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This is a list of people involved with the Royal Military College of Canada.


Notable graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada

Shown with college numbers.

Lt-General 'Tommy' Burns
Gen John de Chastelain
General Harry Crerar
Charles 'Bud' Drury
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Nichola Goddard
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William Lockhart Gordon
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Marc Garneau
Chris Hadfield
George Hees
Major-General Bert Hoffmeister
Major-General Rod Keller
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Hartland Molson
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Desmond Morton
Robert Gordon Rogers
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General Guy Simonds
Capt. William Grant Stairs
Maj. General Christopher Vokes and Brigadier Robert Moncel
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General Ray Henault
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General Rick Hillier
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Ray Hnatyshyn & Gilles Lamontagne
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Ernest 'Smokey' Smith
# Name Grad Significance
6508 MGen (Ret) John Adams , CMM, CD 1965 Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard
6873 MGen (Ret) Clive Addy , CMM, CD 1966 founding Chair of National Security Group
15215 Harold Arsenault CD 1984 businessperson, Director, Amadeus IT Group Amadeus International Inc.
17289 Mr Lawrence LR Austin 1990 Director, Rogers Cable
12149 Capt(N) Peter Avis CD 1979 Robert I. Hendy award, 2006
2515 Doctor George Chisholm Baker, C.M., M.B.E., B.Eng., F.C.A.E., P.Eng. 1936 creation of the first tidal power station at Annapolis Royal, awarded a Centennial Gold Medal by IEEE Canada
1828 Brigadier (Ted) GE Beament C.M., O.B.E., Deceased 9/8/2005 1925 lawyer, supporter to Order of St. John of Jerusalem and Chancellor of Priory of Canada
G1478 Major Brent Palmer Beardsley, MSC, CD current co-author Shake Hands with the Devil: (2003).
13343 Jean Bélisle 1983 VP, Communications Research Centre Canada
1586 Mr Charles Renfrew Bell 1923 inducted into Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall of Fame
2971 Christopher W. Bermingham 1952 inducted into Hamilton, Ontario Halton Construction Hall of Fame
2364 Air Commodore (ret'd) Leonard Birchall C.M., O.B.E., Deceased 9/10/2004 1933 Second World War hero, "Saviour of Ceylon", Executive Officer at York University
6593 Reg Bird 1965 chairperson, SaskTel
13077 LCol (ret'd) Dean Black CD 1981 Director, Air Force Association of Canada
7634 Captain (Ret) Mike M.F.L. Blair 1968 Chief Executive Officer, Automodular Corporation
1434 Dr. Hugh Samuel Bostock, Deceased 2/1/1994 1918 led Geological Survey of Canada fieldwork in Yukon North West Territories (1924-54) Massey Medal (1965); Astrolabe Award (1988); Yukon named McQuestern Valley mountain in his honour (1994) [1]
8790 General Jean Boyle (ret'd) CMM, CD 1971 fighter pilot, and businessman.
11052 Glenn Bucholtz 1976 Businessperson, General Manager, Geimar
1032 Lieutenant General E. L. M. Burns C.C., DSO, OBE, M.C., CD, 1914 1981 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace
6090 Bishop George Bruce, CD, 1964 nominated for election as Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
7344 Robert Brown 1967 Businessperson, philanthropist
5541 Richard Bryant 1963 President, Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia
2563 Robert B. Cameron, O.C., DSO, LL.D 1937 Lawyer, Chairman, Sydney Steel Corporation. Contributed to the industrial development of Nova Scotia
19616 Miguel Caron 1995 Businessperson, President and CEO, Lyrtech
Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers, deceased 1883 militia officer[2]
13605 Captain (Ret) Greg Caws 1982 Businessperson, President, Enquisite Software Inc.
13752 Captain Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh 1982 RMC Professor; Irish-Canadian advocate
2444 Rear Admiral John A Charles CMM, M.I.D., CD RCN 1935 Rear Admiral John A. Charles Room at the Hatley Park Museum
18096 Alain JGA Charron 1992 businessman, A.C.E. Building Inspection Services, inc.,
6523 Ambassador Terry Colfer 1965 former Canadian Ambassador to Iran
15751 Captain (Ret) Bruno Couillard 1987 businessperson, President & Chief Technology Officer, BC5 Technologies Inc.
851 Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO 1912 Signed Japanese Instrument of Surrender(1945)
Brigadier General (ret) James Cox Editorial Advisor at Frontline Global
Harry Crerar PC, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD army officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) in 1940
11182 Major General (Ret) Jean-Marc J.M. Comtois CD 1976 businessperson, VP, CMC mycrosystems
15751 Captain Bruno Couillard 1987 businessperson, co-founder Chrysalis-ITS Inc.
