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 developmentJordan Abel – poetJohn Acorn – naturalist and science communicatorWilliam Anselmi – professor of Italian and Italian-Canadian literature and cultureFlorence Ashley – law professor, first openly transfeminine clerk of the Supreme Court of Canada Lorne Babiuk – immunologist and virologistHarold Barclay – anthropologistHoward Bashaw – composerNorman C. Beaulieu – electrical engineerTed Bishop – English professorStan Boutin – wildlife population ecologistMark Boyce – wildlife population ecologistLudwig N. Carbyn – wolf biologistD. Jean Clandinin – education researcherKerry Courneya – kinesiologistPhilip J. Currie – palaeontologistPatricia Demers – English professorJaroslaw Drelich – chemical engineerMarilyn Dumont - poetJanet A. W. Elliott – distinguished professor, faculty of engineeringAndrew Gow – historian of medieval and early modern EuropeJonathan Locke Hart – author, literary scholar and historian[ 1] Peter Hide – sculptorJohn-Paul Himka – historian of Eastern EuropeGreg Hollingshead – novelist and professor of EnglishMichael Houghton – Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of hepatitis C Tasha Hubbard – filmmaker and scholar of Indigenous studiesPeter L. Hurd – biologistKarim Jamal – business professorStephen A. Kent – sociologistJacobus Kloppers – organistNatalie Kononenko – folkloristMark A. Lewis – mathematical ecologist and the Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Biology at the Centre for Mathematical Biology[ 2] Andy Liu – mathematicianMichael Lounsbury – Associate Dean of Research, Thornton A. Graham Chair and professor of strategic management, organizations and sociologyAustin Mardon – adjunct professor, recipient of Order of CanadaJacob Masliyah – pioneer researcher in oil-sands extraction, recipient of Order of Canada[ 3] Takahiko Masuda – psychologistIman Mersal – poet, professor of Arabic literature and Middle Eastern and African studiesRobert Moody – mathematician, co-inventor of Kac–Moody algebra Adam Morton – philosopher and member of the Royal Society of Canada [ 4] [ 5] Don Page – theoretical cosmologistRaj Pannu – sociologist, former head of the Alberta New Democratic Party Graham Pearson – geologistMike Percy – economistLeonard Ratzlaff – professor of choral musicJia Rongqing – mathematicianArturo Sanchez-Azofeifa – director of the university's Center for Earth Observation SciencesJonathan Schaeffer – computer scientist and the Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence [ 6] James Shapiro – professor of surgery, medicine and surgical oncology; director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program; leader of the team that developed the Edmonton protocol Arya Mitra Sharma – Alberta Health Services endowed Chair in Obesity Research and ManagementToby Spribille – lichenologistRichard S. Sutton – computer scientistFrank Sysyn – historian of Eastern EuropeDarren Tanke – palaeontologistBan Tsui – professor of anesthesiology and pain medicineD. Lorne Tyrrell – infectious disease physicianAllan 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 AdministrationLana Whiskeyjack – artist and scholar of gender, sexuality, and Indigenous identityRudy Wiebe – novelist, two-time Governor General's Award -winnerDouglas Wiens – statisticianDavid S. Wishart – computational biologistToshifumi Yokota – medical geneticistOsmar R. Zaiane – computer scientistVaclav Zizler – mathematician
Past faculty
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘ – Islamic scholarJane Alexander – Anglican bishopWilliam Hardy Alexander – one of the university's first four professors; university historian[ 7]
Violet Archer – composer and performerMargaret-Ann Armour - chemist, supporter of women in science and engineering, member of the Order of CanadaMargaret Atwood – author of The Handmaid's Tale Booker Prize winnerGeorge Ball - entomologist[ 8] Henry Beissel – poet and playwrightC. Fred Bentley – soil scientistStanford Blade – agronomistEdward D. Blodgett – author and researcher in comparative literature, religion and film/media[ 9] Russell Brown – professor of law, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Donald Cameron – academic administrator and member of the Senate of Canada Clive Carruthers – classicistKarl Clark – chemist and oil sands researcherJagannath Prasad Das – educational psychologist; member of the Order of CanadaJohn B. Dossetor – professor emeritus