Dr. Bill Stewart has been awarded the academic rank of Collegiate Professor and teaches management topics in graduate programs  for UMUC - Maryland in Europe. He completed the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at the University of Oklahoma, writing a dissertation on perceptions of leadership and management in the Armed Forces of the United States. He received the M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota and the B.A. in International Relations and German from Brigham Young University. He joined the University of Maryland University College-Europe faculty in 1990 after retiring from the U.S. Air Force with service in ICBM operations, as a pilot, and in international politico-military affairs in Europe.

Bill firmly believes that the finest airplane in the inventory of the United States Air Force was and is the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. It is possible that he is prejudiced, for the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow) has carried him to far places and returned him home many times--in safety, if not in comfort.

When not involved in academic pursuits, Bill enjoys a bit of jogging, bicycling, or cross country skiing and traveling about central Europe. Given more time and resources, a scuba diving adventure with lots of clear warm water and friendly, little fish is the perfect get-away-from- it-all.  Recent years have seen winter dive vacations on the reefs of various islands in the Caribbean.  Here is a photo of Bill checking out the anchor--all that is left--of an 18th century wreck just outside the harbor of Oranjestad on the tiny island of St. Eustatius ('Statia').