List of Memorial University of Newfoundland people
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This is a list of people involved with Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Chancellors
[edit]| Name | Years in office |
|---|---|
| The Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere of Hemsted | 1952–1961 |
| The Rt. Hon. Lord Thomson of Fleet | 1961–1968 |
| Dr. G. Alain Frecker | 1971–1979 |
| Dr. Paul Desmarais | 1979–1988 |
| His Honour the Honourable John C. Crosbie | 1994–2008 |
| Dr. Rick Hillier | 2008–2012 |
| Dr. Susan Dyer Knight | 2012–2022 |
| Earl Ludlow | 2022 to present |
Presidents
[edit]| Name | Years active |
|---|---|
| John Lewis Paton | 1925–1933 |
| Albert Hatcher | 1933–1952 |
| Raymond Gushue | 1952–1966 |
| Moses Morgan | 1966–1967 |
| The Rt. Hon. the Lord Taylor of Harlow | 1967–1973 |
| Moses Morgan | 1973–1981 |
| Leslie Harris | 1981–1990 |
| Arthur May | 1990–1999 |
| Axel Meisen | 1999–2007 |
| Eddy Campbell | 2007–2009 |
| Christopher Loomis | 2009–2010 |
| Gary Kachanoski | 2010–2020 |
| Vianne Timmons | 2020-2023 |
| Neil Bose (pro tempore) | 2023 to present |
Founders
[edit]Notable alumni
[edit]Academics and scholars
[edit]- David Agnew, president, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, former Secretary of Cabinet, Government of Ontario
- Gary Botting, poet, playwright, lawyer and legal scholar
- Donald B. Dingwell, D.Sc. (h.c. mult.) FMSA FGAC MAE FAGU FRSC BVK ACATECH ML FAAAS, award-winning experimental geoscientist, past President of the European Geosciences Union, 3rd Secretary-General of the European Research Council, President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
- Robert Gellately, historian
- John Gosse
- George Ivany, President, University of Saskatchewan
- Mary C. Lobban, British physiologist
- Brian Pratt, award-winning paleontologist and sedimentologist, Fellow of the Geological Society of America, and past president of the Geological Association of Canada
- Harold Williams, geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts
Business
[edit]- Moya Greene - President and CEO of Royal Mail
- Jane Rowe - President of Teachers Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Politics and government
[edit]- KM Chan - biochemistry professor and politician
- Gen. Rick Hillier - Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Forces
- Dale Kirby - Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Allan Rowe - MPP for Dartmouth South and liberal caucus whip, former television host
- Marit Stiles (born 1969) - Member of Provincial Parliament for Davenport in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and the leader of the Opposition
- Clyde Wells - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador, former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Danny Williams - former Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Film and television
[edit]- Perry Chafe - TV producer and writer, Republic of Doyle & Son of A Critch
- Bill Gillespie - former Security Correspondent, CBC Radio
- Tristan Homer - children's television producer
- Bhreagh MacNeil - Canadian Screen Award nominated actress
- Mark McKinney - comedian, member of The Kids in the Hall
- Scott Oake - sportscaster for CBC Sports
Press and literature
[edit]- Anne Chislett - playwright
- Michael Crummey - novelist and poet
- Gwynne Dyer - journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (1973–1977)
- Tom Harrington - journalist
- Wayne Johnston - novelist
- Rex Murphy - journalist and commentator
Art and music
[edit]- Alan Doyle - musician
- Duo Concertante -Nancy Dahn on violin and Tim Steeves on piano
- Bob Hallett - musician
- Andy Jones - comedian
- Séan McCann - musician
- Fergus O'Byrne - musician
- Shelley Posen - folklorist and singer-songwriter
- Erin Power - musician, The Swinging Belles
- Laura Winter - musician, The Swinging Belles
Science
[edit]- Carolyn Relf - geologist[2]
Sports
[edit]- Brad Gushue - Olympic gold medallist (curling)
- Mark Nichols - Olympic gold medallist (curling)
Medicine
[edit]- Dr. Norman R.C. Campbell – Professor of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Calgary
- Ranjit Chandra - Former professor of Medicine, forced to resign after allegations of scientific misconduct and data fabrication
- Jawahar Kalra – physician, clinical researcher, and academic
Crime
[edit]- Shirley Turner – Murderer whose murder of her son Zachary gave rise to the movie Dear Zachary[3]
Notable faculty, past and present
[edit]University Research Professors
[edit](Note: "University Research Professor" is the name for MUN's highest academic honour. One can be a full professor, even conducting research, at the university without being a "University Research Professor.")
- Ian Jordaan - engineer and world expert on design of offshore structures in harsh environments
- Harold Williams - geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts
Other faculty
[edit]- Jean Briggs - anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages[4]
- Lindsay Cahill - chemist
- John Frederick Dewey - structural geologist. Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; Wollaston Medal & Penrose Medal recipient.
- Donald Hillman - paediatrician and professor of pediatrics best known for working in Third World countries in international child health and development
- Francesca M. Kerton - chemist
- Elliott Leyton - renowned for studies of serial murderers
- Elizabeth Miller - 19th century British Gothic literature
- Ward Neale - geologist
- Robert Paine - Anthropologist studying the Inuit and Saami peoples.
- Patrick Parfrey - nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist
- Augustus Rowe - former Minister of Health of Newfoundland and Labrador; former chairman of Memorial University's Department of Family Medicine[5]
- Wei Qiu, architecture professor
Rhodes Scholars
[edit]- Matthew Downer - 2019
- Laura Pittman - 2013 - engineer
- Sean Connors - 1987 - physician
- Robert Joy - 1973 - actor
- Danny Williams - 1969 - Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Rex Murphy - 1968 - TV commentator
- Bill Rowe - 1964
- Fabian O'Dea - 1939
- Moses Morgan - 1938
Honorary degree recipients
[edit]- Sarah Anala - Canadian social worker
- Anne, Princess Royal - member of the Canadian Royal family
- Lloyd Axworthy - Canadian politician
- Jean Chrétien - 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- Bob Cole - CBC hockey commentator
- John Frederick Dewey - geologist
- Craig Dobbin - businessman
- Gwynne Dyer - journalist
- John Kenneth Galbraith - economist
- Loyola Hearn - former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
- Ron Hynes - folk musician
- David Lloyd Johnston - Governor General of Canada
- Cathy Jones - comedian and actress
- Aung San Suu Kyi - pro-democracy advocate
- HRH Princess Mary - member of the Canadian Royal Family
- Rick Mercer - Canadian comedian and television personality
- Brian Mulroney - 18th Prime Minister of Canada
- Ward Neale - geologist
- Lester B. Pearson - 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Raymond Price - geologist
- Edward Shackleton - geographer and politician
- David Suzuki - Canadian science broadcaster and environmental activist
- Mary Walsh - comedian
- John Tuzo Wilson - geophysicist
References
[edit]- ^ "8.8 Chancellors of the University". www.mun.ca.
- ^ "Carolyn Relf, Director". Government of Yukon. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ "After Canadian mother killed herself and their only grandchild, U.S. couple started 10-year fight to change Canada's bail laws". nationalpost.
- ^ Gushue, Lisa (2016-07-29). "Eminent anthropologist Jean Briggs, Inuit language expert, dead at 87". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
- ^ Robinson, Andrew (2013-07-23). "Former N.L. health minister dead at 92". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-08-18.