List of University of Saskatchewan alumni
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Between 1907 and 2007 there were over 132,200 alumni of the University of Saskatchewan. This list features those who have successfully graduated from a degree, certificate and/or diploma program at the university.[2]
Agriculture
- Lorne Babiuk, O.C., S.O.M., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C. M.Sc. soil microbiology, D.Sc. Department of Veterinary Microbiology - immunologist, pathogenesist, virologist, molecular virology, and vaccinologist[3]
- Howard Fredeen - animal breeding researcher[4]
- Lawrence Kirk, B.A. B.Sc., M.Sc. in agriculture - agronomist best known for introducing crested wheatgrass[3]
- The Honourable J.W. Grant MacEwan - Director of the School of Agriculture, Professor of Animal Husbandry, and Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (1966–1974)[5]
- Kenneth Norrie - Canadian economic historian specializing in the economy of Western Canada, especially prairie wheat farming[6]
- Cecil Frederick Patterson, BSc, Ph.D. - introduced 52 new varieties of hardy fruits for the prairies and over 18 varieties of hybrid hardy lilies[7]
- Clayton Oscar Person, BSc, Honours in Biology, MA - international authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations[8]
Arts and entertainment
- Robert Boyer, B.Ed. - Canadian visual artist of aboriginal heritage; BEd from the Regina Campus of the U of S in 1971[9]
- Richard Epp - playwright[10]
- Stephen Fox, MSc physics - clarinet maker[11]
- John V. Hicks - Canadian poet; honorary doctorate in Literature from U of S[12]
- William G. Hobbs - physician, surgeon, major Canadian artist[13]
- Maureen Hunter - playwright
- Laurel Johannesson, BFA - artist[14]
- Joseph Schull - playwright and historian[15]
- Deborah Theaker - actress known as Casey Edison on the science fiction comedy show Manic Mansion[16]
- Gordon Thiessen, OC, B.A., Ph.D, LL.D - Governor of the Bank of Canada; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3][17]
Business
- Tom Anselmi - President and COO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment[18]
- Marilyn Atkinson - President of Erickson Coaching International
- H. Douglas Barber, B.Sc., M.Sc. - founder of Electrical Engineering Canadian; CEO of Gennum Corporation[19]
- N. Murray Edwards, B.Comm - billionaire[3]
- John E. Floyd, B.Comm - economist[20]
- Chad Hamre, B.Sc. - entrepreneur[21]
- Daryl "Doc" Seaman, OC, B.Sc Mechanical Engineering, LL.D, honorary Doctor of Laws - businessman; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- Arnold Tremere, M.Sc., Ph.D. - Executive Director, government official (Canadian International Grains Institute)[22]
- Steven Gregory Woods, B.Sc. - entrepreneur[23]
- Victor J. Zaleschuk, B.Comm - chair of the board of Cameco Corporation[24]
Computers, engineering, and technology
- Permanand Mohan, M.Sc. in Computer Science - Chief Examiner for the Caribbean Examinations Council's CAPE Examinations in Computer Science[25]
- W. Brett Wilson, B.Eng., MBA, Hon. LL.D. O.C., S.O.M. - entrepreneur, philanthropist; former Dragon's Den panelist; co-founder of FirstEnergy Capital; founder, President, and Chairman of Prairie Merchant Capital; Chairman of Canoe Financial[26]
Educators
- Dominique Abrioux, B.A. (honours) - former President of Athabasca University
- John Hall Archer, B.A., M.A., O.C., S.O.M. - librarian, historian, civil servant, first President of the University of Regina
- Reginald John Godfrey Bateman, Master of Arts of Dublin - professor of English[27]
- George Fredrick Curtis, LL.B. - dean of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
- R. Peter MacKinnon, Master of laws - lawyer, legal academic, President of the U of S[3]
- Darin Nesbitt, B.A., M.A. - instructor of political science at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C.