of medicine and bioethicsPierre Flor-Henry – psychologistRobert Folinsbee – geologistMalcolm Forsyth – composer; Juno Award winner and member of the Order of Canada John Gamon – plant physiologist and Earth observation scientist, developer of the Photochemical Reflectance Index Victor Golla – linguist and anthropologistThomas B. Greenfield – scholar of educational administrationAllan Gregg – pollster and political advisorRonald Hamowy – libertarian intellectualW. G. Hardy – classicist, writer, ice hockey administrator, member of the Order of Canada [ 10] H. A. Hargreaves – science fiction writerWalter Edgar Harris – analytical chemistMyer Horowitz – early childhood education scholar, president of the University of AlbertaWerner Israel – professor of physics and leader in the theory of black holes ; Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Society of Canada George Ivany – president of the University of Saskatchewan Martin Joos – linguistWilliam Alexander Robb Kerr – president of the University of AlbertaMors Kochanski – bushcraft and wilderness survival pioneerKarol Józef Krótki – demographer who helped establish the Population Research Laboratory , Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Gérard Vincent La Forest – dean of law (1968–1970), past Justice of the Supreme Court of CanadaFrancis John Lewis – botanistDorothy Livesay – poet, two-time winner of Governor General's Awards John M. MacEachran – psychologist, proponent of eugenicsWalter Mackenzie – surgeonBarry J. Mailloux – computer scientistEli Mandel – poet, winner of a Governor General's Award Anne McLellan – law professor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and holder of multiple other Cabinet positionsCarlo Montemagno – bionanotechnologist , winner of the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology Angus Munn – soldier and anesthesiologistJoseph S. Nelson – ichthyologistHope A. Olson – library scientistJohn Orrell – theatre historian who advised the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Jim Parr – metallurgist, broadcaster, and composerSolomiia Pavlychko – literary criticGraham Peacock – abstract painterAnatol Roshko – physicist, one of only three people alive to have a dimensionless number (Roshko number ) named after themGeorge A. Rothrock – European historianDavid Schindler – limnologist, winner of the Volvo Environment Prize and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Stephen Scobie – poetGail Sidonie Sobat – writer and educatorIan Stirling – Arctic ecologistMathukumalli V. Subbarao – number theoristMorris Swadesh – pioneer of lexicostatistics and creator of the Swadesh list Yasushi Takahashi – physicist, co-discoverer of the Ward–Takahashi identity Henry Marshall Tory – first president of the University of Alberta, founder of three universities, the Alberta Research Council and National Research Council of Canada Thomas Thundat – Canada Excellence Research Chair in Oilsands Molecular EngineeringNicole Tomczak-Jaegermann – mathematicianHiroomi Umezawa – physicistMaury Van Vliet – physical education scholarLudwig von Bertalanffy – theoretical biologist who helped establish the Advanced Center for Theoretical Psychology, originator of General Systems Theory and creator of the Von Bertalanffy function Ella May Walker – visual artist and writerSheila Watson – novelist, author of The Double Hook Wilfred Watson – poet and dramatistThaddeus E. Weckowicz – psychologistJohn Alexander Weir – first Dean of LawDaniel Woolf – historianNorman Yates – painter
Alumni
Academics
Dominique Abrioux – President of Athabasca University (1995–2005)Charlene Bearhead – first educational lead at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba Sir John Bell – Regius Chair of Medicine, University of Oxford[ 11]
Andrew Brook – Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Carleton University Tania Bubela – professor and dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser UniversityFranco Romano Calaresu (1931–1996) – professor of neurophysiology, University of Western Ontario James Collip – biochemistry professor, played key role in discovery of insulinJim 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 Aja Huang – Google Deep Mind ; with David Silver, a main researcher of Alpha GoJoy Johnson – Vice-President, Research, Simon Fraser University Charles Lee – cytogeneticistRaymond U. Lemieux – chemistry pioneer, winner