Sir Alan Stewart KBE (8 December 1917 – 1 September 2004) was a New Zealand educator and university administrator.

Stewart excelled in sport at school, serving as captain of the swimming team and also taking part in boxing and athletics.

[6][7] After completing his DPhil at Oxford in 1949, Stewart returned to Massey as a senior lecturer in animal husbandry in 1950, marrying Joan Sisam the same year.

[10] Massey University soon earned international recognition for its agricultural programme due in part to what one New Zealand cabinet minister deemed Stewart's "extraordinary contributions".

[11] Numerous academic buildings were constructed during Stewart's tenure, and his love of fine trees contributed to the lush landscape of the university.

At the time of his retirement, Massey University had an annual budget of $30 million, operated 500 hectares of farmland, and enrolled thousands of students.