9758 Captain (Ret) Shawn Coyle CD 1973 pilot, author
Major Victor Garnet Curry (1882-deceased) 1892 Merchant, Curry-Cormac Corporation [3]
H7860 Lt. Gen. (ret) the Hon. Roméo Dallaire O.C., CMM, G.O.Q., C.S.M. CD, LL.D. 1969 Senator, Awarded Vimy Award by the Conference of Defence Associations, June 1995. Awarded the United States Legion of Merit, January 1996; author, academic
8408 Michael B Darch 1970 businessperson, Executive Director, OCRI
Lt. Colonel Count de Bury and de Bocarme, C.B.E., (1872-) 1893 RMC professor 1905-10; [4]
4860 General John de Chastelain O.C., CMM, CD, C.H. 1960 former Chief of the Defence Staff; participant in Northern Ireland peace process; Scouts Canada's National Council and Substance Abuse Task Force. former Canadian Ambassador to the United States.
H7543 Senator Joseph A. Day 1968 retired from Royal Canadian Air Force; lawyer, Liberal Senator for New Brunswick 2001.10.04 -
7736 Captain (Ret) Reg DeLong CD 1968 businessperson, director, 3e Training
17324 Sharon Donnelly CD 1990 2000 & 2004 Olympic teams, triathlon
15622 Jason Donville 1986 businessperson, CIO, Home Capital Group Inc.
16955 Captain (Ret) Pat SP Dray MID 1989 military officer
2082 Hon. Brigadier-General (ret) Charles Drury PC, C.B.E., DSO, deceased 1991 1929 former soldier, businessperson, politician
Jacques Duchesneau, C.M., M.A.P. current RMC doctoral candidate; former police chief
7619 Captain (Ret) Mark JM Duncan 1968 VP, CEO, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
18323 Don Durand 1992 businessperson, President, Transnational Automotive Group
4992 Pierre Y. Ducros C.M. 1960 businessperson, inducted into Canadian Information Productivity Awards Hall of Fame; pioneer in informatics and telecommunications services; former Chair of the Board of Governors of the Université du Québec à Montréal, and as a member of the Conseil consultatif international des Hautes Études Commerciales.
Lloyd Ellam businessperson, VP, Marsh and Mclennan Companies
8662 Dr. Allan English 1971 author; professor
16537 Trevor Espenant 1988 businessperson, president, Kestrel Projects Technical Consulting Services
4377 General (ret’d) Richard Evraire CMM, CD 1959 Chair, Canadian Defence Association
Brigadier-General Ivan Fenton CMM, CD 1993 Commander, Task Force Kosovo
19828 John-James Ford 1995 author 'Bonk on the Head' which won 2006 Ottawa, Ontario Book Award
E2171 William R Foster former Equerry-in-Waiting to the Queen
M0189 Captain (ret) Martin JAM Gagné CD 1984 Vice President, CAE
2037 Samuel Gill Gamble, (1911–1977) 1928 surveyor; inventor of Gamble plotter; Assistant Deputy Minister, Natural Resources Canada[5]
8276 Doctor MJ Garneau C.C., CD, Ph.D., F.C.A.S.I. 1970 Canadian astronaut aboard space shuttles Challenger and Endeavour, logged nearly 700 hours in space; NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1997,
11363 General J.C.M. Gauthier CMM, M.S.C. 1977 Commander Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
5563 Gus Gillespie CD 1963 businessperson President, Gillespie Consulting
Sir Édouard Girouard, 1867-1932 1886 National Historic Person of Canada (1938); military engineer, constructed railways in Africa
1848 Fowler F.M. Gobeil A.F.C., CD 1925 Deceased; Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) No.45 Award 1943 per London Gazette [6]
14965 Captain (Ret) Brad Goble CD 1985 businessperson, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner, TDV Global Inc.
14743 Denis Godcharles 1985 businessperson, Managing Partner, Interis Consulting Inc.
Major Andrew Godefroy, Phd 2003 author, analyst, RMC professor, historian
22458 Captain Nichola Goddard, MSM 2002 First female Canadian soldier killed in action, in Afghanistan, Nichola Goddard scholarship in her honour
1681 Walter L. Gordon 1926 public servant, politician, author
599 Leroy R. F. Grant 1905 inducted into Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association College Sailing Hall of Fame
5105 Doctor JL Granatstein O.C., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C. 1961 Canadian historian
8417 Doctor David Green 1970 businessperson, founder and chair, Carmanah Technologies Inc.
6250 Major (Ret) Louis Grimshaw CD 1964 businessperson, owner Louis E. Grimshaw Military Antiques
8816 Ambassador Marius Grinius 1971 Canadian Ambassador to Korea
10238 Colonel (Ret) Ronald Guidinger CD 1974 Businessperson, VP and GM, Raytheon Canada Limited,
13738 Colonel (Ret'd) Chris Hadfield CD 1982 Canadian astronaut
14971 Timothy R. Haig 1985 President and CEO, BIOX Corporation; Vice-Chair (Past Chair) Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
646 Harry Ham 1905 silent film star - 39 Hollywood movies 1915-22 [7]
14444 Dorothy Hector 1984 Kingston, Ontario city councillor [8]
1976 Hon George Hees P.C., O.C., deceased 6/10/1996 1927 former Minister of Veterans Affairs, Ambassador-at-large for the Canadian International Development Agency Food Aid Program
