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* [[David Emerson]] – Minister of International Trade |
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* [[David Hancock]] – Former Premier of Alberta and Minister of Education of Alberta |
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* [[Lou Hyndman]] – Former Alberta cabinet minister<ref>{{cite web |title= Former chancellor Lou Hyndman receives an honorary degree |url= http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/expressnews_template/article.cfm?id=724|publisher= University of Alberta|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Lou Hyndman]] – Former Alberta cabinet minister<ref>{{cite web |title= Former chancellor Lou Hyndman receives an honorary degree |url= http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/expressnews_template/article.cfm?id=724|publisher= University of Alberta|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Willie Littlechild|J. Wilton Littlechild]] – Former Member of parliament<ref>{{cite web |title= Mr. Wilton Littlechild|url= http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/member_littlechild.html|publisher= [[UNPFII]]|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Willie Littlechild|J. Wilton Littlechild]] – Former Member of parliament<ref>{{cite web |title= Mr. Wilton Littlechild|url= http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/member_littlechild.html|publisher= [[UNPFII]]|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> |
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* [[Preston Manning]] – Former leader of the [[Reform Party of Canada]], and founder of two Canadian political parties |
* [[Preston Manning]] – Former leader of the [[Reform Party of Canada]], and founder of two Canadian political parties |
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* [[Roland Michener]] – Former [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] |
* [[Roland Michener]] – Former [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] |
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* [[Rachel Notley]] - Premier-Elect of Alberta |
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* [[Jim Prentice]] – Premier of Alberta and Former Minister of Environment |
* [[Jim Prentice]] – Premier of Alberta and Former Minister of Environment |
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* [[Ed Stelmach]] – Former Premier of Alberta (Attended, did not graduate) |
* [[Ed Stelmach]] – Former Premier of Alberta (Attended, did not graduate) |
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* [[Jane Sterk]] – Leader of the [[Green Party of British Columbia]] |
* [[Jane Sterk]] – Leader of the [[Green Party of British Columbia]] |
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*[[Claudette Tardif]] – [[Canadian Senator]] for Alberta, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the [[Senate of Canada]] |
* [[Claudette Tardif]] – [[Canadian Senator]] for Alberta, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the [[Senate of Canada]] |
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===Other notable alumni=== |
===Other notable alumni=== |
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Revision as of 15:54, 6 May 2015
This is a list of distinguished people affiliated with the University of Alberta.
Current faculty
- Ali A. Abdi – anthropologist and author.
- Edward D. Blodgett, author and researcher in comparative literature, religion and film/media.[1]
- Jonathan Locke Hart, author, literary scholar and historian.[2]
- Greg Hollingshead, Canadian novelist and professor of English
- Michael Houghton, co-discoverer of Hepatitis C
- Mark Lewis, mathematical ecologist and the Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Biology at the Centre for Mathematical Biology.[3]
- Jacob Masliyah, pioneer researcher in oil-sands extraction, recipient Order of Canada.[4]
- Iman Mersal, widely-acclaimed poet, Professor of Arabic literature and Middle Eastern and African Studies.
- Adam Morton, philosopher and member of the Royal Society of Canada[5][6]
- Jonathan Schaeffer, computer scientist and the Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence.[7]
- James Shapiro, medical researcher
- Arya Mitra Sharma – Alberta Health Services endowed Chair in Obesity Research and Management.
- Natalie Kononenko - professor of folklore
- Allan Warrack - Department of Marketing, Business Economics and Law in the Faculty of Business and also serves as the Associate Dean of the Master of Public Management Program and Vice-President of Administration
- Stephen A. Kent - Professor in the Department of Sociology
- Andy Liu - Mathematics
- Ban Tsui - Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Professor Abdulhakem Elezzabi, father of Spinplasmonics
- Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann - mathematician
- Takahiko Masuda - associate professor of psychology
- Harold Barclay - anthropology
- Mike Percy (politician) - economics
- Raj Pannu
- Osmar R. Zaiane-Computer Science
- Norman C. Beaulieu - Electrical Engineering
- Robert Moody - Mathematics, co-inventor of Kac-Moody algebra
- Philip J. Currie - Palaeontology
- Thaddus E. Weckowicz - Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Theoretical Psychology
- Karim Jamal - School of Business
- Darren Tanke - Palaeontology
- Leonard Ratzlaff - professor of Choral Music
- John-Paul Himka - professor of East European History
- Prof. Aloke Kumar, Canada Research Chair in Biofilms and pioneer of Optoelectrofluidics
- Howard Bashaw - Music
- Richard S. Sutton - Computer Science
- Jia Rongqing - Mathematics
- John Gamon - pioneer of the Photochemical Reflectance Index
- Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa - director of the university's Center for Earth Observation Sciences
- Jacobus Kloppers - Adjunct Professor of Organ
- Pierre Flor-Henry - psychology
- Jaroslaw Drelich - Chemical Engineering
- Anne McLellan - Law
- William Anselmi - Professor of Italian and Italian-Canadian Literature and Culture
- Peter Hide - Sculpture
- Douglas Wiens - Statistics
- Ali A. Abdi - Education and International Development
- Rudy Wiebe - English
- Peter L. Hurd - Biology
- Don Page (physicist)
- Patricia Demers - English and Film Studies
- Vaclav Zizler - Mathematics
- Greg Hollingshead - English
- Michael Lounsbury - Associate Dean of Research, Thornton A. Graham Chair and Professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology
- Ian Stirling (biologist)
- Ted Bishop - English and Film Studies
- Ludwig N. Carbyn - Wolf biology
- Thomas Thundat, Canada Excellence Chair in Oilsands Molecular Engineering
- Andriy Kovalenko, Molecular dynamics pioneer of the Kovalenko-Hirata Closure relationship fame
- Rouslan Krechetnikov, Ig Nobel Prize laureate.
