List of University of Alberta people
This is a list of distinguished people affiliated with the University of Alberta.
Current faculty
- Ali A. Abdi - anthropologist and author; education and international development
- William Anselmi - Professor of Italian and Italian-Canadian Literature and Culture
- Lorne Babiuk - immunologist and virologist
- Harold Barclay - anthropology
- Howard Bashaw - music
- Norman C. Beaulieu - electrical engineering
- Ted Bishop - English and film studies
- Edward D. Blodgett - author and researcher in comparative literature, religion and film/media[1]
- Ludwig N. Carbyn - Wolf biology
- Philip J. Currie - palaeontology
- Patricia Demers - English and film studies
- Jaroslaw Drelich - chemical engineering
- Abdulhakem Elezzabi - father of spinplasmonics
- Pierre Flor-Henry - psychology
- John Gamon - pioneer of the Photochemical Reflectance Index
- Andrew Gow - Historian of Medieval and early modern Europe.
- Jonathan Locke Hart - author, literary scholar and historian[2]
- Peter Hide - sculpture
- John-Paul Himka - professor of East European history
- Greg Hollingshead - novelist and professor of English
- Michael Houghton - Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of hepatitis C
- Peter L. Hurd - biology
- Mark A. Lewis - mathematical ecologist and the Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Biology at the Centre for Mathematical Biology[3]
- Karim Jamal - School of Business
- Stephen A. Kent - Professor in the Department of Sociology
- Jacobus Kloppers - Adjunct Professor of Organ
- Natalie Kononenko - professor of folklore
- Andriy Kovalenko - molecular dynamics pioneer, of the Kovalenko-Hirata Closure relationship fame
- Rouslan Krechetnikov - Ig Nobel Prize laureate
- Andy Liu - mathematics
- Michael Lounsbury - Associate Dean of Research, Thornton A. Graham Chair and Professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology
- Austin Mardon - Adjunct Professor, recipient of Order of Canada
- Jacob Masliyah - pioneer researcher in oil-sands extraction, recipient of Order of Canada[4]
- Takahiko Masuda - associate professor of psychology
- Anne McLellan - law
- Iman Mersal - poet, Professor of Arabic literature and Middle Eastern and African Studies
- Robert Moody - mathematics, co-inventor of Kac–Moody algebra
- Adam Morton - philosopher and member of the Royal Society of Canada[5][6]
- Don Page
- Raj Pannu
- Mike Percy - economics
- Leonard Ratzlaff - professor of choral music
- Jia Rongqing - mathematics
- Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa - director of the university's Center for Earth Observation Sciences
- Jonathan Schaeffer - computer scientist and the Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence[7]
- James Shapiro - professor of surgery, medicine and surgical oncology; director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program
- Arya Mitra Sharma - Alberta Health Services endowed Chair in Obesity Research and Management
- Ian Stirling
- Richard S. Sutton - computer science
- Darren Tanke - palaeontology
- Thomas Thundat - Canada Excellence Research Chair in Oilsands Molecular Engineering
- Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann - mathematician
- Ban Tsui - Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- 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
- Thaddeus E. Weckowicz - Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Theoretical Psychology
- Rudy Wiebe - English
- Douglas Wiens - statistics
- Osmar R. Zaiane - computer science
- Vaclav Zizler - mathematics
Past faculty
- Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘
- Jane Alexander
- William Hardy Alexander - one of the university's first four professors; university historian[8]
- Margaret Atwood - author
- C. Fred Bentley
- Russell Brown - professor of law, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Donald Cameron
- Clive Carruthers
- Karl Clark
- Jagannath Prasad Das - professor of educational psychology; member of the Order of Canada
- John B. Dossetor - professor emeritus of medicine and bioethics
- Robert Folinsbee
- Malcolm Forsyth - professor of composition, Department of Music; Juno Award winner and member of the Order of Canada
- Victor Golla
- Thomas B. Greenfield
- Allan Gregg
- Ronald Hamowy
- W. G. Hardy – Professor of Classics, writer, ice hockey administrator, Member of the Order of Canada[9]
- H. A. Hargreaves
- Walter Edgar Harris
- Myer Horowitz