S146 General Ray Henault CMM, CD 1968 former Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
12560 Major (Ret'd) Bruce Henwood MSM, CD 1980 Peacekeeper, United Nations Military Observer received Land Force Commander's Commendation, was injured when his patrol vehicle struck an antitank mine in Croatia (1995) [9]
7855 Mr Paul JP Hession 1969 Executive Partnerships, Canada Health Infoway Inc
5381 Ray Hession 1962 Chair, Service Canada Advisory Council
S148 General Rick Hillier Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)
11896 Dave Hisdal CD 1978 businessperson, Director, Intermap Technologies
2878 Doctor Terrence TW Hoffman 1952 earned ERCO and Industrial Practice Awards
18157 Kurt Hoppe 1990 businessperson, Director, Digeo Inc
3057 Rodney Hull, Queen's Council, LSM 1953 Law Society of Upper Canada Medal for 2007
3221 Mr Jon JHF Jennekens O.C., B.Sc., P.Eng. 1954 engineer, retired as Deputy Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, expert on nuclear industry and nuclear safety
12372 Commander(ret) Peter Johnston CD 1980 businessperson, partner, Lansdowne Technologies Inc.
1857 BGen (Ret) Bob JRB Jones DSO, OBE 1925 built roads and bridges, reconstruction of the Alaska Highway, mentioned twice in dispatches.
5982 Robert D Jull 1964 businessperson, executive and entrepreneur, Icron® Technologies Corporation
8045 Brigadier General (ret) David M. Jurkowski 1970 businessperson, VP, Bombardier Aerospace
Major-General Rod Keller CD, C.B.E. Canadian Army Officer, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division;Kelowna, British Columbia alderman
1348 George Macaulay Kirkpatrick 1917 Commandant of the Royal Engineers (1927–30)[10]
5573 Colonel (Ret) Layne LR Larsen CD 1962 engineer, Air Navigator, artist, author of 7 books and 250 technical monographs
11597 Captain Richard JPR Laurence 1977 founder/President of Trillys Systems Inc.
Leo Lax businessperson, CEO of Skypoint Corporation
10962 Commander (ret) Bruce Lazenby CD 1979 businessperson, former President and CEO of FreeBalance Inc
6454 LGen (Ret) William C Leach, CMM, CD 1965 Vice president, Mincom Defence
2585 Sir Edwin Leather KCMG, KCVO 1937 Former Governor of Bermuda
Reuben Wells Leonard 1883 engineer, militia officer, mining magnate, civil servant, and philanthropist[11]
7502 Lt(N)(Ret) Joseph Lyrette 1968 businessperson, CEO of ADGA Group Consultants Inc.
RCNC284 LCdr (Ret) John Edwards Leckie 1946 soldier, mining engineer, explorer
10137 Gord GT Loney 1974 Director, Senstar-Stellar Corporation
2102 John Keiller MacKay (RMC 1929) 1929 Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Brigadier-general Duncan Sayre Macinnes 1891 army officer; commanding Royal Engineer to the 42nd Division,[12]
17481 Doctor Sean M Maloney 1990 historian, RMC professor, author: Enduring the Freedom: A Rogue Historian in Afghanistan; and Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War; Potomac Books Inc (2007)
3528 General (Ret) Paul David Manson O.C., CMM, CD, B.Sc., D.M.S. 1956 military leader, business executive and volunteer; former Chief of Defence Staff
7680 William Matthews CD 1968 businessperson, VP, Magellan Aerospace Corporation
M0135 Colonel (Ret) Donald W McLeod CD 1979 writer, FrontLine magazine
1865 Maxwell Charles Gordon Meighen 1925 financier
1865 Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Theodore Meighen 1925 Lawyer and philanthropist
1866 Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret'd) Cecil Merritt 1925 Politician, awarded a Victoria Cross
James McFarlane businessperson, president, founder International Submarine Engineering
4106 Doctor Peter PPM Meincke 1958 President Emeritus of University of Prince Edward Island (2001);Chairman of the Island Web Consortium and the Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
9999 Mr Patrick PG Michaud 1974 businessperson, vice president, Score Media Inc.
13496 James B Miller 1983 businessperson, Director, Standard Aero Ltd
1800 Hartland Molson, O.C., OBE, D.C.L. Deceased (1907-2002) 1924 Former brewer, owner of the Montreal Canadiens
15553 Lt(N) (Ret) Simon C Morris 1986 businessperson, director, Elliptic
G0053 LCol (Ret'd) Alex Morrison, MSC, CD 1980 awarded 2002 Pearson Medal of Peace
4393 Doctor Desmond Morton O.C., Ph.D. , F.R.S.C. 1959 Canadian historian, awarded the first RMC degree
LCol (Ret) Arthur Neadow, CD businessperson, Director, Orbit Canada Inc.
8063 David Neely 1969 businessperson, president, D.K. Neely and Associates
RCNC17 The Honorable John Nichol C.M. 1942 David Simmonds Parkinson’s Leadership Award by Parkinson Society of Canada
Leonard Nicholson(1904-1983) 1924 Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario was named after him
2592 Edmund Boyd Osler (1919) Deceased 4/1/1987 1937 Pilot, Squadron Leader, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg, Manitoba South Centre 1968-72 Insurance executive, writer
