Robert J. Rogers

Robert James Rogers joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1964 and travelled all over the world during his 33 year naval career, working as a submarine hunter, an anti-submarine air control officer, and executive officer of a minesweeper, as well as a combat control officer and senior watchkeeper of a destroyer. He was also employed for a time in emergency planning before being moved into naval intelligence for the second half of his career. He has a degree in history and political science from the University of Manitoba and later worked as the administrator of a city minor hockey association, the administrator of a large evangelical church and a peace officer with the Edmonton Police Service before finally retiring in 2016. In 2022, Robert was awarded the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal for his valuable voluntary contributions to the Province of Alberta by the Lieutenant Governor of the province.