predecessor appointed successor birth_place title office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
ronald norman dalby jean chrétien peter savaryn minitonas , manitoba chancellor of the university of alberta senator for edmonton , alberta 24 july 1926 1996 1978 rocky forest jean forest
 1998 1982 jean beatrice forest educator , businesswoman
jean forest

jean beatrice forest , -lrb- born july 24 , 1926 -rrb- is a retired canadian senator .
born in minitonas , manitoba , she moved to alberta with her husband rocky in 1947 .
she was appointed to alberta 's first human rights commission in 1974 and to the minister 's advisory committee on the constitution in 1978 .
she was chancellor of the university of alberta from 1978 to 1982 .
she was appointed to the canadian senate in 1996 representing edmonton .
she resigned in 1998 because of concerns for her husband 's health .
in 1987 , she was made an officer of the order of canada in recognition for being `` a highly respected educator , businesswoman and active participant in community affairs '' .
an all-girls catholic junior high school started in 2005 in edmonton , alberta , is named after jean forest , called the jean forest leadership academy or jfla .
