List of McMaster University people

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This is a list of people affiliated with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Contents 1 Notable alumni 1.1 Business 1.2 Fine Arts and Media 1.3 Humanities and Social Sciences 1.4 Politics and Government 1.5 Science and Engineering 1.6 Sports 2 Nobel Laureates 3 Faculty 4 See also

[edit] Notable alumni

Alumni are listed by their field of eventual employment.

[edit] Business Charles Anderson - M.B.A (1969): program director of the faculty of management at University of Manitoba (1974), president and chancellor of Brandon University (1990) Claude Brochu - M.B.A (1971): captain in the Royal Vingt-Deux Regiment Teresa Cascioli - B.Com. (1983): financial analyst; president and CEO of Lakeport Brewing Company Michael Lee-Chin - B.Eng. (Civil Engineering, 1974): chairman and CEO of AIC Limited William G. Missen - B.A. (Humanities, 1972): senior vice-president of Stelco Inc James V Sardo - M.B.A (1973) - president and CEO of Firestone, Canada John Sinclair[disambiguation needed] - B.A. (1958): executive vice-president of Bell Canada (1983-1992) Tayce Wakefield - B.A. (Political Science, 1980): vice-president of corporate affairs of General Motors, Canada Robert Waugh - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economy, 1940): vice-president and director of General Motors, Canada Red Wilson - B.A. (Hons.) (Economics, 1962): chair, Nortel Networks Corporation; Second Secretary in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan (1967) [edit] Fine Arts and Media Matthew Barber - M.A. (Philosophy): singer and songwriter Martyn Burke - B.A. (Econ&Bus, 1964): film maker, novelist and journalist John Candy - B.A. : actor Howard Engel - B.A. (Humanities, 1955): writer and CBC producer Marian Engel - B.A. (Hons.) (English): novelist Jay Firestone - B.Comm. (1979): television and film producer Jonathan Frid - B.A. (Film, 1948): actor Marjorie Harris - B.A. (Hons.) (English, 1959): writer Doug Henning- B.Sc. (Hons.) (Psychology, 1970): magician Gary Lautens - B.A. (History, 1949): legendary Canadian newspaper humorist Eugene Levy - B.A. (Film, 1969): actor Lawrence Martin - B.A. (Political Science, 1969): journalist Ivan Reitman - B.Mus. (Hons.) (1969): director and producer John Sessions - Ph.D. (English): actor Martin Short - B.A. (Social Work, 1972): actor Dave Thomas - B.A. (Hons.)(English): actor, writer [edit] Humanities and Social Sciences Harold Innis - professor of political economy at the University of Toronto Rainer Knopff - B.A.: political science professor at the University of Calgary Bob Munro - B.A. (Hons.) (History, 1966): founded Mathare Youth Sports Association in Africa John Harry Passmore - B.A. (History and Economics, 1933): RCAF Squadron leader in World War II Lawrence Pennell - B.A. (1938): flight Lieutenant RCAF in World War II; member of Privy Council of Canada, deputy government house leader and solicitor general of Canada Michael Ruse - M.A. (1964): philosopher Kathryn Taussig - B.A. (1967): founding member of Camerata, innovative chamber music ensemble in 1972 Robert Tebbs - B.A. (Economics, 1939): World War II captain of the Canadian Army William Reynolds - currently planning to renovate a building in the City of Hamilton and is travelling to Mexico to help the local people and economy.

