Hall of Fame
Robert Dubeau was born March 2, 1943 in Montreal. He graduated from SGWU (BA '67) and McMaster (BPE '68), where he won the OQAA squash championship in 1967-68. He had a 36-year administrative career at McGill, spending 29 years as director of athletics from 1976 to 2005. Dubeau played a major role in the $60 million expansion of McGill's sports facilities and under his leadership the annual athletics budget grew from $1.6 to $7.3 million. He was also instrumental in the implementation of athletic financial awards, Principal's Student-Athlete Honour Roll and McGill Sports Hall of Fame. He oversaw the restructuring and financing of the varsity program and tripled the full-time coaching staff.
Dubeau also served as director of sports services for the organizing committee of the Montreal Olympics and was a member of the Canadian mission staff at the 1992 Albertville Olympics, as well as the FISU Games in Mexico City (1979), Bucharest (1981), Edmonton (1983) and Mallorca (1999). After retiring from his full-time post at McGill in 2005 he stayed on to coach the varsity golf team.
