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The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty and affiliates of Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston , Ontario , Canada. The list includes notable academics, artists, businesspeople, professionals, and athletes.
Notable Queen's alumni [ edit ] Academic leaders [ edit ] Emajuddin Ahamed – political scientist, author, educationist & former vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka John Hall Archer – first president of the University of Regina [1] Herbert Basser – theologian, Harvard Starr FellowVijay Bhargava – researcher, co-author/co-editor of Digital Communications by Satellite (1981), Cooperative Cellular Wireless Communications (2011), Reed Solomon Codes and their Applications (1994), Communications, Information and Network Security (2003)and Cognitive Wireless Communication Networks (2007)David Card – economist, winner of Nobel Prize in Economics and John Bates Clark Medal [2] George Ramsay Cook – Canadian historianAlfred Fitzpatrick – founder of Frontier College [3] William Thomson Newnham – first president of Seneca College , 1967–1984Frits Pannekoek (PhD 1974) – president of Athabasca University [4] David Siderovski – Professor and Chair of Pharmacology & Neuroscience at University of North Texas Health Science Center (winner of ASPET John J. Abel Award )Robert Sutherland – first person of colour to graduate from a Canadian university, and first black lawyer in British North America [5] Shirley M. Tilghman (BSc 1968) – president of Princeton University ,[6] Google [7] Actors, film, and media [ edit ] Business people [ edit ] 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 Robert Buchan – founder and former president and CEO of Kinross Gold 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 Gururaj Deshpande – founder of Sycamore NetworksDavid A. Dodge – former governor of the Bank of Canada , and chancellor of Queen's, effective July 1, 2008Frances Donald – youngest chief economist for a major financial services firm in Canada (Manulife )Don Drummond (MA, LLD) – former senior vice-president and Chief Economist of TD Bank Financial Group and Donald Matthews Faculty Fellowship on Global Public Policy [8] Mel Goodes – former chairman and CEO of the Warner-Lambert Company Stephen K. Gunn – CEO and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada Brian Hill – founder and Executive Chair of Aritzia F. C. Kohli – former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)Leonard Lee (B.A. 1963) – founder of Lee Valley Tools 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 Elon Musk – founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; early stage investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc. (left after 2 years)Kimbal Musk – South African restaurateur, chef, and entrepreneurNik Nanos – founder, Nanos ResearchGord Nixon (BComm 1979) – president and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada Douglas Peters (BComm 1963) – banker, economist and politicianStephen Poloz – Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Quinn – senior vice president, Wal-Mart Inc, Bentonville, ArkansasDavid 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 caseMichele Romanow (BScEng 2007, MBA 2008) – cast member on Dragons' Den , co-founder of Clearbanc[9] Michael Serbinis (B.S.) – president and CEO of Kobo Inc. Chris Viehbacher – CEO of Sanofi Mark Wiseman – president and CEO of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board [10] Rajeev Madhavan - Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist based in Silicon Valley, CaliforniaLiterature and the arts [ edit ] Gord Downie – lead singer of band The Tragically Hip Military [ edit ] Political leaders [ edit ] William Aberhart – former Premier of Alberta Rohit Aggarwala – Commissioner of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection John Baird (B.A. 1992) – former Minister of the Environment and former Foreign Affairs MinisterIsabel Bassett – former broadcaster and provincial cabinet ministerMichael Breaugh – former Member of Parliament and Member of Provincial ParliamentDerek Burney (B.A. 1962, M.A. 1964) – former Canadian ambassador to the Korea , Japan , and the United States Diana Buttu – Palestinian legal advisorSean Conway – director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Queen's University), former Ontario cabinet minister and MPPThomas Cromwell (B.Mus. 1973, Law 1976) – Supreme Court justiceJohn Crosbie – former Minister of Finance Paul Dewar – educator, aid worker and former Member of ParliamentDavid Emerson (PhD 1975) – Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics Robert Fowler – Canadian diplomatJean-Denis Garon (Ph.D. 2012) – Scholar and politician, Member of Parliament for MirabelJohn Gerretsen – Ontario MPP, former mayor of Kingston, Ontario cabinet ministerSir Kenneth O. Hall – Governor General of Jamaica
James R.M. Harris – author and politician, former Leader of the Green Party of Canada Yolande James (LL.B. 2003) – lawyer and politician, Quebec's first black cabinet ministerPauline Jewett – university administrator and federal Member of ParliamentDavid Lloyd Johnston (LL.B. 1966) – president of the University of Waterloo , Principal of McGill University , Dean of the School of Law at the University of Western Ontario , and the 28th Governor General of Canada [14] Donald C. MacDonald – former Ontario MPP and leader of the Ontario CCF/NDP (1953–1970)Nicolas Marceau (Ph.D. 1992) – scholar and politician, former member of Quebec National Assembly and Quebec minister of finance (2012-2014)John Matheson – "Midwife of Canadian Flag" and former MP for Leeds, judge in Ottawa-CarltonFrank 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 Murphy – chief of staff of the Canadian Prime Minister's Office under Paul Martin 's governmentRobert Nicholson (B.A. 1975) – Minister of National Defence of CanadaAlison Redford – (attended for two years 1983–1985) 14th premier of Alberta (2011–2014)[15] Rathika Sitsabaiesan (M.I.R. 2007) – Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River (2011–2015)George Spotton (B.A. 1895) – member of the House of CommonsKaren Stintz – Toronto municipal councillor and chair of the TTC (2010–2014)Ross Thatcher – 9th premier of Saskatchewan (1964–1971)Kathleen Wynne (B.A.) – 25th premier of Ontario (2013–2018)Scientists [ edit ] Walter A. Bell B.Sc. – geologist and paleontologistMustapha Ishak Boushaki (PhD 2002) – theoretical physicistNorman L. Bowen B.Sc., M.Sc. – chemical geologistBill Buxton B.Mus. (1973) – computer scientist and human-computer interaction pioneerBarbara Cade-Menun – research scientistAdolfo J. de Bold – O.C. Ph.D. – emeritus professor at University of Ottawa; discovered heart hormonesCharles LeGeyt Fortescue – electrical engineerJames Edwin Hawley (BSc 1918, MSc 1920) – Head of Geological Sciences Department (1929–1962), Hawleyite is named after himKenneth E. Iverson (BSc 1951) – inventor of the APL programming language , Turing Award laureateErin Johnson (PhD 2008) – theoretical chemistLeon Katz , B.Sc. MSc. – professor University of Saskatchewan, founder of Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory, Member of the Order of CanadaVenkatesh K. R. Kodur Ph.D. – University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and pioneer in structural fire engineeringThomas Edvard Krogh M.Sc. (Geology) – geochronologist and curator of the Royal Ontario Museum Harriet MacMillan (M.D., 1982) – medical academic and scientistMargaret McKellar M.D. (1890), medical missionaryJ. F. A. McManus M.D. (1938) – pathologistDerek Muller (BSc 