List of University of Calgary people

This is a list of people associated with the University of Calgary.

Alumni

Alumni are listed by their department of study.

Archeology

Peter Mathews, B.A.: Mayanist, MacArthur Fellow at Yale University
Ronald Wright: award-winning Cambridge University-educated author and historian

Business Administration/Commerce

Al Duerr, M.B.A.: Mayor of Calgary
Charlie Fischer, B.Sc (engineering), M.B.A.: president and CEO of Nexen Inc
Russ Girling, B. Comm., M.B.A.: President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation
Gary Kovacs, M.B.A.: CEO of Mozilla Corporation
Hal Kvisle, M.B.A.: CEO of Talsiman, member of the Trilateral Commission
Ezra Levant, B.Comm.: journalist, conservative writer and commentator
Devant Maharaj, B.Comm.: former Senator and Minister of Food Production, Trinidad and Tobago
Naheed Nenshi, B.Comm.: also educated at Harvard University, Mayor of Calgary
Rob Renner, B.Comm: Minister of Environment for Alberta
Jonathan Scott, B.Comm.: actor known for his work on Property Brothers[1]
W. Brett Wilson, O.C., M.B.A.: businessman, philanthropist, member of the Order of Canada
John Zaozirny, B.Comm.: lawyer, Minister of Energy for Alberta

Classics

Michael Lapidge, B.A.: Medieval scholar, Fellow Emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge University; Fellow of the British Academy, recipient of the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize

Computer Science

Theo de Raadt, B.Sc. 1992: founder and leader of OpenBSD and other projects developed with University of California at Berkeley and DARPA
James Gosling OC, B.Sc. 1977: inventor of the Java programming language
Radford M. Neal, B.Sc., M.Sc.: Research Chair in Statistics and Machine Learning
Xiaolin Wu, B.Ss. Wuhan University, computer engineer, invented programming line algorithm, co-developed neural network facial recognition system (with Xi Zhang), twice featured in MIT's "Technology Review", member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[2][3][4][5]

Economics

John Anderson, B.A.: Rhodes Scholar[6][7]
Stephen Harper, B.A. 1985, M.A. 1991: Prime Minister of Canada
Danielle Smith, B.A.: politician, Member of Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party
Chip Wilson B.A.: founder of Lululemon

Engineering

Klaus-Jurgen Bathe, M.Sc.: pioneer of finite element analysis, professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Garrett Camp, B.Eng., M.Sc. computer science: co-founded StumbleUpon and Uber
M. Elizabeth Cannon Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Gerald Fuller, B.Sc.: professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University
Grant Mossop, B.Sc., M.Sc. Director of the Geological Survey of Canada
Christine Nesbitt, Canadian Olympic gold medalist in long track speed skating
Robert Thirsk, B.Sc. 1985: astronaut
Hatim Zaghloul, M.Sc., Ph.D. (physics): inventor, co-founder of WiLAN

English/Literature/Humanities/Fine Arts

Bernadette Andrea, B.A., M.A.: C. Jacobs Endowed Professor in Literature at University of Texas, Ph.D. at Cornell University
Derek Michael Besant, B.F.A.: internationally acclaimed artist, member of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
John Campbell, M.A.: held Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy, lectures at UC Berkeley
Dulcie Foo Fat, M.A.: artist[8]
Onkar Ghate, M.A., Ph.D. (philosophy): senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute
Don Gillmor, B.A.: writer, Governor General's award, Canadian National Magazine Awards, appeared in The Walrus and Rolling Stone
Hiromi Goto, B.A. (English): Canadian-Japanese author and cultural critic, recipient of Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Laurel Johannesson, M.F.A.: internationally exhibited artist, studied at the Royal College of Art, Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome
Rosa Marchitelli, B.A. (English): CBC journalist in Vancouver
Robert McKim, M.A.: professor of Religion, Ph.D. from Yale University
Helen McLean, M.A.: painter
L.R. Wright (Writing): mystery writer, recipient of Edgar Allen Award
Maurice Yacowar, B.A.: film theorist, authored seminal studies on Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and Paul Morrissey[9]
Jan Zwicky, B.A.: philosopher, poet

International Relations

Pierre Poilievre, B.A.: Member of Canadian Parliament

Kinesiology

Drew Scott, B.Sc.: actor known for his work on Property Brothers[10]
Paweensuda Drouin, B.Sc.: Miss Universe Thailand 2019

