Stephen Worobetz

Born in Krydor, Saskatchewan , of Ukrainian origin, he received a Bachelor Of Science from the University Of Saskatchewan in 1935 and a Doctor Of Medicine from University Of Manitoba in 1940. During World War II , he served as a medical officer with the Canadian Army in Italy and was awarded the Military Cross . After the war, he practised medicine in Saskatoon and studied to be a general surgeon in Winnipeg and Philadelphia .

From 1970 to 1976, he was the 13^th Lieutenant Governor Of Saskatchewan . After he returned to his medical practice until his retirement in 1982.

In 1993, he was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . In 1999, he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order Of Merit .

Worobetz died on February 2 , 2006 .

REFERENCE

Thomas M. Prymak, ''Maple Leaf and Trident: The Ukrainian Canadians During the Second World War'' (Toronto: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1988), pp. 136-7. Contains his citation for the Military Cross, awarded for bravery on the front lines.

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