- Werner Israel - professor of physics and leader in the theory of black holes; Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Society of Canada
- George Ivany
- Martin Joos
- William Alexander Robb Kerr
- Mors Kochanski - bushcraft and wilderness survival pioneer
- Karol Józef Krótki (1922–2007) - active in Department of Sociology in 1968–1990, instrumental in establishing a strong demography program and the Population Research Laboratory; awarded the title of University Professor in 1983 and after his retirement remained active as a professor emeritus; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Gérard Vincent La Forest - dean of law (1968–1970), past Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Francis John Lewis - professor of botany
- John M. MacEachran
- Walter Mackenzie
- Barry J. Mailloux
- David Marsden - world record holder in unpowered sailplane flight
- Carlo Montemagno - Father of Bionanotechnology
- Angus Munn
- Joseph S. Nelson - ichthyology
- Hope A. Olson
- John Orrell
- Jim Parr
- Solomiia Pavlychko
- Anatol Roshko - one of only three people alive to have a dimensionless number (Roshko number) named after them
- George A. Rothrock
- Gail Sidonie Sobat
- Mathukumalli V. Subbarao
- Yasushi Takahashi
- Henry Marshall Tory - first president, founder of three universities, the Alberta Research Council and National Research Council of Canada
- Hiroomi Umezawa
- Maury Van Vliet
- Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) - professor of theoretical biology in the Department of Zoology and Psychology (1960–1968), helped establish the Advanced Center for Theoretical Psychology, originator of General Systems Theory
- Ella May Walker
- Wilfred Watson
- John Alexander Weir - first dean of law
- Daniel Woolf
Alumni
Academics
- Tania Bubela – professor and dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University
- Satish K. Tripathi – President of University at Buffalo
- Dominique Abrioux – President of Athabasca University (1995–2005)
- Sir John Bell – Regius Chair of Medicine, University of Oxford[10]
- Andrew Brook – Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Carleton University
- James Collip – biochemistry professor, played key role in discovery of insulin
- Jim Cummins – professor and author, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
- Bernadette Louise Dean – Principal of Kinnaird College, Pakistan
- Su Guaning – President of Nanyang Technological University
- Joy Johnson – Vice-President, Research, Simon Fraser 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[11]
- Joseph Pivato – writer and researcher in ethnic minority writing in Canada; Professor, Athabasca University, Edmonton
- Janice Stein – international relations researcher
- Wallace Sterling – past president of Stanford University
- Richard E. Taylor – Nobel Laureate
- Bas van Fraassen – Princeton University, McCosh Professor of Philosophy
- David Silver & Aja Huang – Google Deep Mind, Two main researchers of Alpha Go
- Jordan B. Peterson - Clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto
Authors
- Todd Babiak
- Gary Botting
- Caterina Edwards
- Karen Graham (dietitian)
- Edmundo Farolan
- Arthur Kroeger
- Robert Kroetsch
- Steve Lillebuen
- W. O. Mitchell
- Kit Pearson
- Candace Savage
- Lesley-Anne Scorgie
- Timothy Taylor
- Adam Thrasher - author of Space Moose[12]
- Vern Thiessen
- Brian Tracy
- Aritha Van Herk
- Rudy Wiebe
Judges
- Joe Kryczka - past Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta, president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
- Ronald Martland - past Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Beverley McLachlin - Chief Justice of Canada
- Henry Grattan Nolan - past Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- William Stevenson - past Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Allan Wachowich - past Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (retired)
- Edward R. Wachowich - past Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta (deceased 2012)
- Lionel Locksley Jones - Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (retired) (deceased 2016)
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
- Don Iveson – Mayor of Edmonton
- Lou Hyndman – former Alberta cabinet minister[13]
- J. Wilton Littlechild – former Member of parliament[14]
- Peter Lougheed – former Premier of Alberta
- Preston Manning – former leader of the Reform Party of Canada, and founder of two Canadian political parties
- Greg McLean - Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre
- Roland Michener – former Governor General
- Rachel Notley – former Premier of Alberta
- Jim Prentice – former Premier of Alberta and 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
- Greg Abel (born 1961/62) - businessman, Berkshire Hathaway[15]
- Doris Anderson – editor and rights activist
- Nereo Bolzon – Canadian football player
- Ron Butlin – Canadian ice hockey executive
- Clarence Campbell – former National Hockey League president
- Neil Campbell – Discovered gold in Yellowknife
- Juan Chioran – voice and stage actor at the Stratford Festival
- Joel H. Cohen - Canadian-Jewish comedy writer for The Simpsons
- Ted Corday – soap opera creator (Days of Our Lives)
- Ernest Côté - soldier, diplomat and civil servant.[16]
- Jim Coutts – political advisor
- Clare Drake - ice hockey coach in CIS history - Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017
- Nicole Dunsdon – the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled
- Bernard Ebbers – Worldcom co-founder and CEO; briefly attended the university
- William Epstein - international expert on disarmament who worked at the United Nations
- Nathan Fillion – actor
- Patrick Gilmore – actor
- Jay Gilday - singer-songwriter
- Randy Gregg – former National Hockey League player and medical researcher
- Paul Gross – actor
- Ted Harrison – painter and illustrator
- Ivan Head – former policy adviser of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- Violet King Henry – first black woman lawyer in Canada
- Daryl Katz – billionaire entrepreneur, owner of the Rexall Pharmacy chain and the Edmonton Oilers
- Eric Allan Kramer - character actor, most notable in the role of Bob Duncan in Good Luck Charlie
- Thomas Rockwell Mackie - medical physicist, inventor of Tomotherapy
- Ray Muzyka – BioWare co-founder
- Tom Radford - documentary filmmaker
- Jan Randall – composer and musician
- George Stanley – designer of the Canadian flag
- Robert Steadward – former International Paralympic Committee President[17]
- Olawale Sulaiman- neurosurgeon, philanthropist and academic
- William Thorsell – editor, The Globe and Mail; Director, the Royal Ontario Museum
- Anne Wheeler – film director
- Dayo Wong Tze-Hwa (黃子華) – Hong Kong comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and screenwriter; pioneered Cantonese stand up comedy
- Greg Zeschuk – BioWare co-founder
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
- His Highness the Aga Khan – Spiritual Leader of the Ismaili Muslims
- Douglas Cardinal – architect
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- Victor Cavendish – former Governor General of Canada
- Jean Chrétien – former Prime Minister of Canada
- John Diefenbaker – former Prime Minister of Canada
- King Edward VIII
- Wayne Gretzky – former National Hockey League player
- Horace Harvey – second Chief Justice of Alberta; chairman of the University of Alberta Board of Governors
- Frederick Haultain – the first and only premier of Canada's North-West Territories
- 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
- Max Ward – pioneering aviator
References
- ^ "UAP Books: Apostrophes IV". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. 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. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Adam Morton". Home page. University of Alberta Faculty of Arts. Archived from the original on April 5, 2005. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Jonathan Schaeffer Home Page". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Event Details: William Hardy Alexander Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Author not working as hard". Medicine Hat News. Medicine Hat, Alberta. June 29, 1979. p. 29.
- ^ "Sir John Bell". Oxford Health Alliance. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
- ^ "Dean of Harvard med school returns to his roots". University of Alberta. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. 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. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Mr. Wilton Littlechild". UNPFII. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Warren Buffett's Canadian lieutenant eyes Alberta expansion". Retrieved 10 January 2018 – via The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "The planner Ernest Côté was a WWII veteran who helped plan the invasion of Normandy". University of Alberta. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement". The University of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