Law

Diane Ablonczy, LL.B.: Member of Parliament of Canada
Gary Botting, J.D.: lawyer, author, scholar, leading authority on Canadian extradition law
Joan Brockman, LL.B.: lawyer honoured by the CBA, author, social theorist, professor of criminology
Neil Brown, Q.C., B.Sc., LL.B.: lawyer, professor of biology, member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
Kathleen Ganley, J.D.: Attorney General of Alberta
Eric Greif, LL.B.: entertainment lawyer and music producer
Kent Hehr, J.D.: Cabinet Minister in Canadian Parliament
Janet Keeping, LL.B.: architect from MIT and Leader of the Green Party of Alberta
Warren Kinsella, LL.B.: Toronto-based lawyer and political consultant, key strategist for the Liberal Party of Canada
Kirk Lamb, LL.B.: Princeton University alumnus, Chairman of Canadian Junior Hockey League, sports lawyer at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP[11][12]
Harvey Locke, B.A., LL.B.: internationally recognized conservationist lawyer, named as Canada's 21st century Leader by Time magazine
Riaz Mamdani, J.D.: pharmacist, corporate lawyer, CEO of property developer Strategic Group
Stephanie McLean, J.D.: Alberta Cabinet Minister
Cyndy D. Morin, LL.B.: family lawyer, founder of resolve legal group
Magdalena Muir, LL.M.: Canada Fulbright Scholar[13]
Valerie R. Prather, Q.C., LL.B.: partner at Bennett Jones LLP, focus in professional negligence, published scholar on medical law and bioethics, lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine[14]
Patricia Rowbotham, LL.B., LL.M. from Cambridge University: judge at Alberta Court of Appeal
Irfan Sabir, J.D.: Minister of Human Services of Alberta
Christine E. Silverberg, J.D.: first female Chief of Calgary Police Services, Woman of Valour Award from B'nai B'rith
Linda Taylor, B.A., LL.B., LL.M. at Cambridge University: Executive Director at the United Nations Office of Administration of Justice (OAJ) [15][16]
Nickie Vlavianos, LL.M.: legal scholar, LL.M thesis received Governor General's Gold Medal for best graduate thesis of any faculty in Canada[17][18]
Paul M. Williams, LL.B.: Cambridge University alumnus, Energy & Finance lawyer at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA office[19][20]
Barbara M Young, LL.B.: Justice at the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Mathematics

Dwight Duffus, Ph.D.: Goodrich C White Professor of Mathematics at Emory University
Peter Lancaster: Professor of Mathematics, recipient of Humboldt Prize
Douglas Wiens, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.: recipient of Lester R. Ford Award from Mathematical Association of America, Fellow of American Statistical Association
Ian H. Witten, M.Sc.: B.A. at Cambridge University, inventor of WEKA, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Medicine

William Gnam, M.D.: psychiatrist, Harvard trained health economist, Rhodes Scholar[6]
Sue Pedersen, M.D.: endocrinologist and world expert on obesity
D. George Wyse, M.D.: pharmacologist, internationally recognized expert in cardiac arrhythmia

Natural Sciences

Cyrille Barette, Ph.D.: biologist, recipient of Prix Sceptique from Sceptiques du Québec[21]
Graeme I. Bell, B.SC., M.Sc.: human geneticist, Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Chicago[22][23]
Terry Duguid, M.Sc. (Env. Des.): Member of Canadian Parliament
Ashton F. Embry, Ph.D.: Geological Survey of Canada scientist, fossil named in his honour
Bogdan Knezevic, B.Sc.: neuroscientist, Rhodes Scholar[24]
Kenneth B. Storey, B.Sc: molecular biologist, appointed to Royal Society of Canada, member of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professor Joseph Sung, PhD: Vice-Chancellor / President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine, CUHK
Umesh Varshney, Ph.D.: molecular biologist at Indian Institute of Science, member of Indian National Science Academy
Alice Vrielink, B.Sc., M.S.c.: Vice President of Society of Crystallographers (Australia & New Zealand), member of American Crystallographic Association, Ph.D. from the University of London
David A Wardle, Ph.D.: ecologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Samuel Weiss, Ph.D.: pioneer in neurobiology
Mingjie Zhang, Ph.D.: recipient of China's State Natural Science Award, Member of Chinese Academy of Science
Glenn Murdoch, M.Sc.: Geology, developing the conceptual understanding of the Sleipner Area in the North Sea

