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Andrew Stewart (1904-1990) was born in Scotland on January 18th, 1904. In his early twenties Stewart came to Canada where he worked in farming. He then studied agriculture at the University of Manitoba and completed his graduate degree in economics. In 1935 he became a lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Alberta (U of A). Following the war Stewart became the Head of the Political Economy at the U of A, the Director of the School of Commerce and Dean of Business Affairs. In 1950 he was appointed as the President of the University of Alberta.
He was President from 1950 to 1959 during a period of rapid expansion and growth at the U of A. During his tenure multiple buildings were added to campus including the Administration Building. Stewart supported the development of Studio Theatre and created the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. In order to attract scholars he increased faculty salaries in support of the hiring of new academic and non academic staff.
Following his time as President in 1959, Stewart served as the Chair of the Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) in Ottawa, Ontario, which was the forerunner of the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission. Stewart was Chair of the BBG for ten years before returning to Alberta to chair Alberta’s Universities Commissions. In the 1970s he was also active in establishing the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He received multiple honorary degrees including from the University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, University of New Brunswick, Laval University and University in Melbourne, Australia. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Dr. Stewart retired to Sidney, British Columbia in 1973. While there he served on the Sidney Advisory Commission and Provincial Capital Commission. He and his wife Jessie had seven children. Stewart passed away on July 14th, 1990 in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1985, The University of Alberta created The Andrew Memorial Graduate Prize in his honour.
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Updated by Y. Song Nov. 2021. Updated by M.Fraser 9 Dec. 2021.
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Andrew Stewart. University of Alberta Centenary. http://wayback.archive-it.org/1830/20140930203957/http://www.ualbertacentennial.ca/organization/presidents/stewart.html (Accessed on 8 Nov. 2021.)
“Former University of Alberta president, Andrew Stewart, dies” Folio, page four, July 26, 1990, Andrew Stewart Biographical File,University of Alberta Archives.
Andrew Stewart (1904-1990), Andrew Stewart Biographical File, University of Alberta Archives.