School Safety Consultant Ron Stephens: The Man in Demand

Ronald D. Stephens has churned out school-safety manuals for 15 years in his tranquil office ringed by eucalyptus trees here in the San Fernando Valley. As the executive director of the National School Safety Center, he has traveled to half the school districts in the nation to lecture about safety devices and crisis plans.

But Ron Stephens wasn't exactly a household name. Until now.

The day after students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a murderous rampage at Colorado's Columbine High School last spring, Mr. Stephens became one of the most...

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