Political Science

Rob Anders, B.A.: Member of Canadian Parliament
Ian Brodie, M.A., Ph.D.: political scientist and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Sharon Carstairs: Member of the Senate of Canada
Susanne Craig, B.A.: journalist for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times
Kyle Fawcett, B.A.: Minister of Energy for Alberta
Zsuzsi Gartner, B.A.: journalist at The Globe and Mail
Paul Gibbard, B.A.: Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela
Pat Kelly, B.A.: Member of Canadian Parliament
Ray Novak, Ph.D.: Chief of Staff to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Christopher Manfredi, B.A., M.A.: writer and constitutional scholar, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Dean of Arts at McGill University
Lee Richardson: member of the Canadian Parliament, also educated at the University of Oxford
Murray Smith, B.A.: Minister of Energy for Alberta
Mercedes Stephenson, B.A.: journalist and military analyst
Lorne Taylor, B.A.: Minister of Environment for Alberta

Social Sciences

Imants Barušs, M.Sc. (Psychology): author, member of New York Academy of Sciences
Reginald Bibby, O.C., M.A.: celebrated sociologist, member of the Order of Canada
George Brizan, CGM CBE: Prime Minister of Grenada
Eliana Coldham, B.Sc. (Psychology): recipient of Rhodes Scholarship[6]
Keith Hampton, B.A. (Sociology): recipient of International Communication Association award, taught at MIT and University of Pennsylvania
Jim Hawkes, M.Sc. (Psychology): chief aid to PM Joe Clark, leader of Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Government Whip in House of Commons of Canada
Robert Janes, Ph.D.: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Lieutenant Governor's Award, Fellow of Canadian Museums Association[25]
Zhang Ling, M.A.: novelist, recipient of The People's Literature Award in China
Michael J. Neufeld, B.A.: historian and author, Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, curator of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Anita Vandenbeld, B.A.: international advisor with United Nations organizations, Member of Canadian Parliament
Erin Weir, M.A.: economist with Privy Council, Member of Canadian Parliament
Douglas Wiebe, B.A.: associate professor of epidemiology at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, senior fellow at Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics[26][27]

Social Work/Library Studies/Education/ECE

Sir Carlyle Glean, B.Ed, MA: Governor-General of Grenada

Sports

Olympians

Allison Beveridge: Olympic bronze medalist, cycling
Arne Dankers: Olympic silver medalist
Kristina Groves: Olympic silver medalist in speed skating
Jan Hudec: Olympic bronze medalist, 2014 Sochi, alpine skiing
Kirsti Lay: Olympic bronze medalist, cycling
Chris le Bihan: Olympic bronze medalist
Christine Nesbitt: Olympic gold medalist
Mark Tewksbury: Olympic gold medalist, swimming
Erica Wiebe: Olympic gold medalist

Other

Sukh Chungh: Canadian football player
J. P. Izquierdo: Canadian football player
Jinder Mahal (real name Yuvraj Dhesi): professional wrestler
Kate O'Brien: Canadian track cyclist and bobsledder
Steve Rodehutskors: Canadian football player
Greg Vavra: former Canadian Football League quarterback
Alan P. F. Sell: academic and theologian

Faculty

Faculty are listed by their academic department.

Law

Ian Brodie: former advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister, Strategic Advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank
Anna-Maria Hubert: legal scholar specializing in international marine law and adjudication of science, Research Fellow at Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) at the University of Oxford[28][29]

Political Science

Barry F. Cooper: member of the Calgary School
Tom Flanagan: member of the Calgary School, advisor to Preston Manning and Stephen Harper
Rainer Knopff: member of the Calgary School
Ted Morton: member of the Calgary School, Alberta MLA

Psychology

Philip E. Vernon: Ph.D. Cambridge, D.Sc. London, contributed to I.Q. theory

Physics

Arthur W. Knudsen: researcher on the Manhattan Project; credited by the Physics Department for creating the laboratory system it uses today[30]

