Wallace CROWSTON

Wallace Bruce Stuart Crowston, management scholar and university administrator, much-loved husband, father, grandfather and friend, has died. He passed peacefully on February 28, 2024, surrounded by his family, following a short illness at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver. Wallace was born in Toronto on January 28, 1934, the only child of Arthur Samuel and Clara Helena (Donnelly) Crowston. He received a BASc from the University of Toronto, an MS from MIT and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. He held appointments at MIT from 1966 to 1972, and at York University, Toronto, from 1972 to 1987, where he became Professor and later, Dean of the Faculty of Administrative Studies. From 1987 to 2000, he served as Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies at McGill University, Montreal. Both at York University and McGill University, he worked in partnership with other Canadian universities and with the Canadian International Development Agency to establish programs for management education in countries across Asia, including China, Japan, Thailand, Pakistan and Central Asia. Wallace was a man who enjoyed good stories and songs, with great wit and love of life. He is survived by his wife, Taka ; their children, Kevin (Marie), Catherine (Bill) and Clare (Ali); and grandchildren, Lili, Hana, Kian and Reza.