Background
Webster, Norman Eric was born on June 4, 1941 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Eric and Elizabeth (Paterson) Webster.
journalist charitable foundation administrator
Webster, Norman Eric was born on June 4, 1941 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Son of Eric and Elizabeth (Paterson) Webster.
Bachelor, Bishop's U., Quebec, Canada Master of Arts, St. John's College, Oxford, England.
Correspondent, Globe and Mail, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada editor, Globe Magazine, Toronto, Ontario correspondent, Globe and Mail, Peking, China, 1969-1971; columnist Ontario affairs, Globe and Mail, Toronto European correspondent, Globe and Mail, London editor-in-chief, Globe and Mail, Toronto, 1983-1989; editor-in-chief, Montreal (Quebec) Gazette, 1989-1993; president, R. Howard Webster Foundation, Montreal, since 1993.
Chancellor U. Prince Edward Island. Chairman North-South Institute, Ottawa.
Married Pat Roop, 1966. Children: David, Andrew, Derek, Gillian, Hilary.