Mathematics

Károly Bezdek: Canada Research Chair and Director of the Centre for Computational and Discrete Geometry in the Faculty of Science
Richard K. Guy: combinatorial game theorist, discovered unistable polyhedron with John Horton Conway

Medicine

Dr. Norman R.C. Campbell: Professor of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology
Morley D. Hollenberg: pharmacologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada [31]
Quentin J. Pittman, PhD: neuroscientist (inflammation research), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada [32]
Eldon Smith: cardiologist, Advisory Board Chair of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta
John L. Wallace: pharmacologist (inflammation research), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,[33] entrepreneur, co-founder of Nicox, founder of Antibe Therapeutics
Michael Walsh: molecular biologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada[34]
Samuel Weiss: neuroscientist, Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute
D. George Wyse: cardiologist and pharmacologist, Distinguished Scientist of the Heart Rhythm Society
Joseph Sung: former Vice-chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

References

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[1] ttp://www.realstylenetwork.com/celebrities/2012/09/interview-property-brothers-drew-jonathan-scott-on-women-dating-the-new-season/

[2] ttp://www.ece.mcmaster.ca/~xwu/

[3] ttps://www.technologyreview.com/s/602955/neural-network-learns-to-identify-criminals-by-their-faces/

[4] ttps://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ece/people/faculty/xiaolin-wu#overview

[5] ttps://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ece/people/faculty/xiaolin-wu#achievements

[rhodes-6] ttps://www.ucalgary.ca/sap/rhodes-scholars

[7] ttp://www.canadian-rhodes-scholars.ca/scholars/recent-scholars.htm

[8] Tousley, Nancy (1986-09-28). "Artist explores detail with methodical zeal". Calgary Herald. p. 49. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

[9] ttp://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-sopranos-on-the-couch-9780826414014/

[10] ttp://www.johnnyjet.com/2015/04/travel-style-drew-scott/

[11] ttp://www.bdplaw.com/kirk-w-lamb/

[12] ttp://www.cjhlhockey.com/view/cjhl/about-us-175/cjhl-chairman-president-s-message

[13] ttps://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2013-09-30/profile-five-fulbright-canada-winners-announced

[14] ttp://www.lexpert.ca/directory/practitioner/bennett-jones-llp-37/valerie-r-prather-14465/

[15] ttps://www.un.org/en/oaj/unjs/office.shtml

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[17] ttp://contacts.ucalgary.ca/info/law/profiles/198-93

[18] ttps://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=39308&t=1&ln=Vlavianos

[19] ttps://www.morganlewis.com/bios/paulwilliams

[20] ttp://whoswholegal.com/profiles/68377/0/m%20williams/paul-m-williams/

[21] ttp://www.sceptiques.qc.ca/activites/prix/edition-2007

[22] ttp://kovlerdiabetescenter.org/bios/graeme-bell-phd/

[23] ttps://biomedsciences.uchicago.edu/page/graeme-bell-phd

[24] ttp://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/rhodes-scholars-elect-class-of-2015/bogdan-knezevic

[25] ttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/about-the-school/people/robert-janes

[26] ttp://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g359/c1807/p33678

[27] ttp://ldi.upenn.edu/experts?field_position_tid%5B%5D=1

[28] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-06-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[29] ttps://law.ucalgary.ca/law_unitis/profiles/anna-maria-hubert

[30] ttps://asc.ucalgary.ca/files/lcr_asc/98.133-knudsen.pdf

[31] Morley D. Hollenberg

[32] Quentin J. Pittman

[33] John L. Wallace

[34] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100613170937/http://www.rsc.ca/documents/media/2009%20New%20Fellows%20%28Citations%29.pdf

University of Calgary
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Affiliated	Alberta Children's Hospital Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Chinook Regional Hospital Foothills Medical Centre Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Peter Lougheed Centre Rockyview General Hospital South Health Campus Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Athletics	Calgary Dinos Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey
Campus	Banff Trail Station Brentwood Station Jack Simpson Gymnasium McMahon Stadium Olympic Oval Military Museums University Station
Research	Arctic Institute of North America Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Canadian Journal of Philosophy Centre for Military and Strategic Studies Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta Rothney Astrophysical Observatory School of Public Policy
Student Life	Calgary School CJSW-FM Gauntlet Calgary Distinguished Writers Program New University Television People Solar Team University of Calgary Press Students' Union 1988 Winter Olympics

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