Civilian Careers

12320 General (Retd) Walter Natynczyk – President - Canadian Space Agency - 2013-2014; Deputy Minister Veterans Affairs – 2014 – 2021

12341 Al Stewart - Dean of Engineering - RMC - 2002 - 2010; and Vice Principal Academic from 2008-2012

12264 Doug Campbell - 2023 - Present - Host City Manager and Chair of the FIFA 2026 World Cup Vancouver Secretariat

12239 Randy Smith - 2019 - Present - Chairperson, RCMP External Review Committee

Military Careers

Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS)

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12320 General Walter Natynczyk – Chief of the Defence Staff
– 2008 to 2012

Academic and Professional Achievements

PhDs

12027 Alain Brizard, PhD, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1990

12157 Wayne Boone, PhD, Information Systems Assurance, University of Fairfax, Va 2009

12167 Dan Eustace, PhD, International Relations, National University of Ireland, 2014

12173 Richard Gimblett, PhD, Canadian Naval History, University of Laval 2000

12238 Ray Stouffer, PhD, War Studies, Royal Military College, 2005

12247 Jim Wishloff, PhD, Organizational Behaviour, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996

12259 Kevin Biggar, PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1991

12298 Ron Humble, PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

12341 Allan Stephenson, PhD, Political Science, Carleton University 2006

12342 Allen Stewart, PhD, Traffic Engineering, Queens University 1992

Honourary

12342 Allen Stewart, PhD, Engineering, RMC 2018

Medical/Dental/Legal

12051 David Fermor, Medical

12154 Peter Barber, Legal, Bachelor of Law, University of Alberta, 1992

12218 Guy Killaby, Legal, Georgetown University, Washington DC 2005

12265 Mike Campbell, Medical

12289 Richard Groves, Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Sask 1990

12339 Randy Smith, Legal, Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University, 1983; Bachelor of Common Law, 1984, McGill University; Master of Laws, 1992, US Army JAG School, Charlottesville, Va.

Professional Honours and Distinctions

12027 Alain Brizard – Fellow of the American Physical Society

12259 Kevin Biggar – Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

12342 Allen Stewart - Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers

12192 General Tom Lawson – Chief of the Defence Staff
– 2012 to 2015

Of note, the Class of 79 is the only Class to have produced two different Chiefs of Defence Staff. The Cmdt at RMC in our last two years, BGen John de Chastelain, later challenged the “only Class to have two Chiefs” claim, observing to Rich Gimblett, “with a twinkle in his eye”, that his Class had two, because he himself had served as the CDS – on two different occasions!