16132 Mr Don Perrin 1987 writer, former military officer.
13016 Major (ret) Luc JSL Perron 1982 businessperson, VP, Optosecurity
5507 John Peltier 1962 businessperson, President, Ipperwash Resources Ltd
17000 LT(N) (ret) Ognjen (Michael) Preradovic 1989 businessperson, CTO, Constructive Media
10026 Denis Pouliot 1974 Businessperson, Director, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
1309 Mr Richard Porritt 1917 inducted into Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
126 Philip Primrose Former police officer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
16480 Paul "BJ" Ransbury 1988 businessperson, President, Fighter Combat International
10740 Dave Read 1975 businessperson, VP, ATCO Frontec and President, Torngait Services Inc
12711 Mr James M Reid RRMC 1980 businessperson, vice president, MDS Inc.
12229 Edward Richmond CD 1979 Businessperson VP, Standard Aero Limited
11306 Major (ret) Pierre Rivard 1977 businessperson, co-founder and President, Hydrogenics Corp
2802 Robert Gordon Rogers 1940 Former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
8752 Jacques Roy 1971 Director, HEC-Montréal
Jeffrey Russell 1920 inducted into Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Henri-Thomas Scott 1903 soldier, teacher, physical education pioneer, journalist, merchant;[13]
15175 Captain (ret) Brent Seufert 1986 businessperson, founder Buckskin Systems
18951 Lieutenant (ret) Gregory Skotnicki 1993 businessperson VP, Frontline Global
17917 Mr Ty JHC Shattuck 1991 partner & VP Trivaris Ltd.
12718 Lieutenant (ret) Daniel Simard 1980 businessperson, Managing Director, Spectrum Signal Processing UK
1596 General Guy Simonds C.C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., CD 1925 Former Chief of the General Staff. For a lifetime of military service to Canada.
19916 Lieutenant Bob RF Smith 1995 Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency
2652 Brit Smith 1936 businessman, former Kingston, Ontario city councillor
9722 Ed J.E. Solski 1973 Director, National Test Pilot School, Mojave, California
Brigadier General James Sutherland Brown Canadian military officer who drafted a contingency war plan in 1921 to invade and occupy several American border cities.
11199 Jacques St-Laurent CD 1976 businessperson, VP, Bell Helicopter Textron Canada
52 William Grant Stairs Explorer
20688 Ms. Shanie Ste-Marie 1997 businessperson, owner, Traduction SSM Translation Services
2607 Herbert H.C. Stewart 1937 Deceased 1957; Air Force Cross No.8 Awarded 1945 per London Gazette 24 April 1945 [14]
18042 Mr Dwight MD Stewart 1991 partner in Miller Thomson LLB
11721 Lawrence Stevenson 1978 businessperson, CEO Callisto Capital
12464 Tom Sweeney CD 1980 businessperson, co-founder, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
11426 Captain (Ret) Gordon JG Thomson 1977 J. Gordon Thomson, Intellectual Property Law Corporation
RCNC 261 Walter B Tilden, C.M. RCNC 1945 Tilden Rent-a-Car; community service to Scouts Canada
RCNSE54 Rear Admiral Robert Timbrell 1937 Awarded Distinguished Service Cross during WWII
19282 Didier Toussaint 1993 businessperson, co-founder, partner, Top Aces Consulting
15696 Colonel Jonathan JH Vance CD, M.I.D. 1986 Soldier Croatia
19470 Major John D Vass CD M.I.D. 1994 Soldier Kabul, Afghanistan
16606 Chris Voice 1988 businessperson, Chief Technology Officer, Entrust Technologies
1633 General Christopher Vokes 1925 WWII operational commander
  • "Sword & Epaulettes of College No. 1633". RMC.
1941 Lieutenant-General (retd) Geoffrey G. Walsh C.B.E., D.S.O., CD, MD deceased 1999 1926 Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, following integration of the three Services
11027 BGen Ken Watkin 1976 Judge Advocate General
5846 Peter Watson 1963 businessperson, Director, Blue Note Mining
17409 Lieutenant (ret) John Weigelt 1990 businessperson, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada
2357 Brigadier-Gen Denis Whitaker DSO, C.M., E.D., CD Deceased 5/30/2001 1933 leader in military, sport, business and community service, co-author of 2 Canada's military history books
96 James White, Geographer, deceased Produced 1st edition of Atlas of Canada
Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler, deceased 1907 Military Officer, surveyor, adventurer, 1921 Mount Everest expedition
2893 Robert Allan "Bud" White CMM, CD 1952 inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
8602 Mr. Patrick G. Whittingham 1970 director of AZCAR Technologies Inc./Miranda Technologies Inc.
2951 General Ramsey Muir Withers 1952 Military Officer
RCNC50 Henry Bartram Wood O.B.E. 1942 deceased 2000; Officer, OBE No.3 Awarded 1944 per London Gazette
Zachary Taylor Wood[15] 1882 office holder, militia officer, and Royal North-West Mounted Police policeman, deceased
Mr William N. Wray 1930 Air Force Cross Awarded 1942 per London Gazette dated 11 June 1942 [16]
RCNC211 Adam H Zimmerman C.M. 1944

