Ronald Lampman Watts (March 10, 1929 − October 9, 2015) was a Canadian academic, who served as the 15th Principal and Vice-chancellor of

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from 1974 until 1984. Born in Karuizawa, Japan to Canadian missionary parents. Educated at the

Yokohama International School is a co-educational international school located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The school consists of a pre-school (Early Learning Centre), a kindergarten/ elementary school (grades K-5), a middle school (6-8) and a high school (9-12), covering ...

immediately prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. Watts received his

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from

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in the

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in 1952, and then went to

Oriel College Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

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on a

Rhodes Scholarship The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...

where he had

Kenneth Wheare Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare, CMG (26 March 1907 – 7 September 1979) was an Australian academic, who spent most of his career at Oxford University in England. He was an expert on the constitutions of the British Commonwealth. He advised constitut ...

as his mentor. He was a Brother of the Toronto Chapter of the

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. He received a BA at

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in 1954, an MA in 1959, and a

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in 1962. He joined Queen's as a lecturer in Philosophy in 1955, transferred to the Department of Political and Economic Science in 1961, became the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science in 1969, and principal in 1974. From 1988 to 1993 he was the Director of the Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. In 1979 he was made an Officer of the

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, and was promoted to Companion in 2000. Watts died on October 9, 2015 at the age of 86 in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...

, Canada.

Publications

- Watts, Ronald L.: Comparing Federal Systems. Queen's Policy Studies Series. Third edition, McGill-Queen's University Press 2008. - Blindenbacher, R. and Watts, R.: Federalism in a Changing World – A Conceptual Framework for the Conference. In: Blindenbacher, R. and Koller, A.: Federalism in a Changing World – Learning from Each Other. McGill-Queens University Press 2003.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Ronald 1929 births 2015 deaths People from Nagano (city) People educated at Yokohama International School Canadian Rhodes Scholars Canadian university and college faculty deans Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Companions of the Order of Canada Principals of Queen's University at Kingston Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni