Robert Yanow

Rear-Admiral Robert “Bob” Yanow  was a Royal Canadian Navy senior officer who served as Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific from 1984 to 1987.

Yanow was born in Saskatoon, was a Sea Cadet and graduated from Royal Roads Military College in 1951.

Yanow joined the Navy after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan, and rose the ranks to become commanding officer of HMCS Saguenay in 1969 and HMCS Athabaskan in 1972.

He later became naval attaché in Washington, D.C., Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific and ended his career at the DND HQ in Ottawa.