Notable Honourary and Special Members of the Royal Military College of Canada Club

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Adrienne Clarkson
Hon. Roméo Dallaire
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Name # Significance
Myriam Bédard S120 Canadian biathlete
Charles H. Belzile H22547 Canadian soldier and a former head of the Canadian_Forces_Land_Force_Command
Thomas R. Berger S153 Canadian politician
Thomas Brzustowski S143 Canadian engineer, academic, and civil servant.
Adrienne Clarkson H22982 former Governor General
Joseph A. Day H7543 Canadian Senator
Hon. Art Eggleton S128 Canadian politician
Hon Bill Graham S147 Canadian politician
Rick Hillier S148 Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces
Ray Henault S146 former Chief of the Defence Staff
Ray Hnatyshyn H17416 former Governor General
Thomas E. Kierans, C.M. H he is the director and chairman of many successful national and international companies; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Petro-Canada, Manulife Financial Corp.
Gilles Lamontagne, O.C. H15200 former Canadian Politician
Roméo LeBlanc H20123 former Governor General
Hon Peter Milliken S149 Speaker of the_Canadian_House_of_Commons
Hon Gordon O'Connor Canadian politician
Ernest Smith O.C. S132 Soldier, politician
Edward Schreyer H14513 former Governor General
Jeanne Sauvé H16929 former Governor General

