List of University of Manitoba alumni
Notable alumni from the University of Manitoba include:
- Izzy Asper, tax lawyer & media magnate (BA - 1953, LLB - 1957, LLM - 1964)[1]
- G. Michael Bancroft, chemist and synchrotron scientist, first director of the Canadian Light Source
- Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO, The Co-operators
- William Moore Benidickson, former MP, federal cabinet minister and senator[2]
- Richard Spink Bowles, lawyer and former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor[3]
- George Montegu Black II, businessman, father of Conrad Black[4]
- Andy Blair, National Hockey League player in the 1920s and 1930s, mostly with the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Charles Bouchard, Lieutenant General Canadian Forces Air Command, commander of NATO Forces in Operation Unified Protector
- Harold J Brodie, mycologist[5]
- Harold Buchwald, lawyer[6]
- Constantine of Irinoupolis, American Orthodox hierarch, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA - St. Andrew's College 1959
- Don Callis, professional wrestler,[7] MHSAA Darts finalist (1978)
- Norman Cantor, medieval scholar and writer[8]
- Dr. Michael Chan Yue-kwong (Chinese: 陳裕光,博士), Chairman of Café de Coral Holdings Ltd (Chinese: 大家樂集團), Hong Kong, publicly listed in SEHK: 0341
- Albert Chan, Hong Kong politician and lawmaker
- Richard Condie, Academy Award-nominated animator; creator of The Big Snit[9]
- Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada[10]
- Gerry Ducharme, politician and a cabinet minister in the government of Progressive Conservative Premier Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1995
- Marcel Dzama, artist - (1997)[11]
- Ed Evanko, actor and singer[12]
- Gary Filmon, Manitoba Premier from 1988 to 1999 (BSc Civil Engineering)[13]
- Danny Finkleman, former CBC radio host[14]
- Steven Fletcher, politician, former Conservative MP in the House of Commons.
- Phil Fontaine, Aboriginal Canadian leader (BA - 1981)[15]
- Waldron Fox-Decent, mediator, professor, Crown Corporation chairman[16]
- Eira Friesen, advocate for women in Winnipeg[17]
- Erving Goffman, sociologist.[18]
- Monty Hall, television personality, president of Variety Clubs International, Order of Canada BSc[19]
- Ellie Harvie, actress.[20]
- S.I. Hayakawa, scholar and professor of semantics, United States Senator[21]
- John Alexander Hopps, inventor of the world's first artificial pacemaker and known as the "father of biomedical engineering in Canada"[22]
- Gad Horowitz, political scientist, coiner of the term Red Tory[23]
- Israel Idonije, retired NFL defensive end
- Jamaluddin Jarjis, former Malaysian ambassador to the United States, former Malaysian government minister
- Francis Lawrence Jobin, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor[24]
- F. Ross Johnson, businessman, CEO of RJR Nabisco[25]
- Sam Katz, mayor of Winnipeg from 2004 to 2014 (BA - 1973)
- Guy Gavriel Kay, novelist and poet
- David Kilgour, former Minister of Transport
- Amanda Lang, journalist, senior business correspondent for CBC News.
- Professor Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS, JP (Chinese:劉秀成,教授), former legislative councillor from 2004 to 2012, Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Chinese:香港立法會) (LegCo) as a member for the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functional Constituency (Chinese:建築，測量，都市規劃界)
- Allan Levine, author, known mainly for his award-winning non-fiction and historical mystery writing
- James Lunney, politician, former Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Nanaimo—Alberni
- Inky Mark, former federal Conservative Member of Parliament for Dauphin—Swan River, Manitoba
- Bill Mason, author, filmmaker, environmentalist
- Pearl McGonigal, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- William John McKeag, former Manitoba Lieutenant-Governor
- Marshall McLuhan, media guru
- Harry Medovy, pediatrician and academic
- Ovide Mercredi, Aboriginal Canadian leader (LLB - 1977)
- Ted Milian, Canadian football player
- W.O. Mitchell, writer
- W. L. Morton, historian
- Arnold Naimark, physician, academic, and former President of the University of Manitoba
- William Norrie, mayor of Winnipeg from 1979 to 1992 (BA - 1950, LLB - 1955)
- Rey Pagtakhan, physician, academic, former MP and federal cabinet minister.
