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[edit] Lineage and establishment
[edit] Chancellors
[edit] Presidents
[edit] Notable alumni and faculty
- Dan Aykroyd, Actor and Comedian; studied criminology and sociology, but did not graduate.[1]
- David Azrieli, Architect, 10th richest man in Canada
- Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan.
- Lord Black of Cross Harbour (Conrad Black), former businessman
- Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
- Taz Boga, Anchor at CHCH News in Hamilton; former Anchor/Reporter at A-Channel in Ottawa
- Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
- K-OS (Kheaven Brereton), Canadian musician
- Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
- Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
- Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament
- Paul Dewar, Member of Parliament
- Michelle Douglas, Human Rights Activist
- James Duthie, TSN host and Journalist
- Bruck Easton, former president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- David Estok, Editor-in-Chief of Hamilton Spectator
- Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician of Canada
- Rob Ford, Current Mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science but dropped out after first year
- Matthew Fraser, former Editor-in-Chief of National Post
- Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Edward Greenspon, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail
- Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
- Sara Gruen, fiction author known best for her award winning novel Water for Elephants
- Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureates in Physics 2007[2]
- Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Voice Actor and Speech-Language Patholologist.
- Gregory Henriquez, Architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
- Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
- Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa',' in 1997 (Didn't spend more than a day in the program)
- Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Jim Judd, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
- Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
- Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
- Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
- Marvin Lara, Actor
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- John Manley, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
- Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
- Trevor Matthews, Founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
- Robert Maxwell, (BJ '91) Anchor KTVX-ABC Salt Lake City, Utah (also WFTV-ABC, Orlando, FL and The NewRO, Ottawa)
- J.Gordon McNulty, Los Angeles, CA Superior Court Judge
- Jag Mohan, Consulting Engineer & Dean of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, Centennial College, Toronto, Canada
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Ryan North, Writer and Computer Scientist
- Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Paul Okalik, Former premier of Nunavut
- Gordon Pape, financial self-help writer
- Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Lester Bowles Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Gordon Phaneuf, President, Ontario Liberal Party
- John Porter, former Professor of Sociology
- Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Karim Rashid, Industrial Designer
- Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Prime Minister of Somalia
- Norman Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Harley Swedler, architect
- Michael Taylor (1951–2010), former Executive Vice President, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Member of Parliament
- Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
- Keenan Wellar, Sociopreneur and Founder of LiveWorkPlay and Heartwood House charities
- Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar and pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
- Peter Worthington, Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun
[edit] Notable honorary degree recipients
- Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953–1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961–1971), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
- Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972–1981), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
- Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan, led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1992), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1997), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
- Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
| Name |
Known for |
Relationship to Carleton |
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| Timothy J. Anderson |
Opera singer, writer |
Graduate |
| Katherine Arnup |
Same-Sex Activist, author, |
Professor |
| Ike Awgu |
Mayoral candidate, Television host, Columnist |
Graduate |
| Dan Aykroyd |
Actor |
studied at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1994 |
| David Azrieli |
Architect, businessman |
Graduate |
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| Georges Bédard |
Ottawa City Councillor |
Graduate |
| Conrad Black |
Financier and Newspaper Magnate |
Graduate |
| Alan Bones |
Diplomat |
Graduate |
| Patrick Boyer |
Member of Parliament |
Graduate |
| Walter Douglas Boyd |
Heart Surgeon |
Graduate |
| George Brizan |
Former Prime Minister of Grenada |
Graduate |
| Dawn K. Brett |
Writer and documentary filmmaker |
Graduate |
| Gord Brown |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Shona Brown |
Google's VP, Business Operations |
Graduate |