2004) – physics educator, creator and writer-host of Veritasium (YouTube channel)Anthony J. Naldrett – University of Toronto emeritus professor, geologist [16] Kathleen I. Pritchard MD 1971 – head of oncology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre , TorontoIan Rae B.Sc. (Eng.) (1980) – co-developer of CorelDraw softwareCarolyn Relf (BSc 1984, PhD 1992) – geologist[17] Jane Stewart (B.A. 1956) – neuroscientist[18] Keith Eaman – Canadian football playerJohnny Evans – quarterback, two time Grey Cup championDalton Kellett – IndyCar Series RacerCraig MacTavish (EMBA 2011) – former NHL player, head coach, and hockey operations executiveMorris Mott – NHL and Canadian National Team hockey playerGordon Orlikow (b. 1960) – decathlon , heptathlon , and hurdles competitor, Athletics Canada Chairman, Canadian Olympic Committee member, Korn/Ferry International partnerGeorge Richardson – Hockey Hall of Fame member, died in World War IMike Schad – former NFL playerTessa Virtue – (EMBA 2020) figure skater, multi-Olympic gold medalist[19] Carl Voss – NHL player and Hockey Hall of Fame inducteeJim Young – first Canadian college football player drafted into the NFL (Minnesota Vikings )Miscellaneous [ edit ] J. Sidney Bernstein (B.A. 1898) – American lawyer, politician, and judgeJock Climie (B.A. 1989, LL.B. 1998) – lawyer, former CFL player, and broadcasterJ. Douglas Cunningham (B.A., LL.B.) – lawyer and Ontario Superior Court JusticeJulie Dickson (M.E.) – civil servantDavid A. Dodge (B.A.) – former Bank of Canada governor and current Chancellor of Queen's UniversityVirginia Douglas – past president of the Canadian Psychological Association Andrew J. Feustel (Ph.D) – geophysicist and NASA astronautbarbara findlay (M.A, LL.B.) – lawyer and LGBT rights activist[20] Alan B. Gold – former Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court; Chancellor of Concordia University Karla Homolka – convicted murderer, who completed her Queen's Psychology degree while behind barsAndrew Kalotay (B.Sc. 1964, M.Sc. 1966) – mathematician, Wall Street financier and chess masterMartin Kreuzer (post-doc. 1991) – mathematician, professor, and correspondence chess Grandmaster James Macleod – militia officer, lawyer, North-West Mounted Police officer, magistrate, judge, and politicianAndrew McFadyen – patients' rights advocateKim Phuc (honorary degree recipient) – notable through the picture of her depicted during the Vietnam War Jack Pickup – physician, the "Flying Doctor of British Columbia"David Smart (B.A. 1994) – Canadian champion basketball coachPrince Takamado of Japan Ali Velshi – CNN business analystNotable faculty and affiliates [ edit ] 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 – HistoryRalph Allen – ArtW. B. Anderson – classics and LatinIstván Anhalt – Music (Juno Award winning composer )Caroline Baillie – EngineeringJohn W. Berry – PsychologyRobin Boadway – Economics (Member of the Canadian Royal Society , the Order of Canada and CESIfo Distinguished Fellow)Janine Brodie – Political ScienceRosa Bruno-Jofré – HistoryGerald Bull – long-range artillery engineerJohn Burge – Music, (Juno Award winning composer )Meredith Chivers – PsychologyJames Cordy – Computing (ACM Distinguished Scientist and co-inventor of the Turing programming language )Thomas Courchene – Economics, Policy studiesWendy Craig – PsychologyAnne Croy – Canada Research Chair , Biomedical and Molecular SciencesLola Cuddy – PsychologyRichard J. F. Day – SociologyVibert Douglas – Astrophysics[21] Jacalyn Duffin – Medical HistoryGabor Fichtinger – Computing (Canada Research Chair , Computer-Integrated Surgery)Suzanne Fortier – Chemistry (President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC))Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant – PoliticsJ. A. W. Gunn – PoliticsJames Allen Keast – Biology (ornithologist )Tom Kent – EconomicsAudrey Kobayashi – GeographyWill Kymlicka – Canada Research Chair , PhilosophySusan Lederman – PsychologyWilliam Lederman – LawWilliam C. Leggett – Biology (Chairman of the Board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation ) and former Principal of Queen's University (1994–2004)A. H. Lightstone – MathematicsClarke Mackey – Film and MediaJames G. MacKinnon – Economics (Fellow of the Econometric Society )Art McDonald – Physics (winner of the Herzberg Prize , the Benjamin Franklin Prize in physics , the Nobel Prize in physics and a member of the Order of Canada )John McGarry – PoliticsKatherine McKittrick – Gender StudiesMarjan Mozetich – MusicM. Ram Murty – Mathematics (Queen's Research Chair)Kim Richard Nossal – PoliticsMalcolm Peat – PhysiotherapyVernon Quinsey – PsychologyKim Renders – Theatre, Gender StudiesPaulo Ribenboim – MathematicsKai Salomaa – Computer ScienceBernice Weldon Sargent – PhysicsSanjay Sharma – Medicine (ophthalmology, epidemiology)Elizabeth Smith Shortt – MedicineAna Siljak – HistoryDuncan G. Sinclair – MedicineJohn P. Smol – Biology (winner of the Herzberg Prize )L. S. Stavrianos – HistoryAlastair M. Taylor – Geography, Political StudiesDavid J. Thomson – MathematicsHelen Tiffin – EnglishJennie Kidd Trout – MedicineCraig Walker – DramaBeatrice Worsley – Computer Science, launched Queen's' new Computer Centre based on an IBM 1620 in 1965Noriko Yui – Mathematical PhysicsPrincipals [ edit ] Rev Thomas Liddell (1841–1846) [22]
Rev John Machar (1846–1853) [22]
Rev James George (acting Principal 1853–1857) [22]
Rev John Cook (1857–1859) [22]
Rev William Leitch (1859–1864) [22]
Rev William Snodgrass (1864–1877) [22]
Rev George Monro Grant (1877–1902) [22]
Rev Daniel Miner Gordon (1902–1916) [22]
Rev Robert Bruce Taylor (1917–1929) [22]
Sir William Hamilton Fyfe (1930–1936) [22]
Robert Charles Wallace (1936–1951) [22] William Archibald Mackintosh (1951–1961) [22] James Alexander Corry (1961–1968) [22] John James Deutsch (1968–1974) [22] Ronald Lampman Watts (1974–1984) [22] David Chadwick Smith (1984–1994) [22] William Claude Leggett (1994–2004) [22] Karen R. Hitchcock (2004–2008) [22] Thomas R. Williams (2008–2009) [22] Daniel Woolf (2009–2019) [22] Patrick Deane (2019–present)[22] Chancellors [ edit ] Rev John Cook (1877–1879) [23]
Sir Sandford Fleming (1880–1915) [23]
James Douglas (1915–1918) [23] Sir Edward Beatty (1918–1923) [23]
Sir Robert Laird Borden (1924–1929) [23]
James Armstrong Richardson (1929–1939) [23] Charles Avery Dunning (1940–1958) [23] John Bertram Stirling (1960–1973) [23] Roland Michener (1973–1980) [23] Agnes Mccausland Benidickson (1980–1996) [23] Peter Lougheed (1996–2002) [23] A. Charles Baillie (2002–2008) [23] David A. Dodge (2008–2014) [23] Jim Leech (2014–2021) [23] Murray Sinclair (2021–present) [23] Rectors [ edit ] Rev S. W. Dyde (1913)
James L. Robertson (1916)Brigadier General A. E. Ross (1920)
William H. Coverdale (1925)Oscar D. Skelton (1929)R. B. Bennett (1935)Norman McLeod Rogers (1937)The Earl of Athlone (1940)BK Sandwell (1944)Leonard W. Brockington (1947)M. Grattan O'Leary (1968)Richard Alan Broadbent (1969, first student Rector [24] Gary Michael Gannage (1972)Bruce W. Trotter (1974)Morris Chochla (1976)Hugh Christie (1978)Jeremy Freedman (1980)James Harris (1982)
Richard Powers (1984)
Kelley McKinnon (1986)Charis Kelso (1988)
Antoinette Mongillo (1990)David Baar (1992)Peter Gallant (1994)
Ian Michael (1996)
Michael Kealy (1998)
Daniel Sahl (2000)Ahmed "KC" Kayssi (2002)Grant R.A. Bishop (2004)Johsa Marie G. Manzanilla (2006)Leora Jackson (2008)Nick Day (2010)
Nick Francis (2011)Mike Young (2014)
Cameron Yung (2016)
Alexandra da Silva (2018)
Sam Hiemstra (2020)
Owen Crawford Lem (2022) [25] References [ edit ]
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