- Paul Thagard - Professor of Philosophy, with cross appointment to Psychology and Computer Science, and Director of the Cognitive Science Program, at the University of Waterloo
- Professor Henry (Harry) George Thode, CC, MBE, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D., LL.D., FRSC - president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
Environmentalists
- Richard St. Barbe Baker - English forester, environmental activist, and author
- Jim MacNeill B.Sc Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) - consultant, environmentalist, and international public servant[3]
Fiction/non-fiction writers
- William Barr - Arctic historian; U of S faculty member
- Dennis Cooley - poet
- Lorna Crozier, a.k.a. Lorna Uher - poet
- Michael Helm - novelist
- Eli Mandel, PhD, D.Litt (hon.) - poet and literary academic
- William Sarjeant, geologist and novelist
- Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM - fiction author; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- William Whitehead, B.A. M.A. - writer, actor and filmmaker
Historians
- Frank Kusch - historian of American history; Ph.D. in History
Journalism/publishing/broadcasting
- Eric Malling, B.A. - television journalist[3]
- Sally Merchant - television personality and political figure
Law, government, and public policy
- Don Atchison - mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Pat Atkinson, B.A. Sociology B.ED - politician
- Chris Axworthy - politician
- The Honourable Gordon Barnhart - University Secretary, professor in Canadian Politics, former Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan[3]
- Dave Batters - politician
- Edward Dmytro Bayda, B.A., LL.B. - Chief Justice of Saskatchewan[3]
- Clément Chartier, LL.B, QC - Métis Canadian leader
- Brooke Claxton, PC, DCM, KC, BCL, LL.D - veteran of World War I, federal Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of National Defence honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S
- Eric Cline B.A. Political Science, LL.B. - politician
- Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD, B.Sc, LL.D (h.c.) - senator, humanitarian, author and retired general; honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S
- Grant Devine - Progressive Conservative Premier
- The Right Honourable John Diefenbaker, CH, PC, QC, BA, MA, LL.B, LL.D, DCL, FRSC, FRSA, D.Litt, DSL - 13th Prime Minister of Canada;[3] university's chancellor; he and his wife were buried at the university, near the Diefenbaker Canada Centre
- Noah Evanchuk, LL.B - politician and candidate for Parliament
- Laurie Evans, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. - politician
- Clarence Fines - provincial treasurer of Saskatchewan
- Jon Gerrard, PC, MLA, BA (Economics), Ph.D, MD (born 1947) - politician and medical doctor
- Ralph Goodale, PC, MP, BA, LL.B - Canada's Minister of Finance
- Alvin Hamilton, PC - politician
- Robert Hanbidge, honorary Doctor of Laws - lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
- The Honourable Dr. Lynda M. Haverstock - Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2000–2006); Leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party[3]
- Benjamin D. Heppner, B.A., BEd - school teacher, businessman and politician
- Dr. John Hewson - Australian politician
- The Right Honourable Ray Hnatyshyn - 24th Governor General of Canada[3]
- Constance D. Hunt, LL.B - lawyer, legal academic, and judge
- Gerard Jennissen - politician
- The Honourable Fredrick W. Johnson - 16th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
- Gordon Kirkby, BSc, LLB - politician, mayor and lawyer
- Otto Lang, PC, OC, QC, LL.D, BCL, LL.B, BA (born 1932) - politician
- Léonard Hilarion Joseph Legault, B.A., LL.B. - diplomat
- James Ludwar, LL.B. - politician and founder of Bayda Ludwar Law Firm
- Murdoch MacPherson, QC - Attorney-General of Saskatchewan; honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from U of S
- Jim Maddin, Business Administration certificate - Mayor of Saskatoon
- James Mallory - jurist; academic; constitutional expert; instructor in political science at U of S
- Anthony Merchant, Q.C. - Saskatchewan lawyer
- Edward Cyril Malone - Saskatchewan lawyer and politician
- Harold Hugh MacKay, OC, QC, LL.B. - lawyer and corporate director
- William McIntyre, BA, LL.B CC (born 1918) - retired Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada[3]
- Stewart McLean, B.A., LL.B - Manitoba politician
- Gary Merasty, M.P., B.Ed., M.Educ. - politician; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- The Honourable George Porteous - 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- Robert Gordon Robertson, PC, CC, MA, DU,[28] FRSC - Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
