List of Carleton University people
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This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
Lineage and establishment
Chancellors
- 1952–1954 Harry Stevenson Southam
- 1954–1968 Jack Mackenzie
- 1969–1972 Lester B. Pearson
- 1973–1980 Gerhard Herzberg
- 1980–1990 Robert Gordon Robertson (Emeritus 1992-)
- 1990–1992 Pauline Jewett
- 1993–2002 Arthur Kroeger (Emeritus 2002-2008)
- 2002 Ray Hnatyshyn
- 2003–2008 Marc Garneau
- 2008–2011 Herb Gray
- 2011–present Charles Chi
Lester Pearson, Chancellor, Prime Minister, Nobel Laureate
Presidents
- 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
- 1947–1955 Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrum
- 1955–1956 James Alexander Gibson (pro tempore)
- 1956–1958 Claude Bissell
- 1958–1972 Davidson Dunton
- 1972–1978 Michael Kelway Oliver
- 1979 James Downey (pro tempore) 1 January - 15 May
- 1979–1989 William Edwin Beckel
- 1989–1996 Robin Hugh Farquhar
- 1996–2005 Richard J. Van Loon
- 2005–2006 David W. Atkinson
- 2006–2008 Samy Mahmoud (pro tempore), from 20 November 2006
- 2008–present Roseann Runte
Notable alumni and faculty
- Sulekha Ali, singer
- Dan Aykroyd, Actor and Comedian; studied criminology and sociology, but did not graduate.[1]
- David Azrieli, Architect, 10th richest man in Canada
- Lord Black of Cross Harbour (Conrad Black), former businessman
- Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
- Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
- Andrew Brook, Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- K-OS (Kheaven Brereton), Canadian musician
- Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
- Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
- Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Yvon Dandurand, criminologist
- Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament
- Paul Dewar, Member of Parliament
- Michelle Douglas, Human Rights Activist
- James Duthie, TSN host and Journalist
- Bruck Easton, former president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician of Canada
- Catherine Fife, Member of Provincial Parliament, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association
- Rob Ford, Current Mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science but dropped out after first year
- Matthew Fraser, former Editor-in-Chief of National Post
- Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Edward Greenspon, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail
- Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
- Sara Gruen, fiction author known best for her award winning novel Water for Elephants
- Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureates in Physics 2007[2]
- Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Voice Actor and Speech-Language Patholologist.
- Gregory Henriquez, Architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
- Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
- Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
- Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa, in 1997
- Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Donna Jones, civil servant, murder victim
- Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Jim Judd, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
- Firdaus Kharas, human rights activist, founder of Chocolate Moose Media
- Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
- Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
- Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
- Carolyn MacKenzie, broadcaster[3]
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- John Manley, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
- Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
- Trevor Matthews, Founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
- Nicole McCance, Psychotherapist
- Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Robin Neill, Economic historian
- Ryan North, Writer and Computer Scientist
- Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Paul Okalik, Former premier of Nunavut
- Gordon Pape, financial self-help writer
- Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Lester Bowles Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- John Porter, former Professor of Sociology
- Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Karim Rashid, Industrial Designer
- Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Wayne Smith, Current Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada
- Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice
- Norman Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Harley Swedler, architect
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Member of Parliament
- Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
- Keenan Wellar, Sociopreneur and Founder of LiveWorkPlay and Heartwood House charities
- Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar and pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
- Peter Worthington, Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun
- Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan.
- Gavin McInnes, writer, Founder of Vice.