- Malcolm Peat, Emeritus Professor, Queen's University, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Jim Peebles, astrophysicist; Crafoord Prize (2005)
- Leonard Peikoff, philosopher
- Frank Pickersgill, SOE agent in World War II executed by the Nazis
- Jon Pylypchuk, artist
- Barry Posner, physician and research scientist on diabetes
- Clay Riddell, oil tycoon (BSc Honours - 1959)
- Dufferin Roblin, former Premier of Manitoba
- Marshall Rothstein, judge, Supreme Court of Canada
- Alexei Maxim Russell, internationally published novelist
- Fred Sandhu, Manitoba Provincial Court Judge[26]
- Edward Schreyer, Premier of Manitoba (1969–1977) and Governor General of Canada (1979–1984)
- Harry Seidler, Australian architect[27]
- Mitchell Sharp, former Liberal Minister of Finance
- Patricia Alice Shaw, linguist specializing in phonology and known for her work on First Nations languages
- Parvin Shere, poet, musician and visual artist.
- Louis Slotin, physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project (BSc - 1932, MSc -1933)
- Robert Steen, former Mayor of Winnipeg from 1977 to 1979
- Mary Ann Steggles, Commonwealth Scholar, Olive Beatrice Stanton Recipient, international expert on British colonial statuary
- John W.M. Thompson, Manitoba MLA and Provincial Cabinet Minister
- Thorbergur Thorvaldson, cement chemist[28]
- Miriam Toews, novelist
- Vic Toews, politician, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the President of the Treasury Board in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
- Meaghan DeWarrenne-Waller, fashion model, winner of Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3.
- Adele Wiseman, author
- Sir Gordon Wu Ying-Sheun (Chinese: 胡應湘,爵士),GBS, KCMG, FICE, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Limited,(Chinese: 合和實業有限公司), Hong Kong, publicly listed in SEHK: 0054
References
- ↑
- ↑ "William Moore Benidickson (1911-1985)" at Manitoba Historical Society (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Past Lieutenant Governors: Richard Spink Bowles" at Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba website (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ Richard Siklos, Shades of Black: Conrad Black and the World's Fastest Growing Press Empire, chapter one reprinted at The New York Times (accessed February 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Harold Johnston Brodie, 1907-1989", Mycologia 81(6):832 (1989).
- ↑ "Dr. Harold Buchwald CM QC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, April 2008.
- ↑ "Cyrus chats with SLAM! Wrestling", CANOE, September 7, 2000.
- ↑ Wolfgang Saxon, "Norman F. Cantor, a noted medievalist", New York Times News Service obituary, October 8, 2004.
- ↑ "Richard Condie fonds" at University of Manitoba Libraries: Archives and Special Collections (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑
- Supreme Court of Canada - Chief Justice Brian Dickson (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ Marcel Dzama CV (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ Ed Evanko at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Hon. Gary A. Filmon PC OC OM (b. 1942)", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, January 2009.
- ↑ "Celebrated Alumni 2005", University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Mr. L. Phillip Fontaine OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Mr. Waldron Fox-Decent CMM CM OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=5746&t=12&ln=Friesen
- ↑ Tom Burns, Erving Goffman (Taylor & Francis, 1992), ISBN 978-0-415-06772-0, p.9. Excerpt available at Google Books.
- ↑ "Dr. Monty Hall OC OM", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, August 2004 (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑
- ↑ "Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye", at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ↑ "Dr. John Alexander Hopps OC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Gad Horowitz, Professor Emeritus", University of Toronto (accessed February 16, 2010).
- ↑ "Past Lieutenant Governors: Francis Laurence Jobin" at Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba website (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Dr. F. Ross Johnson OC", Distinguished Graduates, University of Manitoba, August 2004 (accessed February 16, 2011).
- ↑ "Two Judges Appointed to Provincial Court", Province of Manitoba, May 1, 2003.
- ↑ Harry Seidler
- ↑ DMT Multimedia Unit (2007), RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada ..., archived from the original on October 7, 2006, retrieved September 7, 2007
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