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:
- Ronald Wright: partial studies at Calgary, Cambridge University-educated award winning writer.
Neurobiology
- Samuel Weiss, Ph.D.: pioneer in neurobiology.
- Sue Pedersen, M.D.: endocrinologist and world expert on obesity.
- Sanjeev Dutta, M.D.: associate professor at Stanford University.
Philosophy
- Onkar Ghate, M.A., Ph.D.: senior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute
- Jan Zwicky, B.A.: philosopher, poet.
Sports
- Zainab Alwan, Top ranked ping pong player from 2009-2012
- Kristina Groves, Olympic Silver Medalist in speed skating.
- Chris le Bihan. Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Christine Nesbitt. Olympic Gold Medalist
- Arne Dankers. Olympic Silver Medalist
- J. P. Izquierdo, Canadian football player
- Greg Vavra, former Canadian Football League quarterback
Commerce
- Ezra Levant, B.Comm.: conservative writer and commentator
- Jodi Evans, B.Comm., Olympic Basketball player and Rhodes Scholar
- Al Duerr, M.B.A.: former Mayor of Calgary
- Dawn Farrell, B. Comm., President & CEO, TransAlta
- Russ Girling, B. Comm., M.B.A.: President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation
- Gary Kovacs, M.B.A. : CEO of Mozilla Corporation
- Ryan Kubic,B. Comm., CFO, Canadian Oil Sands
- Charlie Fischer, B.Sc (engineering), M.B.A.: former president and CEO of Nexen Inc
- Hal Kvisle, M.B.A.: CEO of Talsiman, member of the Trilateral Commission.
- Naheed Nenshi B.Comm: Mayor of Calgary.
- W. Brett Wilson M.B.A.: businessman, philanthropist, member of the Order of Canada.
- John Zaozirny B.Comm.: lawyer, former Minister of Energy for Alberta.
Communication
- Sunday Omony, B.A. Comm., plus-size model[1]
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.
Economics
- Stephen Harper, M.A. 1991: Prime Minister of Canada
- Danielle Smith, B.A.: politician, Member of Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party
- Bart Demosky, CFO, Suncor Energy
- Chip Wilson B.A.: founder of Lululemon
Education
- Diane Ablonczy, B.Ed.: Reform / Canadian Alliance / Conservative member of parliament.
- Sir Carlyle Glean, B.Ed, MA: Governor-General of Grenada
Information Resources
- Frits Pannekoek, President of Athabasca University
International Relations
- Pierre Poilievre, B.A.: Conservative member of parliament.
Law
- Diane Ablonczy: LL.B.: Conservative member of Parliament of Canada
- Joanne Archibald : B.A., LL.B. : former Appeal Board Chairperson for Public Service Commission of Canada, currently appointed to Alberta Human Rights Commission
- Gary Botting: J.D.: lawyer, author, scholar, leading authority on Canadian extradition law
- Neil Brown: Q.C., B.Sc (biology), LL.B.: lawyer, professor of biology, member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
- Scott Cochlan: LL.B. : Partner at Torys LLP
- James M. Dickson, Q.C., P.Eng. : LL.B. : Partner at Stewart McKelvey, named among Lexpert Magazine's Zenith Awards
- Paul Groarke : LL.B. : criminal lawyer, former member of Canadian Human Rights Commission, professor of philosophy of law.
- Kent Hehr: J.D.: member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
- Alan Jochelson: LL.B. : Partner at Gowlings, former partner at Ernst & Young
- Linda M. Kamerman: LL.B. : Mining & Lands Commissioner of Ontario at Office of the Mining & Lands Commissioner
- Warren Kinsella: LL.B. : Toronto-based lawyer and political consultant, former key strategist for the Liberal Party of Canada
- Anne Kirker, Q.C. : LL.B. : Partner at Norton Rose Fullbright, named among Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2014, President of Law Society of Alberta
- Harvey Locke : B.A., LL.B. : internationally recognized conservationist lawyer, named as Canada's 21st century Leader by Time Magazine
- Cecilia Low: LL.M. : Commissioner at Alberta Energy Regulator
- Janice Odegaard : LL.B. : Senior VP and General Counsel for Suncor Energy, named among Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2014
- Richard O'Gorman : LL.B. : Judge at Alberta Queen's Bench, Assistant Chief Judge of Calgary Family Court
- Hugh O'Reilly: LL.B. : former partner managing partner at Torys, former partner at Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, President & CEO of OPTrust
- William D. McFetridge, Q.C. : LL.B. : Partner at Miles Davison LLP, Arbitrator at Lancaster House, named among Best Lawyers of Canada for ADR, alternate Tribunal Chair of Alberta Human Rights Commission, Chair of Board of Inquiry Under Alberta Individual Rights Protection Act
- Magdalena Muir: LL.M. : named a Canada Fulbright Scholar
- Terra Nicolay: LL.M. : Senior Counsel at Chevron
- Blair Nixon, Q.C. : LL.B. : former partner at Felesky Flynn LLP, former CFO at Walton Global Investments, current Justice at Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
- Patricia Rowbotham LL.B. : Judge at Alberta Court of Appeal
- Sergei Scurfield: B.Comm., LL.B.: former member of Parliament of Canada
- Linda Taylor: LL.B.: Executive Director at Office of Administration of Justice, United Nations
- Nickie Vlavianos: LL.M. : legal scholar, LL.M thesis received Governor General's Gold Medal for best graduate thesis of any faculty in Canada.
Engineering
- Robert Thirsk, B.Sc. 1985: astronaut.
- Gerald Fuller, B.Sc.: professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University
- Christine Nesbitt, Canadian Olympic gold medalist in long track speed skating
- Klaus-Jurgen Bathe, M.Sc.: pioneer of finite element analysis, professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M. Elizabeth Cannon Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- Hatim Zaghloul, M.Sc., Ph.D. (physics): inventor, co-founder of WiLAN
- Grant Mossop, B.Sc., M.Sc. Director of the Geological Survey of Canada
- Douglas R. Hamilton (Ph.D. '91): NASA flight surgeon and biomedical engineer.
Political Science
- Rob Anders, B.A.: Reform / Canadian Alliance / Conservative member of parliament.
- Ian Brodie, M.A., Ph.D.: political scientist and former Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
- Sharon Carstairs: Member of the Canadian Senate.
- Susanne Craig, B.A.: journalist for Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
- Ray Novak, Ph.D.: Chief of Staff to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
- Lee Richardson: former member of the Canadian Parliament, also educated at the University of Oxford .
- Jim Hawkes, (M.Sc. psychology): politician, former member of Parliament, chess master.
- Murray Smith, B.A.: former Minister of Energy for Alberta.
Faculty
Faculty are listed by their academic department.
History
- David Bercuson: member of the Calgary School.
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.
Mathematics
- Károly Bezdek: Canada Research Chair and Director of the Centre for Computational and Discrete Geometry in the Faculty of Science.
Medicine
- Morley D. Hollenberg: pharmacologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Quentin Pittman: neuroscientist (fever research)
- 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 & entrepreneur (co-founder of Nicox, founder of Antibe Therapeutics )
- Michael Walsh: molecular biologist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada http://www.rsc.ca/documents/media/2009%20New%20Fellows%20(Citations).pdf
- Samuel Weiss: neuroscientist, Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute
- D. George Wyse: cardiologist and pharmacologist, Distinguished Scientist of the Heart Rhythm Society
References
- ↑ Tayler, Theresa (June 23, 2011). "Fiercely real role model; Local fashion model lends her talent to humanitarian work.". Canwest News Service.
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