Andrew Stewart (January 18, 1904 – July 14, 1990) was a Canadian academic and economist.

Early life

Stewart was born in Scotland and educated at the East of Scotland College of Agriculture and

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

Career

Stewart served as president of the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

from 1950 to 1959. Stewart was previously a professor of political economy, director of the school of commerce, and dean of business affairs at the university. From 1959 to 1969, he was chair of the

Board of Broadcast Governors The Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) was an arms-length Government of Canada agency. It was created in 1958 by amending the ''Broadcast Act'' to regulate television and radio broadcasting, originally taking over that function from the CBC. T ...

(predecessor to the

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), and served in this capacity as host of the 14th Canadian Film Awards in 1962. He was also one of the founders of the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

in Nigeria.

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External links

University of Alberta biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Andrew (economist) Presidents of the University of Alberta 1904 births 1990 deaths Academics from Edinburgh Alumni of Scotland's Rural College University of Manitoba alumni