[edit] Politics and Government Lincoln Alexander - B.A. (History and Political Economy, 1949): Minister of Labour (Canada) (1979-80), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985-91) Syl Apps - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economics, 1936): hockey player and Minister of Correctional Services (1971-1974) Gordon Dean - M.Sc (Chemistry and Physics, 1946): elected Ontario Legislative 1981 Tommy Douglas - M.A. (Sociology, 1933): Premier of Saskatchewan and first New Democratic Party (Canada) leader Andrea Horwath - B.A. (Labour Studies): former Hamilton City Councillor and MPP Eric Hoskins - M.D., Honourary L.L.B.: Co-founder and President of War Child Canada Kevin G. Lynch - Ph.D. (1980): Canadian economist, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet Cam Jackson: politician Dave Johnson, B.Sc. (Mathematics): Minster of Education (Ontario) (1997-1999) Roy L. Kellock - B.A. (1915): puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1944-1958) Stanley Knowles - B.A. (Sociology, 1930): CCF/NDP member of parliament for Winnipeg Bartha Knoppers - B.A. (1972): lawyer Dalton McGuinty - B.Sc. (Biology, 1978): 24th premier of Ontario Heather Munroe-Blum - B.A. Arts/B.S.W (1974): vice-chancellor and principal of McGill University Robert Nixon - B.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry and Biology, 1950): leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario and the Opposition Samantha Nutt - B. Arts Sc., M.D., Honourary L.L.B.: Co-founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada Howard Petch - B.Sc. (Hons.) (Physics and Chemistry, 1949): academic administrator David C. Smith - B.A. (1953): principle and vice-chancellor of Queen's University (1984-1994) Richard Splane - B.A. (Political Economy and History): RCAF pilot in World War II Joseph Tascona - M.B.A.: Progressive Conservative MPP Lui Temelkovski: Liberal MP Tony Valeri - B.A. (Economics, 1979): Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (2004-2006) Mark Wainwright - Ph.D. (Chem Eng, 1974): president of the University of New South Wales, Australia [edit] Science and Engineering Richard Bader - B.Sc. (1953), M.Sc. (1955): scientist Roberta Bondar - M.D. (1977): astronaut Robert C. Dynes - M.Sc. (1965), Ph.D. (1968): president of the University of California system Stephen Foster - M.D. (1972): missionary surgeon in Angola Frank Hawthorne - Ph.D. (1973): mineralogist and crystallographer Richard Heinzl - M.D. (1987): doctor; founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres John F. MacGregor - B.Eng. (1964): statistician and chemical engineer Robert Marshall - B.A. (1934): national chairman of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology; H. J. Heinz Company John Mighton - M.A. (Philosophy, 1982): mathematician David Parnas - computer scientist Steve Mann - B.Sc. (1987), B.Eng. (1989), M. Eng (1992): advocate for wearable computing Hanna Newcombe - B.A. (Hons.) (Chemistry, 1945): scientist; director of the Peace Research Institute James Orbinski - M.D. (1989): Nobel Laureate, Peace; was president of Medecins Sans Frontiers Waldemar Pieczonka - M.Sc. (1957), Ph.D. (1960): physicist and engineer; directed IBM's first attempts in integrated circuitry Daniel N Sauder - M.D. (1975): chairman of department of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins University Myron Scholes - B.A. (1962): Nobel Laureate, Economics [edit] Sports Syl Apps - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economics, 1936), hall of fame hockey player and Minister of Correctional Services (Ontario) (1971-1974) Jesse Lumsden - football player Fabio Filice - football player Mike Morreale - football player Roger Neilson - B.A. (1956): coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs, National Hockey League Russ Jackson - B.Sc. (Mathematics, 1958): star quarterback, educator, administrator and broadcaster

[edit] Nobel Laureates

• Dr. Bertram Brockhouse, co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics
• Dr. Myron Scholes, recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Economics
• Dr. James Orbinski, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Doctors Without Borders

[edit] Faculty

• Ruth Landes - professor of anthropology, author, City of Women
• Nick Bontis - associate professor at McMaster's school of business; director of the undergraduate program, program director of the McMaster World Congress
• Kiridaran (Giri) Kanagaretnam - assistant professor (accounting and financial management services)
• Ethan Vishniac - professor of Astronomy
• Bertram Brockhouse - Nobel laureate, Physics
• Ronald Gillespie - Emeritus Professor of chemistry
• Henry Giroux - renowned cultural theorist
• A. C. Heidebrecht - renowned research on Earthquake Engineering
• James Stewart - professor emeritus of Mathematics; author of the world's best selling Calculus books
• H.G. Thode - professor of Chemistry
• Alan Walker - Professor Emeritus of Music, biographer of Franz Liszt

[edit] See also

• Category:McMaster University alumni
• Category:McMaster University faculty