Robert Hilborn Falls
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Admiral Robert Hilborn Falls (April 24, 1924-) was Chief of Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 1977 to 1980.
He first joined the RCAF in 1942 as a pilot and later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy after World War II.
He served as commander of the Canadian Flotilla Atlantic, as vice-chief of the defence staff from 1974 to 1977, and as chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1980 to 1983.
He later became president of the Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament (now the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security).
