List of Queen's University people

List of Queen's University people

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

Notable Queen's alumni

Academic leaders

*John Hall Archer – First President of the University of Regina [cite web|url=http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=apsey&t=24106&d=2306|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: John Hall Archer|work=University of Toronto Press|quote=Queen's, Ph.D. 1969]
*Jackson Armstrong – Historian
*Herbert Basser – Theologian, Harvard Starr Fellow
*David Card – Economist, winner of John Bates Clark Medal [cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/clark_medal.htm |title=John Bates Clark Medal|year=2008|work=American Economics Association|accessdate=2008-07-14]
*David Lloyd Johnston (LL.B. 1966) – President of the University of Waterloo [cite web|url=http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=johnson&t=52631&d=1695|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: David Lloyd Johnston|work=University of Toronto Press|quote=Queen's Univ. LL.B. 1966]
*Anthony J. NaldrettUniversity of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist [cite web|url=http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=nabein&t=24558&d=1917|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry: Anthony J. Naldrett|work=University of Toronto Press|quote=Queen's Univ. M.Sc. 1961, Ph.D. 1964]
*Frits Pannekoek (PhD 1974) – President of Athabasca University [cite web|url=http://www.athabascau.ca/presoff/staff/fritsp.htm|title=Dr. Frits Pannekoek Biography|accessdate=2008-07-14|date=2007-05-12|work=Athabasca University|quote="…completing his Ph.D. (1974)…at Queen's University."]
*Shirley M. Tilghman (BSc 1968) – President of Princeton University, [cite web|url=http://www.princeton.edu/president/biography/|title=President's Biography|work=Princeton University|accessdate=2008-07-14|year=2008|quote="Tilghman, a native of Canada, received her Honors B.Sc. in chemistry from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1968."] member of the Board of Directors of Google [cite web|url=http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/execs.html|title=Corporate Information – Google Management|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-14]
*Alfred Fitzpatrick – founder of Frontier College [cite web|url=http://www.nald.ca/info/awards/national/frontier.htm|title=Fitzpatrick Award (Frontier College)|work=National Adult Literacy database]

Actors, film, and media

*Scott AndersonCanWest MediaWorks Senior Vice-President, content; former Editor-in-Chief of the "Ottawa Citizen"
*Dean Armstrong – Actor
*Ashleigh Banfield – former MSNBC News Anchor
*Rachel Blanchard – Actress
*Nicholas Campbell – Actor
*Tom Cavanagh – Actor, played title character in sitcom "Ed"
*Wendy Crewson – Actress
*Brendan Connor – Television broadcaster, Al Jazeera International
*Chris CuthbertTSN sportscaster
*Fr. Raymond J. de Souza (B.A. 1993, MPA 1994) – columnist for the "National Post"
*Sally Gifford – Host on CBC's national kids' show, The X
*Lorne Greene (BA'37, LLD'71) – Actor
*Kate Greenhouse – Actress
*Elan Mastai – Screenwriter
*Nancy Palk – Actress
*Shelagh RogersCBC broadcaster
*Ted Simonett – Actor, of the "Canadian Tire advertising couple"
*Jeffrey Simpson – political columnist for "The Globe and Mail"
*Rod SmithTSN sportscaster
*John Stackhouse – Editor, Report on Business, "The Globe and Mail"
*Ian Stewart (B.A. 1990) – Broadcaster and journalist
*Ali Velshi – former Report on Business Television and current CNN business reporter
*Nancy Wilson – CBC journalist
*Gema Zamprogna – Actor