Past faculty
- William Hardy Alexander, one of the university's first four professors and university historian[8]
- Margaret Atwood, author.
- Ludwig von Bertalanffy, (1901–1972) Professor for Theoretical Biology of the Department of Zoology and Psychology (1960–1968), helped establish the Advanced Center for Theoretical Psychology, originator of General Systems Theory
- John B. Dossetor, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Bioethics
- Henry Marshall Tory, first president, founder of three universities, the Alberta Research Council and National Research Council of Canada
- Werner Israel, professor of physics and leader in the theory of black holes. Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Society of Canada
- Jussi V. Koivisto, Finnish Economist, worked at the China Institute of the University of Alberta
- Karol Józef Krótki, (1922–2007) – active in Department of Sociology in 1968–1990, He was instrumental in establishing a strong demography program and the Population Research Laboratory. In 1983 Dr. Krotki was awarded the title of University Professor and after his retirement remained active as a Professor Emeritus. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- Malcolm Forsyth, Professor of composition, Department of Music. Juno Award winner and member of the Order of Canada.
- William Alexander Robb Kerr
- Myer Horowitz
- C. Fred Bentley
- Hope A. Olson
- Barry J. Mailloux
- Karl Clark (chemist)
- Robert Folinsbee
- Walter Edgar Harris
- George A. Rothrock
- Wilfred Watson
- John Orrell
- Ronald Hamowy
- Daniel Woolf
- Clive Carruthers
- Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘
- Angus Munn
- Walter Mackenzie
- H. A. Hargreaves
- Joseph S. Nelson, one of the greatest ever names in Ichthyology
- John M. MacEachran
- Donald Cameron (Alberta politician)
- Hiroomi Umezawa
- Thomas B. Greenfield
- Maury Van Vliet
- Jim Parr
- George Ivany
- Solomiia Pavlychko
- Martin Joos
- Jane Alexander (bishop)
- Gail Sidonie Sobat
- John Dossetor
- Yasushi Takahashi
- Mors Kochanski, Bushcraft and Wilderness survival pioneer
- David Marsden, world record holder in unpowered sailplane flight
- Victor Golla
- Allan Gregg
- Anatol Roshko, one of the only three people alive to have a dimensionless number (Roshko number) named after them.
Alumni
Academics
- Dominique Abrioux – President of Athabasca University (1995–2005)
- Sir John Bell – Regius Chair of Medicine, University of Oxford[9]
- Andrew Brook – Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Carleton University
- Jim Cummins- professor and author, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
- Bernadette Louise Dean – Principal of Kinnaird College, Pakistan
- Bas van Fraassen – Princeton University, McCosh Professor of Philosophy
- Su Guaning – President of Nanyang Technological University
- Raymond U. Lemieux – Chemistry pioneer, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1999) and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1992)
- Tak Wah Mak – Molecular biologist
- Joseph B. Martin – Dean of Harvard Medical School[10]
- Joseph Pivato – writer and researcher in ethnic minority writing in Canada, Professor, Athabasca University, Edmonton.
