MD of Roseburg, Oregon, daughter Amy Stivers-Krauter, MD and her husband Mark Krauter of Tulsa, and son Scott A. Stivers and his wife Kim Stivers of Tulsa. He is also survived by five grandchildren: Emma Morgan Childs, Sophie Leigh Childs, Kyle Hopper Payne, Benjamin Dale Payne, and Joseph Turner Krauter. He was preceded in death by his two brothers Robert R. Stivers, MD and Wallace J. Stivers. Dr. Stivers loved his family, the practice of medicine, spending time with friends, fishing and tying trout flies, gardening, woodworking, and compiling Presidential history and trivia. He spent as much time as possible enjoying boating at Grand Lake. Memorial Services for Bruce Stivers will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, November 26, at Asbury Methodist Church, 6767 South Mingo Road in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, Dr. Stivers requests donations to the University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine - Tulsa General Scholarship Fund. Service: 11/26/2014 00:00 2:00 p.m. Asbury Methodist Church 6767 South Mingo Road Tulsa, Oklahoma