Entrepreneurs and business leaders

*Michael Henry Adams – founder of Environics
*Alfred Bader (B.Sc. 1945, B.A. 1946, M.Sc. 1947) – founder of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, and donor of 15th century Herstmonceux Castle
*Geoffrey Ballard – founder of Ballard Power Systems
*Curtis Bartlett – co-founder of Intellectual Capital Partners
*Derek Burney (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964) – former President and CEO of Bell Canada, current member of the Board of Directors of CanWest Global Communications, Quebecor World Inc., and Shell Canada
*Donald J. Carty – former Chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines
*Kerry Clark – CEO of Cardinal Health and former Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble [cite web|url=http://www.td.com/economics/about/don.jsp|title=Cardinal Health Executive Leadership Team|accessdate=2008-07-14|quote=…Clark graduated from Queen’s University with a bachelor of commerce degree.]
*Gururaj Deshpande – founder of Sycamore Networks
*David A. Dodge – Former Governor of the Bank of Canada, and Chancellor of Queen's, effective July 1, 2008
*Don Drummond (MA) – Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of TD Bank Financial Group [cite web|url=http://www.td.com/economics/about/don.jsp|accessdate=2008-07-14|title=TD Economics: Who We Are|publlisher=TD Group Financial Services]
*Steven Gunn – CEO and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada
*Mel Goodes – Former Chairman and CEO of the Warner-Lambert Company
*F. C. Kohli – Former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
*Leonard Lee (B.A. 1963) – Founder of Lee Valley Tools
*Donald Lindsay (B.Sc.(Eng.) 1980) – CEO of Tec-Cominco
*Michael MacMillan – Chairman and co-founder of Alliance Atlantis
*Earle McLaughlin – former President and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada
*Seaton McLean – co-founder of Atlantis Films (now Alliance Atlantis)
*Alexander C. Monteith – Senior Vice-President of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and recipient of the IEEE Edison Medal
*Gord Nixon (BComm 1979) – President and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada
*Douglas Peters (BComm 1963) – Banker, Economist and Politician
*A. J. Petrina (B.Sc. 1959) – former CEO of Placer Dome Inc.
*Janice Platt – Academy Award winner and co-founder of Atlantis Films (now Alliance Atlantis)
*Stephen Quinn – Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart Inc, Bentonville, Arkansas
*David Radler (MBA 1967) – former President of Ravelston Corporation (which owned Argus Corporation which controlled Hollinger International), cooperating with the prosecution in the Conrad Black racketeering case
*John A. Rae – Executive Vice-President of Power Corporation, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Queen's
*Grant Rasmussen – CEO of UBS Canada
*A. G. Stollery (B.Sc. 1938) – geologist and the late founder of Consolidated Morrison Ltd.

Literature and the Arts

*Jill Barbersinger-songwriter
*Matthew Barbersinger-songwriter
*Rob Baker (B.F.A. 1986) – guitarist of The Tragically Hip
*Janet Cardiff – Artist
*George Elliott Clarke (Ph.D. 1993) – Writer and Academic
*Jane Corkin – Artist
*Jim Cuddy – Lead singer of Blue Rodeo
*Robertson Davies, CC – Author & playwright
*Gord Downie – Lead singer of band The Tragically Hip
*David Franklin – Chief curator, National Gallery of Canada
*Priscilla Galloway – Author
*Sarah Harmer – Singer/songwriter
*Steven Heighton – Author
*Ryan Kelly - member of the male vocals group, Celtic Thunder
*Elena Juatco – Singer and Canadian Idol Season 2 Top 10 contestant
*Jay Malinowski (B.A. 2004) – Vocalist and guitarist for the Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash
*Michael Ondaatje (M.A. 1967) – Author
*Maynard Plant – Vocalist and guitarist for the Japanese band Monkey Majik
*Eon Sinclair (B.A. 2004) – bassist for Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash
*Gord Sinclair – Bassist of The Tragically Hip
*Meaghan Diane Shearer – Composer and violinist
*Russell Smith – Author and Globe and Mail columnist
*Timothy Taylor – Author
*Judith Thompson – Playwright

Military Service

*John Weir Foote (B.A. 1933) – awarded the Victoria Cross for service during the Dieppe Raid in WWII

Miscellaneous

*Jock Climie (B.A. 1989, LL.B. 1998) – lawyer and former CFL player
*Owen "Tyler Durden" Cook – A well-known and highly influential pick-up artist extensively detailed in Neil Strauss' famous book on female seduction, . [cite news|first=Dominic|last=Dobrzensky|title=The art of seduction |url=http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2006-11-03/postscript/art-seduction/|work=The Queen's Journal|accessdate=2008-07-14|date=2006-11-03|quote=Owen Cook is many things…Queen’s graduate…considered one of the most knowledgeable and controversial gurus for thousands of men who seek to reinvent themselves as irresistible alpha males.] POV-statement|date=September 2008
*Douglas Cunningham (B.A., LL.B.) – lawyer and Ontario Superior Court Justice
*David A. Dodge (B.A.) – former Bank of Canada governor and current Chancellor of Queen's University
*Brad Elberg – lawyer and former CFL player
*Karla Homolka - convicted murderer, who completed her Queen's Psychology degree while behind bars
*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 physiologyFact|date=July 2008
*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)

