He spent a semester in medical school at the University of North Carolina (1973) and had been a Certified Childbirth Educator (CCE) with the American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth (AAHCC) since 1975. He spent some 200 hours in training with D. Gary Young (ND), internationally recognized authority on aromatherapy, essential oil production, and the originator of Raindrop Technique.

Dr. Stewart had been a Registered Aromatherapist (RA) with the nationally recognized Aromatherapy Registration Council (ARC), which is endorsed by the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists (NAHA), of which he was a member.

Besides his Ph.D., Dr. Stewart is also a Doctor of Natural Medicine (D.N.M.) recognized and awarded by the World Organization of Natural Medicine Practitioners (WONMP).

He has held positions as a hydraulic engineer and hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Southern California (1965-67). He was a professor on the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, (1971-1978) and also held a professorship at Southeast Missouri State University (1988-1993). He was also a part-time United Methodist Pastor (1993-94, 1997-99) in rural Missouri. He has been the Executive Director of the InterNational Association of Parents and Professionals for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth (NAPSAC International) since its founding in 1975.

For most of his professional career, Dr. Stewart was self-employed as an author and lecturer, mainly in the area of alternative health care. He has also served on advisory committees to the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). He has testified as an expert on health matters before state legislative committees, U.S. Congressional committees, medical licensing boards and courts of law throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada.

He authored or co-authored over 300 published works including sixteen books. Two of his books won the “Book of the Year” Award from the American Journal of Nursing. One of his flyers on breastfeeding (published by La Leche League International, LLLI) sold over two million copies in ten languages.

He gave many seminars on various aspects of aromatherapy throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as Australia, Austria, Great Britain, and Japan. He made presentations in Lima, Peru, on behalf of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and in Bogota, Colombia, on behalf of the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (UNDRO). He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines throughout the U.S., made numerous radio interviews, and appeared on television in 44 countries. With his wife, Lee, he gave a four-day seminar on essential oils and their applications in Polish (with translators) in Chicago. He is a member of the faculty of the Institute for Energy-Wellness Studies (IEWS) in Toronto, Canada, where he taught courses on the Chemistry and Science of Essential Oils. He was appointed to the faculty of the Metropolitan University of Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he taught courses in Chemistry and the Botany of oil-bearing plants.

The last book he authored is entitled, The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple: God’s Love Manifest in Molecules. His two other aromatherapy books are: Healing Oils of the Bible and A Statistical Validation of Raindrop Technique. He also co-authored a Bible study series entitled Healing: God’s Forgotten Gift. 

David Stewart passed away October 12, 2020.

Lee was President and Co-founder of NAPSAC International since its founding in 1975 until her passing. She co-authored several books and articles on childbirth and related topics, including Home Schooling. One book she co-authored (Safe Alternatives in Childbirth) is available in both English and Swedish and won the Book of the Year Award from the Journal of Nursing.

She was Chief Editor for most of the books written by her husband, David Stewart. Lee was a key contributor to all of the instructional notes for CARE Classes, as well as the CCI Handbook, which is the defining instrument for CARE International activities, programs, mission, and policies.

Lee was trained in Raindrop, Vitaflex, and Emotional Release with Gary Young at workshops in Toronto, Canada, Dallas, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She was chosen as one of a dozen select Raindrop Teachers, world-wide, to receive special training from Gary Young at his clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in May 2007.

Holding a college degree in accounting, Lee was the bookkeeper for CARE International, as well as for the other businesses owned and managed by the Stewarts.  Even with all of her responsibilities with CARE, Lee found time to give piano and voice lessons during the week to many young people in the community.

Lee directed two choirs: The Bollinger County Community Choir (BCCC) and the United Methodist Church Choir in Marble Hill. She founded the BCCC back in 1980 which performed Christmas and Easter concerts in churches of many denominations every year since that time, until she stepped down for health concerns in 2010. She was an accompanist for the Woodland High School Choir (Marble Hill) and a pianist at the Marble Hill United Methodist Church performing duets with her husband, David, who played the organ.

Lee Stewart passed away December 10, 2016.