- Janice Stein – International relations researcher
- Richard E. Taylor – Nobel Laureate
- Wallace Sterling – Past president of Stanford University
Authors
- Todd Babiak
- Gary Botting
- Caterina Edwards
- Aritha Van Herk
- Arthur Kroeger
- Robert Kroetsch
- Steve Lillebuen
- W.O. Mitchell
- Candace Savage
- Timothy Taylor
- Adam Thrasher, author of Space Moose[11]
- Vern Thiessen
- Rudy Wiebe
- Brian Tracy
- Lesley-Anne Scorgie
Judges
- Beverley McLachlin – Chief Justice of Canada
- Allan Wachowich – Past Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Retired)
Politicians
- Rona Ambrose – Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Pat Binns – Former Premier of Prince Edward Island
- Joe Clark – Former Prime Minister of Canada
- Charles Dent – Former NWT Cabinet Minister
- David Emerson – Minister of International Trade
- David Hancock – Former Premier of Alberta and Minister of Education of Alberta
- Lou Hyndman – Former Alberta cabinet minister[12]
- J. Wilton Littlechild – Former Member of parliament[13]
- Peter Lougheed – Former Premier of Alberta
- Preston Manning – Former leader of the Reform Party of Canada, and founder of two Canadian political parties
- Roland Michener – Former Governor General
- Rachel Notley - Premier-Elect of Alberta
- Jim Prentice – Premier of Alberta and Former Minister of Environment
- Ed Stelmach – Former Premier of Alberta (Attended, did not graduate)
- Jane Sterk – Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia
- Claudette Tardif – Canadian Senator for Alberta, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada
Other notable alumni
- William Thorsell – Editor, The Globe and Mail; Director, the Royal Ontario Museum
- Doris Anderson – Editor and rights activist
- Nereo Bolzon – Canadian football player
- Clarence Campbell – Former National Hockey League president
- Neil Campbell – Discovered gold in Yellowknife
- Ted Corday – Soap opera creator (Days of Our Lives)
- Jim Coutts – Political advisor
- Nicole Dunsdon – the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled in 1992 due to pressure from women's organizations that considered the pageant to encourage the sexual objectification of women[14]
- Randy Gregg – Former National Hockey League player and medical researcher
- Paul Gross – Actor
- Ted Harrison - Popular painter and illustrator
- Jan Randall – Composer and musician
- Daryl Katz – Billionaire entrepreneur, owner of the Rexall Pharmacy chain and the Edmonton Oilers
- George Stanley – Designer of the Canadian flag
- Ivan Head – Former policy adviser of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- Robert Steadward – Former International Paralympic Committee President[15]
- Anne Wheeler – Film director
- Nathan Fillion – Actor
- Dayo Wong – Hong Kong actor, comedian, singer and screen writer
- Ray Muzyka – BioWare co-founder
- Greg Zeschuk – BioWare co-founder
- Dennis McConaghy - Executive Vice-President, TransCanada Corp
- Bernard Ebbers – Worldcom Co-founder and CEO. Briefly attended the University of Alberta
Rhodes Scholars
The University of Alberta has produced 68 Rhodes Scholars, including the following:
- Roland Michener 1919, 20th governor general of Canada
- George Stanley 1929, designer of the Canadian flag
- Arthur Kroeger 1956, academic, federal deputy minister and chancellor of Carleton University
Honorary degree recipients
- Douglas Cardinal – Canadian architect
- Victor Cavendish – Former Governor General of Canada
- Jean Chrétien – former Prime Minister of Canada
- John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada
- Wayne Gretzky – former National Hockey League player
- Frederick Haultain – the first and only premier of Canada's North-West Territories
- Horace Harvey – The second Chief Justice of Alberta, and chairman of the University of Alberta Board of Governors
- Lois Hole – former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Ernest Manning – former Premier of Alberta
- Don Mazankowski – former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- Walter Murray – first President of the University of Saskatchewan
- Alexander Rutherford – first Premier of Alberta
- Arthur Sifton – former Premier of Alberta
- Manmohan Singh – former Prime Minister of India
- Donald Smith – 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Harry Strom – former Premier of Alberta
- Mother Teresa – missionary
- Pierre Trudeau – former Prime Minister of Canada
- Desmond Tutu – former Archbishop of Cape Town and current chair of the Global Elders
- His Highness the Aga Khan – Spiritual Leader of the Ismaili Muslims
- Max Ward – pioneering Canadian aviator
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- King Edward VIII
References
- ^ "UAP Books: Apostrophes IV". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Jonathan Hart". Macmillan. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Mark Lewis Home Page". University of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ "Dr. Jacob Masliyah". Home Page. University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Adam Morton, FRSC". University of Alberta. June 14, 2006. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Adam Morton". Home page. University of Alberta Faculty of Arts. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Jonathan Schaeffer Home Page". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Event Details: William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Sir John Bell". Oxford Health Alliance. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ^ "Dean of Harvard med school returns to his roots". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ Schoek, Ellen. I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006. University of Alberta, 2006. 635. Retrieved from Google Books on February 4, 2011. ISBN 0-88864-464-7, ISBN 978-0-88864-464-0.
- ^ "Former chancellor Lou Hyndman receives an honorary degree". University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Mr. Wilton Littlechild". UNPFII. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ Justin Mitchell (March 26, 2002). "A dragonfly has a life span of only 24 hours - and more fascinating...". Weekly World News. p. 47.
- ^ "The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement". The University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.