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| Rita Celli |
Ottawa Anchor for CBC TV's Canada Now program |
Graduate |
| Louise Charron |
Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada |
Graduate |
| Barbara Coll |
Founder of SEMPO |
Graduate |
| Mike Colle |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Michael Cowpland |
Former CEO and Founder of Corel |
Graduate |
| Alex Cullen |
Ottawa City Councillor |
Graduate |
| Allan Cutler |
Public Servant, Politician |
Graduate |
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| Hans Daigeler |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Barry Devolin |
Conservative Member of Parliament |
Graduate |
| Paul Dewar |
New Democratic Party Member of Parliament |
Graduate |
| Michelle Douglas |
Human Rights Activist |
Graduate |
| James Duthie |
TSN Sportscaster |
Graduate |
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| Bruck Easton |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Ward P.D. Elcock |
Public Servant |
Graduate |
| Phil Eyler |
Politician |
Graduate |
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| Ivan Fellegi |
Chief Statistician of Canada |
Graduate |
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| Marc Garneau |
former President of the Canadian Space Agency, Member of Parliament |
Former Chancellor |
| Evelyn Gigantes |
Former New Democrat Ontario cabinet minister |
Graduate |
| Frank Graves |
President of EKOS Research Associates |
Graduate |
| Herb Gray |
former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada |
Current Chancellor |
| Edward Greenspon |
Editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail. |
Graduate |
| Peter Grünberg |
Nobel laureate in Physics, 2007 |
Research Faculty |
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| Neil Herland |
Journalist, CBC News |
Graduate |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon |
Author of The Ingenuity Gap
Director of Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies |
Graduate |
| Peter Hume |
Ottawa City Councillor |
Graduate |
| Peter L. Hurd |
Evolutionary biologist |
Graduate |
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| Marianne Illing |
Olympian (Canadian Olympic water polo team) |
Graduate |
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| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
studied briefly at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1997 |
| Pauline Jewett |
Politician |
taught at Carleton, and was also chancellor (1990–1992) |
| Leo Jordan |
Politician |
Graduate |
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| Wilbert Keon |
Senator, Heart Surgeon |
Graduate |
| Lawrence M. Krauss |
Author of The Physics of Star Trek |
Professor of Physics and Astronomy |
| Arthur Kroeger |
Civil Servant |
chancellor (1993–2002) |
| Warren Kinsella |
Politician, Author, Weblogger |
Graduate |
| Alison Korn |
Olympic medalist |
Graduate |
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| Shawn Little |
Ottawa City Councillor |
Graduate |
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| Robert MacNeil |
Journalist and Television news anchor |
Graduate |
| John Manley |
Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister |
Graduate |
| Randal Marlin |
Author |
Professor |
| Trevor Matthews |
Producer, Actor |
Studied at Carleton |
| Robert Maxwell |
Television news anchor and reporter |
Graduate |
| Gerald McMaster |
Author, artist, and curator |
Graduate |
| John Milloy |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Bruce Milne |
Vice President of Product Management, CA Technologies |
Graduate |
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| Tom Nevakshonoff |
New Democrat Manitoba MLA |
Graduate |
| Geoff Nightingale |
VP of Engineering for Ascend Geo, LLC.
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Graduate |
| Ryan North |
Comic author |
Graduate |
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| Paul Okalik |
Former Premier of Nunavut |
Graduate |
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| Thomas Pawlick |
First publisher of Harrowsmith magazine |
Graduate |
| Ernie Parsons |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Michael D. Prue |
Politician |
Graduate |
| W. Wesley Pue |
Professor of law, past President of Canadian Law and Society Association[3] |
Faculty |
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| Karim Rashid |
Industrial Designer |
Graduate |
| Scott Reid |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Cristina Rémond |
Model, Anthropologist |
Graduate |
| Andrew Rowden |
Nortel Engineer & Band Manager |
Graduate |
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| Don Scott |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Sheridan Scott |
Politician |
Professor |
| Eric Sprott |
Founder of Sprott Asset Management |
Graduate |
| Norm Sterling |
Politician |
Graduate |
| David Studer |
Broadcast Journalist |
Graduate |
| Barbara Sullivan |
Politician |
Graduate |
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Graduate |
| Doug Thompson |
Ottawa City Councillor |
Graduate |
| John C. Turmel |
Engineer, holder of Guinness world record for greatest number of elections lost |
Graduate |
| Chris Tse |
Spoken Word Poet |
Graduate |
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| Jill Vickers |
Political Scientist, Author, Candidate |
Professor |
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| Judy Wasylycia-Leis |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Jim Watson |
Politician |
Graduate |
| Keenan Wellar |
Sociopreneur |
Graduate |
| Douglas Whiteway |
Journalist |
Graduate |
| Peter Worthington |
Journalist |
Graduate |
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