Dec. 31, 1991
Yusuf Umar (1948 - 1991)
Born in Palestine, Dr. Yusuf Umar came to Canada in 1972 after earning a BA in Economics and Political Science from the American University in Cairo and his MA in Political Science at the American University of Beirut.
In 1988, he earned a PhD in Political Science from the University of Calgary, for which he won the prestigious Leo Strauss Award. That year, Dr. Umar joined Mount Royal as an Instructor in Economics and Political Science, where he was active in the development of a new program in Political Economy for his department.
Dr. Umar died after a brief illness on March 9, 1991, at the age of 43.