Notable Non-graduate alumni of the RMC

Billy Bishop - Former Royal Military College of Canada Cadet.
Name Left RMC in: Significance
Air Marshal Billy Bishop, V.C. 1894-1956 1914 World War I flying ace designated a National Historic Person of Canada in 1980.
Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges, KCB, CMG 1879 Major General of the Australian Army and first Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
2314 Squadron Leader Christopher Bushell, 1914–41 1933 Fighter pilot; Encompassing 28.84 hectares, Bushell Park housing Air Force personnel and their families, was named in his honour. [17]
2563 Robert Burns Cameron Order of Canada, DSO, LL.D. deceased 1937 Chairman, Sydney Steel Corporation
Jacques Duchesneau, C.M. current Doctoral candidate, President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
17333 OCdt Kelly Rae Gawne 1988 Kelly Gawne Memorial Cup - Gawne died in a demolitions training accident at CFB Chilliwack B.C. Slesse Range in 1988
6528 Corrado di Genova, 1944-2007 1961-1963 businessman, hair stylist 275 boutiques; QuickTint inventor, aids activist
The Honourable Wilfrid Heighington 1915 Politician
S142 Admiral (ret) Lynn Gordon Mason, CMM Chief Executive Officer, CarteNav
Dr. Geoffrey O'Hara, (1882-1967) 1900 composer, singer, lecturer, songwriter, army singing instructor, ethnomusicologist, pianist and guild organizer
Edgar William Richard Steacie 1921 Former president of the National Research Council of Canada
Charles James Townshend Stewart[18] 1894 North West Mounted Police officer and army officer

