Background
STEWART, Robert was born on August 21, 1923 in Smoky Lake, Alberta.
STEWART, Robert was born on August 21, 1923 in Smoky Lake, Alberta.
Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario. Cambridge University.
Professor, of Physics and Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1961-1970, Honorary Professor since 1971. Director-General. Pacific Region, Ocean and Aquatic Sciences, Department, of the Environment, Victoria. Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 1979, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Universities, Science and Communications, Victoria.
President Alberta Research Council 1984-1987.
Director Centre for Earth and Ocean Research, University of Victoria since 1987. Visiting Professor, Dalhousie University 1960-1961, Harvard University 1964, Pennsylvania State University 1964, Cambridge University 1967-1968.
Chairman 1968-1972, Chairman 1972-1976. Chairman 1983-1987; Honorary Doctor of Science (McGill) 1972.
Doctor of Laws (Dalhousie) 1974.
Patterson. Lecturer 1975.
Jt. Organzing Committee, Global Atmospheric Research Programme 80. Council, American Meteorological Society 1977-1981. Committee on Climate Change and the Ocean since 1980.
Married 1st V. Brande in 1948 (dissolved in 1972), two son one daughter. Married 2nd Anne-Marie Robert in 1973, one son.