
Ronald Watts
Professor Emeritus and Principal Emeritus in Memoriam
He/Him
Professor Emeritus in Memoriam
- Professor 1955카지노 게임 컬렉션2015
- Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 Principal and Vice-Chancellor 1974카지노 게임 컬렉션1984
From the Queen's Gazette:
Ronald Lampman Watts, the 15th principal of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트, died on October 9, 2015. He was 86.
Dr. Watts, who served as Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s principal from 1974 to 1984, was also one of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s leading experts on federalism.
카지노 게임 컬렉션On behalf of the entire Queen's community, Julie and I extend our deepest condolences to Dr. Watts' wife Donna and the entire Watts family,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Principal Daniel Woolf. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Dr. Watts was a beloved and respected member of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s community, and will be sorely missed. He was also an enormously influential figure in the debates on federalism in Canada over several decades, a greatly respected international consultant on governance, and a fine teacher, many of whose students went on to successful careers in academe, the private sector and the public service.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Born in Japan to Canadian Anglican missionary parents in 1929, he was educated at the 카지노게임사이트 of Toronto (BAH카지노 게임 컬렉션52) and attended Oxford 카지노게임사이트 on a Rhodes Scholarship (BA카지노 게임 컬렉션54, MA카지노 게임 컬렉션59, PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션62).
He arrived at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 in 1955 as a lecturer in philosophy, but moved to the Department of Political and Economic Science in 1961. Dr. Watts took an interest in the administration and students of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s, serving as a residence don in McNeill House and helping to plan the many residences built during the 1960s.
He was appointed Dean of Arts and Science in 1969 before becoming principal five years later. At 45, he was the youngest principal since George Monro Grant assumed the office nearly 100 years earlier.
During his time as principal several buildings were expanded including Botterell Hall, a nine-story medical sciences building located next to Kingston General Hospital.
Faced with reductions in government funding Dr. Watts also launched a campaign to cut costs, such as reducing energy consumption, while also maintaining the quality of teaching and research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s. His second five-year term was highlighted by laying the plans for the Queen's National Scholars program to attract outstanding young faculty members as well as starting the planning for the establishment of the School of Policy Studies.
Dr. Watts카지노 게임 컬렉션 main academic interest was the comparative study of federal political systems. After retiring as principal, he served as director of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, senior adviser to the federal government on constitutional affairs, and consultant to governments all over the world, including Canada, Kenya, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom.
He also published a number of books, including New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth, Multi-Cultural Societies and Federalism, Administration in Federal Systems, and Comparing Federal Systems.
Dr. Watts received five honorary degrees and became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1979 and a Companion in 2000.