Notable professors/educators/staff

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Brigadier Kenneth Stuart
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George Pearkes
Student # Name Significance
S155 Willard Boyle Businessman, invented Charge-coupled device
Gérard Bessette Author and educator
Captain Joseph-Damase Chartrand[19] soldier, accountant, writer, magazine owner, and professor
Sir Howard Douglas, 1776–1861, professor, British general and colonial administrator: Governor of New Brunswick (1823–31)[20]
George Dalrymple Ferguson (1829-1926) professor, historian, author, ordained minister [21]
George W. Holbrook, C.M. engineering professor and administrator, Member of the Order of Canada [22]
G0053 Alex Morrison Educator, founding president of Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Lieutenant-Colonel George Pearkes Received the Victoria Cross; staff officer of RMC
H3948 Doctor John BJ Plant O.M.M. C.D. N.D.C., PHD, P.ENG. (RMC 1957) educator received General AGL McNaughton Award (IEEE Canada) 1996; Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal, the APEO Citizenship Award, the IEEE Centennial Medal and the Canada 125 Medal
Roy Pottier, MCIC educator received European Society of Photobiology medal, 2005 [23]
H8829 Col. the Hon. George F.G. Stanley Educator and designer of Canadian flag; Companion of the C.C.C.
Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart Chief of the General Staff 1941-1943, educator
Maj General Sir Geoffrey Twining (1862-1920) attended RMC, joined Royal Engineers in India, worked as a surveyor, taught engineering for 6 years
Sydney Francis Wise, O.C., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.C. internationally renowned scholar, writer and lecturer. described as the dean of Canadian military historians; founding director of the Canadian Battlefields Foundation
Right Reverend Clarendon Lamb Worrell M.A., D.D., D.C.L. (1854-1934) Archbishop of Nova Scotia (1915), 5th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1931-34