of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1999) and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1992)Jacqueline P. Leighton - educational psychologist, academic and authorTak Wah Mak – molecular biologist Joseph B. Martin – Dean of Harvard Medical School [ 12] Ravi S. Menon – Canadian-American biophysicist and professor The University of Western Ontario Martin P. Mintchev – bioengineering academic and inventorPiers Nash – cancer research professor at the University of Chicago and founder of SympaticJordan B. Peterson – media commentator, clinical psychologist, and former professor at the University of Toronto Joseph Pivato – writer and researcher in ethnic minority writing in Canada; professor, Athabasca University , Edmonton Noris Salazar Allen – Panamanian bryologistDavid Silver – Google Deep Mind ; with Aja Huang, a main researcher of Alpha GoJanice Stein – international relations researcherWallace Sterling – past president of Stanford University Richard E. Taylor – high-energy physicist, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics Zoe Todd – anthropologist and Indigenous scholarSatish K. Tripathi – President of University at Buffalo Bas van Fraassen – philosopher of science, developer of constructive empiricism Kristopher Wells – scholar of gender and sexuality at MacEwan University and Senator
Authors
Judges
Politicians
Other notable alumni
Greg Abel (born 1961/62) – businessman, Berkshire Hathaway [ 16] Harry Ainlay – educational administrator, three-term mayor of Edmonton , namesake of Harry Ainlay High School Doris Anderson – editor and rights activistAnil Arora – former Chief Statistician of CanadaAllan Gordon Bell – composerNereo Bolzon – football playerRon Butlin – ice hockey executiveClarence Campbell – former National Hockey League presidentNeil 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[ 17] Jim Coutts – political advisorClare Drake – ice hockey coach in CIS history, inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017Nicole Dunsdon – the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelledBernard Ebbers – Worldcom co-founder and CEO; briefly attended the universityWilliam Epstein –- international expert on disarmament who worked at the United Nations Tim Feehan – songwriterNathan Fillion – actorAndrew French – abstract sculptorJay Gilday – singer-songwriterAllan Gilliland – composerPatrick Gilmore – actorRandy Gregg – former National Hockey League player and medical researcherPaul Gross – actorTed Harrison – painter and illustratorIvan Head – former policy adviser of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Violet King Henry – first black woman lawyer in CanadaDaryl Katz – billionaire entrepreneur, owner of the Rexall Pharmacy chain and the Edmonton OilersLewis Kay – scientistLylian Klimek – sculptorEric Allan Kramer – character actor, most notable in the role of Bob Duncan in Good Luck Charlie Joseph Kubanek – American psychiatristMelina Laboucan-Massimo – climate justice and Indigenous rights advocateThomas Rockwell Mackie – medical physicist, inventor of tomotherapy Ken Macklin – sculptorGlenna Matoush – visual artistShelley Moore – special education expertRay Muzyka – BioWare co-founderSidney Richard Carlyle Nelson – Canadian Air Marshal for the RAFTom Radford – documentary filmmakerJan Randall – composer and musicianDaniel K. Riskin – evolutionary biologist and co-host of Daily Planet Joseph H. Shoctor – real estate developer, co-founder of the Citadel Theatre George Stanley – designer of the Canadian flag Robert Steadward – former International Paralympic Committee President[ 18] Olawale Sulaiman – neurosurgeon , philanthropist and academicEsther Tailfeathers – physician and Indigenous health expert[ 19] William Thorsell – editor, The Globe and Mail ; Director, the Royal Ontario Museum Jason Tuffs – CEO of MNP LLP [ 20]
Malorie Urbanovitch – fashion designerJean Wallbridge – architectLorne Warneke – psychiatrist and LGBTQ+ advocateAnne Wheeler – film directorDayo Wong Tze-Hwa (黃子華) – Hong Kong comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and screenwriter; pioneered Cantonese stand up comedySuzie Wong (蘇施黃) – Hong Kong disk jockey and television cooking program hostGreg Zeschuk – BioWare co-founderJason Zuback – golfer; five-time world long drive champion
Rhodes Scholars
The University of Alberta has produced 76 Rhodes Scholars, including the following:
Honorary degree recipients
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