Middlemiss, Robert William

He was living in Longeuil QC at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

He educated in Canada, and became a U.S. citizen in 1970.

He published several spy thrillers which were well reviewed by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist. His magnum opus was a fact-based novel, A Common Glory. In addition to his own work, Middlemiss has served as editor of numerous fiction and nonfiction works. York University hired Bob Middlemiss as a library administrator in 1964 after he completed a postgraduate program in library and information science at McGill University.

He immigrated to the United States and became an Assistant Professor at Indiana State University Graduate School in 1970. From there he moved into adult education and adult literacy, conducting workshops in English as a Second Language for the next thirty years.

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 1959).

He served in HMCS Donnacona for UNTD 1959-1961.

He served in HMCS Stadacona 1959.

He served in HMCS La Hulloise for Sea Training 1960. (He was released in 1960.)

Remarkably, Bob Middlemiss arrived as a UNTD Cadet having already sailed in RESTIGOUCHE (2nd of 2) DDE 257 before any of her Inaugural Ship's Company.