Commandants

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Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds inspecting II Canadian Corps in Meppen, Germany, May 31st, 1945.
General The Honourable Henry Duncan Graham (Harry) Crerar
# Name Year Significance
12192 Brigadier-General Tom Lawson (RMC ‘79) 2007- current commandant
E1607 Brigadier-General Jocelyn Lacroix 2005-2007
6496 Brigadier-General (Retired) Charles Émond 2005-2006
S133 Brigadier General Jean Leclerc 2002-05
8850 Rear Admiral (Ret'd) David Morse 2002
  • Scaled back RMC sport program
  • Changed RMC Redmen logo to the crown and arm of RMC.
8790 Brigadier-General Jean Boyle 1991
  • fighter pilot, and businessman
RMC became co-educational in 1980.
2530 BGen (Ret) William Kirby Lye MBE CD (RMC 36) 1970-1973 Lake Lye (near Williams Lake, BC) is named in his honour.
2576 Commodore W.P. Hayes CD 1967
2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall OBE, 1963-7 Graduate courses were added in 1964.
2424 Brigadier G.H. Spencer OBE, CD 1962-3
2265 Brigadier W.A.B. Anderson OBE, CD 1960-2
2184 Commodore Desmond Piers D.S.C., CD 1957-60
  • Piers participated in the invasion in France during World War II.
  • RMC became a degree-granting institution in 1959.
2140 Air Commodore D.A.R. Bradshaw, DFC, CD 1954-7
1137 Brigadier-General D.R. Agnew 1947-54
  • The Old Brigade, for alumni celebrating 50 years since they entered one of the military Colleges, was innaugurated by Agnew in 1950.
  • The Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean was founded in 1952
H-2727 Major General J.F.M. Whiteley, C.B., C.B.E., M.C. 1947
2120 Brigadier J. D. B. Smith, C.B.E., DSO, 1945-6
816 Brigadier K. Stuart, DSO, M.C. 1944-5
H-2727 Major General H.F.H. Hertzberg C.M.G., DSO, M.C. 1940-4
  • The last class graduated in 1942
  • Royal Roads in British Columbia founded in 1942.
816 Brigadier K. Stuart, DSO, M.C. 1939-40
749 Brigadier General Harry Crerar, DSO, 1938-9
  • RMC closed as a cadet college during World War II.
  • Crerar served as a field commander in World War II, and after retirement, served as a diplomat and Privy Councillor.
624 Brigadier W. H. P. Elkins, DSO, 1930-5
621 Brigadier C. F. Constantine, DSO, 1925-30 Constantine arena at RMC named in his honour
151 Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Macdonnell K.C.B., C.M.G., DSO, LL.D. 1919-25 [24]
  • first Canadian commandant,
  • assembled a Canadian military staff,
  • Professional associations & universities negotiate to accept RMC graduates
  • authorized publication of RMC biannual review (alumni magazine)
Brigadier H. H. Matthews, C.M.G., DSO, 1935-8
Brigadier-General C. N. Perreau, C.M.G. 1915-19
Colonel L. R. Carleton, DSO, 1913-14
Colonel J.H.V. Crowe 1909-13
45 Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thornton Taylor 1905-9
  • introduced hockey to Kingston as a RMC student in 1877
  • competitive entrance examination, with half-yearly examinations
  • 3 year curriculum: civil engineering, civil & hydrographic surveying, physics, chemistry, French, English, gymnastic drills and outdoor exercises of all kinds
  • five imperial army commissions awarded annually
  • $750-$1,000 cost included board, uniform, materials and extras
Colonel R.N.R. Reade 1901-5
Colonel G.C. Kitson 1896-1900
  • replaced British civilian staff with British military personnel,
  • tightened discipline,
  • emphasised military training,
  • cut the curriculum to three years
Major-General D.R. Cameron, M.G. 1888-96
Major-General J.R. Oliver 1886-8
Colonel Edward Osbourne Hewett C.M.G.[25] 1875-1886
  • first Commandant, member of Royal Engineers,
  • chose motto, Truth, Duty, Valour
  • assembled a British civilian staff,
  • organized a 4 year curriculum,
  • prepared site for use as a College

First 32 Female Graduates of the Royal Military College of Canada

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# Name # Name # Name # Name # Name # Name
14481 Linda Newton 14423 Liz Dyson 14484 Jacquie Pothier 14390 Kathy Armstrong 14397 Chris Best 14433 Debbie Fowler
14396 Kathleen Beeman 14512 Cheryl de Bellefeuille 14451 Theresa Hutchings 14467 Joanne MacIsaac 14478 Theresa Murphy 14448 Becky Horn
14400 Sylvie Bonneau 14504 Brigitte Vachon 14412 Helen Davies 14491 Karen Ritchie 14444 Dorothy Hector 14487 Sue Raby
14510 Sue Wigg 14479 Sue Nadarozny 14460 Lorraine Kuzyk 14402 Charmaine Bulger 14501 Marie Thomson 14443 Kathy Haunts
14508 Sheila Walters 14418 Marnie Dunsmore 14477 Brigitte Muehlgassner 14411 Ann David 14394 Laura Beare 14407 Marie-Pier Cloutier
14419 Johanne Durand 14507 Julia Walsh

Other

List of Royal Military College of Canada Memorials

  1. ^ http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/deptmini/traipion/hughbostock-eng.php
  2. ^ http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40737&query=
  3. ^ http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/VictorGarnetCurry-EncyclopediaofQuebecHistory.htm
  4. ^ commanded Canadian Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Superintendent, Dominion Arsenal http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/H.R.VisartDeBury-QuebecHistory.htm
  5. ^ http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/deptmini/traipion/samuelgillgamble-eng.php
  6. ^ http://www.airforce.ca/wwii/ALPHA-GO.html
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