List of Queen's University people

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The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty and affiliates that are associated with Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Contents

[edit] Notable Queen's alumni

[edit] Academic leaders

[edit] Actors, film, and media

[edit] Entrepreneurs and business leaders

[edit] Literature and the Arts

Robertson Davies -- Author & playwright
Robertson Davies -- Author & playwright
Gord Downie -- Lead singer of band The Tragically Hip
Gord Downie -- Lead singer of band The Tragically Hip

[edit] Military Service

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Jock Climie (B.A. 1989, LL.B. 1998) -- lawyer, former CFL player
  • Douglas Cunningham (B.A., LL.B.) -- lawyer and Ontario Superior Court Justice
  • David Dodge (B.A.) --- Bank of Canada governor
  • Brad Elberg -- lawyer and former CFL player
  • Andrew Kalotay (B.Sc. 1964, M.Sc. 1966) -- mathematician, Wall Street financier and chess master
  • Martin Kreuzer (post-doc. 1991) -- mathematician, professor, and correspondence chess Grandmaster
  • Vinny Puri (M.D. 1992) -- doctor and international FIDE chess master
  • Mike Schad former NFL player
  • H.I.H. Prince Takamado of Japan
  • David Smart (B.A. 1994) -- Canadian champion basketball coach
  • Cory Suski (B.Sc. 1995, Ph.D. 2005) -- leading research scientist in ecological physiology
  • Robert Sutherland -- first person of colour to graduate from a Canadian university.
  • Jim Young -- 1st Canadian college football player drafted into the NFL (Minnesota Vikings)
  • Owen "Tyler Durden" Cook -- A well-known and highly influential pick-up artist extensively detailed in Neil Strauss' famous book on female seduction, The Game.

[edit] Political Leaders

[edit] Scientists

[edit] Notable Queen's faculty and affiliates

In addition to the following notable faculty members, Sir Sandford Fleming, former Prime Minister of Canada Sir Robert Laird Borden, and former Governor General of Canada Roland Michener have all served as Chancellor of the university, though this is a non-academic role.

[edit] Principals

  1. The Rev Thomas Liddell (1841-1846) [5]
  2. The Rev John Machar (1846-1853) [5]
  3. The Rev James George (acting Principal 1853-1857) [5]
  4. The Rev John Cook (1857-1859) [5]
  5. The Rev William Leitch (1859-1864) [5]
  6. The Rev William Snodgrass (1864-1877) [5]
  7. The Rev George Monro Grant (1877-1902) [5]
  8. The Rev Daniel Miner Gordon (1902-1916) [5]
  9. The Rev Robert Bruce Taylor (1917-1929) [5]
  10. Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (1930-1936) [5]
  11. Robert Charles Wallace (1936-1951) [5]
  12. William Archibald Mackintosh (1951-1961) [5]
  13. James Alexander Corry (1961-1968) [5]
  14. John James Deutsch (1968-1974) [5]
  15. Ronald Lampman Watts (1974-1984) [5]
  16. David Chadwick Smith (1984-1994) [5]
  17. William Claude Leggett (1994-2004) [5]
  18. Karen R. Hitchcock (2004-2008) [5]
  19. Thomas R. Williams (2008-present) [5]

[edit] Chancellors

  1. The Rev John Cook (1877-1879) [6]
  2. Sir Sandford Fleming (1880-1915) [6]
  3. James Douglas (1915-1918) [6]
  4. The Rt Hon Sir Edward Beatty (1918-1923) [6]
  5. Sir Robert Laird Borden (1924-1929) [6]
  6. James Armstrong Richardson (1929-1939) [6]
  7. The Hon Charles Avery Dunning (1940-1958) [6]
  8. John Bertram Stirling (1960-1973) [6]
  9. The Rt Hon Roland Michener (1973-1980) [6]
  10. Dr. Agnes Mccausland Benidickson (1980-1996) [6]
  11. The Rt Hon Dr. Peter Lougheed (1996-2002) [6]
  12. A. Charles Baillie (2002-present) [6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: John Hall Archer. University of Toronto Press. “Queen's, Ph.D. 1969”
  2. ^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: David Lloyd Johnston. University of Toronto Press. “Queen's Univ. LL.B. 1966”
  3. ^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: Anthony J. Naldrett. University of Toronto Press. “Queen's Univ. M.Sc. 1961, Ph.D. 1964”
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick Award (Frontier College). National Adult Literacy database.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Queen's Encylopedia: Principal. Queen's University.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Queen's Encylopedia: Chancellor. Queen's University.