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J.H. Stewart Reid was the first Executive Secretary of the Canadian Association of University Teachers. The appointment of Dr. Reid in 1959 marked a new stage in the history of CAUT.
Stewart Reid was raised in New Westminster, British Columbia. Following his graduation from the University of British Columbia in 1929, Stewart Reid worked as a newspaper reporter in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, and as a high school teacher in New Westminster. In 1942, he received his Master's degree from the University of British Columbia, and in 1944 went to the University of Toronto as an Alexander Mackenzie Fellow in the Department of History. After completing his Ph.D. there in 1946, he served for a year as a lecturer in history before becoming Chairman of the Department of History at United College.In 1963, he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Manitoba.