- Roy Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, QC, B.A., LL.B, DU -[29] politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- David Rodney B.A. - politician, teacher, and professional speaker[3]
- Tillie Taylor, B.A., LL.B - judge, first chair of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
- Andrew Thomson, B.A. Political Science - Minister of Finance of Saskatchewan
- William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, honorary Doctor of Laws - politician and diplomat
- John Thomas Wolfe - Canadian provincial politician
- Stephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM, MD, LL.D, F.R.C.S.(C) - physician and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- Clifford Wright - mayor of Saskatoon; honorary Doctor of Laws
- Iva Yeo - politician
Medicine
- Hulda Regehr Clark, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, M.A., with a High Honors major in biology - naturopath, author, and controversial practitioner of alternative medicine
- Emmett Matthew Hall, CC, QC, LL.B, LL.D - jurist and civil libertarian; considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare[3]
- Franklin M. Loew, DVM, PhD in nutrition - one of the team that developed canola oil; recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal
- Charles Randal Smith - head pediatric forensic pathologist[3]
Nobel Prize winners
- Gerhard Herzberg - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970; was offered a position in 1935 to flee Nazi Germany, and remained at the university for ten years
- Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1983[3]
Philosophy
- Zenon Pylyshyn, M.Sc. in Control Systems, Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology - cognitive scientist and philosopher
Science
- The Honourable Sylvia Fedoruk - University Chancellor, professor in Oncology, Associate Member in Physics, and Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994)[3]
- William Sarjeant - geologist and novelist
- Raymond Thorsteinsson, B.Sc. in geology - Canadian geologist of the high Arctic; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S][3]
- Dr. Thorbergur Thorvaldson, internationally known scientist and first dean of graduate studies at the U of S
- Dr. James Till O.C., O.Ont., F.R.S.C. - biophysicist, medical researcher who demonstrated the existence of stem cells; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
Sociologists
- Samuel Delbert Clark, B.A. political science and history, M.A. - sociologist
Sports
- Kelly Bates - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player
- Rod Bryden - owner of the Ottawa Senators; professor of law at U of S
- Tyson Craiggs - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player
- Cyprian Enweani, degree in medicine - sprinter
- George Genereux, B.A. - physician and trap shooting gold medal winner
- Charles Cecil Hay, honorary doctorate - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator
- Diane Jones-Konihowski, C.M., B.Ed. - pentathlete[3]
- Dave King - hockey coach[3]
- Gene Makowsky - Saskatchewan Roughriders lineman of the CFL
- Shannon Miller - hockey coach
- Sandra Schmirler, SOM, BSPE - curler; Olympic and triple World Champion; one of the '100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S[3]
- Don Wittman - nationally recognized sports broadcaster in Canada
- Viola Yanik - wrestler
Theology
- Archbishop Maurice Baudoux, O.C., S.J.D., D. esL, Ph.D., D.D., L.L.D., D.Can.L. - priest and Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba[30]
- The Very Rev. Walter H. Farquharson - noted hymn-writer[31]
- Herbert V. Günther - Buddhist; professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the U of S[32]
- Muzaffar Iqbal (Urdu: مظفر اقبال), Ph.D. in Chemistry - founding president of the Center for Islam and Science[33]
- Raymond L. Schultz, B.A. M.Div. - National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada[34]
Honorary degree recipients
- Arnold Davidson Dunton, CC, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa - educator and public administrator
- Charles Cecil Hay, honorary doctorate - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator
See also
Notes
- ^ University of Saskatchewan (September 2000). "University of Saskatchewan Annual Report 2000 Academic Programs at the University of Saskatchewan Degrees Awarded by the University of Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
- ^ "U of S: Facts & Figures". April 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac University of Saskatchewan, U of S » Centennial Home » 100 Alumni of Influence. "University of Saskatchewan - 100 Alumni of Influence". Retrieved 2007-09-24.
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