Notable honorary degree recipients
- Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General (1953–1961), Nobel Peace Prize laureate, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954.[4]
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961–1971), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962.[4]
- Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General (1972–1981), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972.[4]
- Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan, led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980.[4]
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General (1982–1992), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985.[4]
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993.[4]
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1997), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995.[4]
- Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001.[4]
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General (1997–2007), Nobel Peace Prize laureate, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004.[4]
- Michaëlle Jean, Govenor General of Canada (2005-2010), awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012.[5]
Other people
| Name | Known for | Relationship to Carleton |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy J. Anderson | Opera singer, writer | Graduate |
| Ike Awgu | Mayoral candidate, Television host, Columnist | Graduate |
| Dan Aykroyd | Actor | studied at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1994 |
| David Azrieli | Architect, businessman | Graduate |
| Georges Bédard | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Conrad Black | Financier and Newspaper Magnate | Graduate |
| Alan Bones | Diplomat | Graduate |
| Patrick Boyer | Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Walter Douglas Boyd | Heart Surgeon | Graduate |
| George Brizan | Former Prime Minister of Grenada | Graduate |
| Gord Brown | Politician | Graduate |
| Shona Brown | Google's VP, Business Operations | Graduate |
| Rita Celli | Ottawa Anchor for CBC TV's Canada Now program | Graduate |
| Louise Charron | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | Graduate |
| Barbara Coll | Founder of SEMPO | Graduate |
| Mike Colle | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael Cowpland | Former CEO and Founder of Corel | Graduate |
| Alex Cullen | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Allan Cutler | Public Servant, Politician | Graduate |
| Hans Daigeler | Politician | Graduate |
| Barry Devolin | Conservative Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Paul Dewar | New Democratic Party Member of Parliament | Graduate |
| Michelle Douglas | Human Rights Activist | Graduate |
| James Duthie | TSN Sportscaster | Graduate |
| Bruck Easton | Politician | Graduate |
| Ward P.D. Elcock | Public Servant | Graduate |
| Phil Eyler | Politician | Graduate |
| Ivan Fellegi | Chief Statistician of Canada | Graduate |
| Marc Garneau | former President of the Canadian Space Agency, Member of Parliament | Former Chancellor |
| Evelyn Gigantes | Former New Democrat Ontario cabinet minister | Graduate |
| Frank Graves | President of EKOS Research Associates | Graduate |
| Herb Gray | former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Former Chancellor |
| Edward Greenspon | Editor-in-chief of the Globe and Mail. | Graduate |
| Peter Grünberg | Nobel laureate in Physics, 2007 | Research Faculty |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | Author of The Ingenuity Gap Director of Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies |
Graduate |
| Peter Hume | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Peter L. Hurd | Evolutionary biologist | Graduate |
| Marianne Illing | Olympian (Canadian Olympic water polo team) | Graduate |
| Peter Jennings | Journalist | studied briefly at Carleton, honorary D.Litt. 1997 |
| Pauline Jewett | Politician | taught at Carleton, and was also chancellor (1990–1992) |
| Leo Jordan | Politician | Graduate |
| Wilbert Keon | Senator, Heart Surgeon | Graduate |
| Lawrence M. Krauss | Author of The Physics of Star Trek | Professor of Physics and Astronomy |
| Arthur Kroeger | Civil Servant | chancellor (1993–2002) |
| Warren Kinsella | Politician, Author, Weblogger | Graduate |
| Alison Korn | Olympic medalist | Graduate |
| Shawn Little | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist and Television news anchor | Graduate |
| John Manley | Politician, former Deputy Prime Minister | Graduate |
| Randal Marlin | Author | Professor |
| Trevor Matthews | Producer, Actor | Studied at Carleton |
| Gerald McMaster | Author, artist, and curator | Graduate |
| John Milloy | Politician | Graduate |
| Bruce Milne | Vice President of Product Management, CA Technologies | Graduate |
| Tom Nevakshonoff | New Democrat Manitoba MLA | Graduate |
| Ryan North | Comic author | Graduate |
| Paul Okalik | Former Premier of Nunavut | Graduate |
| Ernie Parsons | Politician | Graduate |
| Michael D. Prue | Politician | Graduate |
| W. Wesley Pue | Professor of law, past President of Canadian Law and Society Association[6] | Faculty |
| Karim Rashid | Industrial Designer | Graduate |
| Scott Reid | Politician | Graduate |
| Cristina Rémond | Model, Anthropologist | Graduate |
| Don Scott | Politician | Graduate |
| Sheridan Scott | Politician | Professor |
| Norm Sterling | Politician | Graduate |
| Barbara Sullivan | Politician | Graduate |
| Doug Thompson | Ottawa City Councillor | Graduate |
| John Turmel | Engineer, holder of Guinness world record for greatest number of elections lost | Graduate |
| Chris Tse | Spoken Word Poet | Graduate |
| Jill Vickers | Political Scientist, Author, Candidate | Professor |
| Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Politician | Graduate |
| Jim Watson | Politician | Graduate |
| Keenan Wellar | Sociopreneur | Graduate |
| Douglas Whiteway | Journalist | Graduate |
| Peter Worthington | Journalist | Graduate |
References
- ↑ See Dan Aykroyd.
- ↑ [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2007/index.html-->]
- ↑ "Carolyn MacKenzie - Anchor". Shaw Media. Retrieved October 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Honorary Degrees Awarded Since 1954". Carleton University Senate. Retrieved 9 Oct 2012.
- ↑ http://carleton.ca/convocation/honorary-degree-recipients/honorary-degree-recipients-fall-2012/
- ↑ W. Wesley Pue (Canada), profile at faculty.law.ubc.ca, accessed 17 July 2008
External links
- Great Grads - Carleton Alumni Services
- Charles Chi Named Next Carleton University Chancellor - Carleton Newsroom
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