Prior to his death he was Director (and one of the founders) of CML Northern Blower, President of Greensteel Industries, and Director of BYG Natural Resources. In addition to his legal career he was active in many business endeavours. Some of his involvements were Chief Adjudicator for the Public Service Staff Relation Act, Special Advisor to the Province of Manitoba in connection with the Churchill-Nelson River Diversion Projects, Director of the Manitoba Development Corporation, and Counsel to the Bellan Commission of Inquiry into land prices in the City of Winnipeg. He had a varied and rewarding career, the highlights of which were many.
He practised law for forty years, specializing in the field of labour relations. He received a Masters degree and PhD from the University of Toronto, being the first recipient of a PhD in three disciplines - law, economics, and history. Steward and his wife Thelma have been married since 1976, and the couple have two children, Kimberly, the CEO of K Period Media, and David, CEO of Polarity Ltd.Memorable Manitobans: William Steward Arnold Martin (1924- 1996)īorn at Winnipeg on 1 July 1924, son of William Anderson Martin and Vivian Edna Martin (?-1978), he attended Queenston School, Kelvin High School, and the University of Manitoba, from which he received a law degree. He has received honorary doctorate degrees from Lindenwood University and Harris Stowe University. Louis Science Center, United Way of Greater St. Steward has served on numerous boards and committees including the St. In 2018, Steward donated $1.3 million dollars to the University of Missouri to create the David and Thelma Steward Institute for Jazz Studies. Woods award for Outstanding CEO of the Year. He is a five-time winner in the Fast 50 awards and has also won the Granville T. Steward has received numerous awards and commendations for his work in the technology field. The company was named the number one African American owned business by Black Enterprise magazine for seven consecutive years. World Wide Technology now has 1,381 employees in forty-eight states and six countries.
He started the firm in a 4,000 square foot building in Kansas City, Missouri with five employees. In 1990 Steward founded his own electronics distribution company, World Wide Technology, which focuses on telecommunications networks, conversion services, and enterprise wide imaging. By 1987, Steward established Transport Administrative Services, which focused on discovering underpayments for companies and he quickly established relationships with four of the seven major railroad companies in the United States. The company focused on obtaining refunds for customers who were charged to much by major corporations such as Pfizer, Ford and Campbell’s Soup. During his time at Federal Express, Steward was recognized as Salesman of the Year, and inducted into the company’s Hall of Fame (1981).Īfter working in mid-level positions in corporate America in 1984 Steward purchased a consulting firm he had previously done marketing work for and renamed it Transportation Business Specialists. His next position was as a senior account executive at Federal Express (1979-1984). He remained at the railroad from 1975 to 1979. He then worked at Missouri Pacific Railroad as a sales representative and was the first black person to serve in that position in the company. Steward first worked as a substitute teacher and served as an associate executive for The Boy Scouts of America, where he often went without a paycheck, before taking a job at Wagner Electric as a production manager (1974-1975). He also attended segregated Clinton Senior High School, graduating in 1969, and then Central Missouri State University, receiving his BS in business management in 1973.
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Steward lived through segregated movie theaters and schools and was part of a group that integrated a public swimming pool in 1967. The family bought a small farm, where they lived in poverty. The family of ten relocated to Clinton, Missouri in his youth so his mother could finish her formal education. His father, Harold, was a mechanic, trash collector, and janitor, and his mother, Dorothy, was a homemaker. Stewart was born on Jin Chicago, Illinois. Steward is currently considered the second richest black man in the United States, worth over $3.7 billion dollars.
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