Steven Don Bennion (born August 17, 1941) has served as president of Snow College, Ricks College, and Southern Utah University. Bennion was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah to educator Lowell L. Bennion and Merle Colton. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Scotland and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah. He married Marjorie Hopkins in the Salt Lake Temple in 1963. Bennion went to Cornell University where he earned an MPA degree. Following this he worked for the state of Wisconsin and then the University of Wisconsin-Madison in budget positions. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.