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
- Professor Abdulhakem Elezzabi - father of spinplasmonics
- Pierre Flor-Henry - psychology
- John Gamon - pioneer of the Photochemical Reflectance Index
- 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 - co-discoverer of hepatitis C
- Peter L. Hurd - biology
- Mark 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
- Prof. Aloke Kumar - Canada Research Chair in Biofilms and pioneer of Optoelectrofluidics
- Andy Liu - mathematics
- Michael Lounsbury - Associate Dean of Research, Thornton A. Graham Chair and Professor of strategic management, organizations and sociology
- 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 - medical researcher
- 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 Chair in Oils ands 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
- Thaddus 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
- 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
- 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, 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
- John M. MacEachran
- Walter Mackenzie
- Barry J. Mailloux
- David Marsden - world record holder in unpowered sailplane flight
- 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
- 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
- Wilfred Watson
- Daniel Woolf
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
- 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[10]
- 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 of Main Researchers of Alpha Go.
Authors
- Todd Babiak
- Gary Botting
- Caterina Edwards
- Arthur Kroeger
- Robert Kroetsch
- Steve Lillebuen
- W.O. Mitchell
- Kit Pearson
- Candace Savage
- Lesley-Anne Scorgie
- Timothy Taylor
- Adam Thrasher - author of Space Moose[11]
- Vern Thiessen
- Brian Tracy
- Aritha Van Herk
- Rudy Wiebe
Judges
- 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)
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[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 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
- 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
- Jeffrey Willox - former NJHL All-Star (2012-2014) and league MVP (2014)
- Neil Campbell – Discovered gold in Yellowknife
- Juan Chioran - voice and stage actor at the Stratford Festival
- 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 - 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 (黃子華) – Hong Kong comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and screenwriter; pioneered Cantonese stand up comedy
- 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
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. 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.
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