Political Leaders

*William Aberhart – former Premier of Alberta
*John Baird (B.A. 1992) – Minister of the Environment
*Derek Burney (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964) – Former Canadian Ambassador to the Korea, Japan, and the United States
*Diana ButtuPalestinian legal advisor
*Sean Conway – Director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Queen's University), former Ontario cabinet minister and MPP
*John Crosbie – former Minister of Finance
*David Emerson (PhD 1975) – Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
*Sheila Fraser (BComm 1970) – Auditor General of Canada
*John Gerretsen – Ontario MPP, former mayor of Kingston, Ontario cabinet minister
*Sir Kenneth O. Hall - Governor General of Jamaica
*James R.M. Harris – author and politician, former Leader of the Green Party of Canada
*John Matheson – helped develop the Canadian Flag and the Order of Canada
*Frank McKenna – Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States and Former Premier of New Brunswick
*Peter Milliken (B.A. 1968) – Speaker of the House of Commons
*Tim Murphychief of staff of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office under Paul Martin's government
*Robert Nicholson (B.A. 1975) – Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
*Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Honorary Doctorate)– President of the United States of America
*George Spotton (B.A. 1895), member of the House of Commons

Scientists

*Walter A. Bell B.Sc. Geologist and Paleontologist
*Norman L. Bowen B.Sc., M.Sc. Chemical Geologist
*Bill Buxton B.Mus. (1973) Computer scientist and human-computer interaction pioneer
*Donald Charlesworth B.Sc.(Eng.) Nuclear scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
*Mark Charlesworth B.Sc.(Eng.) (1981) Co-developer of CorelDraw software
*Charles LeGeyt Fortescue – Electrical Engineer
*James Edwin Hawley (BSc 1918, MSc 1920) – Head of Geological Sciences Department (1929 - 1962), Hawleyite named after him
*Kenneth E. Iverson (BSc 1951) – inventor of the APL programming language, Turing Award laureate
*Thomas Edvard Krogh M.Sc.(Geology), Geochronologist and a curator for the Royal Ontario Museum
*Sinned Kwone B.Sc. Inventor of time travel
*J. F. A. McManus M.D. (1938) Pathologist
*Ian Rae B.Sc.(Eng.) (1980) Co-developer of CorelDraw software

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.

*Donald Akenson – History
*Istvan Anhalt – Music (Juno Award winning composer)
*Caroline Baillie – Engineering
*James Cordy – Computing (co-inventor of the Turing programming language)
*Richard J. F. Day – Sociology
*Suzanne Fortier – Chemistry (President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC))
*Leo Jonker – Mathematics (Queen's Chair of Teaching and Learning)
*Tom Kent – Economics
*Will Kymlicka – Philosophy
*William C. Leggett – Biology (Chairman of the Board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation) and former Principal of Queen's University (1994–2004)
*Art McDonald – Physics (winner of the Herzberg Prize, Canada's most prestigious honour in science), as well as the Benjamin Franklin Prize in Physics and a member of the Order of Canada
*John McGarry – Politics
*M. Ram Murty – Mathematics (Queen's Research Chair)
*Kim Richard Nossal – Politics
*Paulo Ribenboim – Mathematics (retired faculty)
*John Smol – Biology (winner of the Herzberg Prize, Canada's most prestigious honour in science)
*Helen Tiffin – English
*Craig Walker – Drama

Principals

# The Rev Thomas Liddell (1841-1846) cite web|url=http://qnc.queensu.ca/Encyclopedia/p.html#Principal|title=Queen's Encyclopedia: Principal|work=Queen's University]
# The Rev John Machar (1846-1853)
# The Rev James George (acting Principal 1853-1857)
# The Rev John Cook (1857-1859)
# The Rev William Leitch (1859-1864)
# The Rev William Snodgrass (1864-1877)
# The Rev George Monro Grant (1877-1902)
# The Rev Daniel Miner Gordon (1902-1916)
# The Rev Robert Bruce Taylor (1917-1929)
# Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (1930-1936)
# Robert Charles Wallace (1936-1951)
# William Archibald Mackintosh (1951-1961)
# James Alexander Corry (1961-1968)
# John James Deutsch (1968-1974)
# Ronald Lampman Watts (1974-1984)
# David Chadwick Smith (1984-1994)
# William Claude Leggett (1994-2004)
# Karen R. Hitchcock (2004-2008)
# Thomas R. Williams (2008-present)

Chancellors

# The Rev John Cook (1877-1879) cite web|url=http://qnc.queensu.ca/Encyclopedia/c.html#Chancellor|title=Queen's Encyclopedia: Chancellor|work=Queen's University]
# Sir Sandford Fleming (1880-1915)
# James Douglas (1915-1918)
# The Rt Hon Sir Edward Beatty (1918-1923)
# Sir Robert Laird Borden (1924-1929)
# James Armstrong Richardson (1929-1939)
# The Hon Charles Avery Dunning (1940-1958)
# John Bertram Stirling (1960-1973)
# The Rt Hon Roland Michener (1973-1980)
# Dr. Agnes Mccausland Benidickson (1980-1996)
# The Rt Hon Dr. Peter Lougheed (1996-2002)
# A. Charles Baillie (2002-2008)
# David A. Dodge (2008-present)

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