McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a public research university that was founded in 1887 through funds bequeathed by Canadian Senator, William McMaster. [1] It has grown into an institution of more than 32,000 students, faculty, and staff. [2] [3] The school is consistently ranked as one of the best in Canada. [4] This list includes faculty, alumni and staff.
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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Charles Dennis Anderson | Graduate | Business | President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University | [5] |
Bobby William Austin | Graduate | Sociology | Vice President for University Relations and Communications at the University of the District of Columbia | [6] |
Robert C. Dynes | Graduate | Physics | President of the University of California system | [7] |
Fred Longstaffe | Graduate | Geology | Provost and Vice-President of Academics at University of Western Ontario | [8] |
Heather Munroe-Blum | Undergraduate | Social Work | Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University | [9] |
Howard Petch | Undergraduate | Political Science & Sociology | President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria | [10] |
David Chadwick Smith | Undergraduate | Economics | Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston | [11] |
Mark Wainwright | Graduate | Chemical Engineering | President and Vice-Chancellor of University of New South Wales | [12] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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Richard Alexander Arnold | Graduate | English Literature | Eminent Professor and Chair of English at Alfaisal University, literary theorist, author | [13] |
Richard Bader | Graduate | Chemistry | Professor at McMaster University, noted for his work on the atoms in molecules approach | [14] |
Suparna Bannerjee | Graduate | Nursing | Nobel Prize recipient | |
David G. Benner | Undergraduate | Psychology | Founding chair of Graduate Department of Psychological Studies at Wheaton College; chair of the Department of Psychology, Redeemer University College; author on pastoral counselling | [15] [16] [17] |
Kathryn Brush | Undergraduate | Art History | Distinguished professor of art history at the University of Western Ontario and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | [18] |
Lindsay Cahill | Graduate | Chemistry | Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland | [19] |
David Castle | Graduate | Philosophy | Professor and Chair of Innovations in the Life Sciences at University of Edinburgh | [20] |
Karl Clark | Graduate | Chemistry | Professor at the University of Alberta, chemist and oil sands researcher | [21] |
Ronald C. Davidson | Undergraduate | Physics | Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, professor of Princeton University, University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | [22] |
Patricia Demers | Graduate | English & French | Chair of Department of Graduate Studies at University of Alberta of first female president of the Royal Society of Canada | [23] |
Jacqueline Dias | Undergraduate | Nursing | Nurudin Jivraj Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan | [24] |
Marianne Ferber | Graduate | Economics | Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | [25] |
Meric Gertler | Undergraduate | Geography | Professor and 16th President of the University of Toronto | |
Michael Frank Goodchild | Graduate | Geography | Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Western Ontario | [26] |
Martin Green | Graduate | — | Professor at the University of New South Wales | [26] |
Frank Hawthorne | Graduate | Geology | Professor at University of Manitoba, mineralogist and crystallographer | [27] |
Harold Innis | Graduate | History & Political Economics | Professor at University of Toronto, helped shaped communication theory and staples thesis | [28] |
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra | Graduate | English | Professor at Ryerson University, elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | [29] |
Harold E. Johns | Undergraduate | Math and Physics | Professor at University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto, pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer, member of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and officer of the Order of Canada | [21] |
Stephen A. Kent | Graduate | Religious Studies | Professor at the University of Alberta | [30] |
Rainer Knopff | Undergraduate | Sociology | Professor at the University of Calgary | [31] |
Bartha Knoppers | Undergraduate | English Literature & French | Professor at McGill University, Chairman of the International Ethics Committee of the Human Genome Project | [32] |
Steve Mann | Graduate | Engineering | Professor at the University of Toronto | [33] |
John Mighton | Graduate | Philosophy | Professor at the University of Toronto, author | [34] |
Paul Morris | Graduate | Religious Studies | Program Director and professor for Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, author of the National Statement on Religious Diversity | [35] |
Kathryn Mary Murphy | Professor | Psychology | Professor at McMaster University | [36] |
Evelyn Nelson | Graduate | Mathematics | Professor at McMaster University, mathematician | [37] |
Adele Reinhartz | Graduate | Religious Studies | Professor at the University of Ottawa | [38] |
Thomas G. Rosenmeyer | Undergraduate | Classics | Professor at the University of California, Berkeley | [39] |
John Ruggie | Graduate | Business and Human Rights | Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and an Affiliated Professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School | [40] |
Michael Ruse | Graduate | Philosophy | Professor at Florida State University | [41] |
Filippo Sabetti | Undergraduate | History & Political Science | Professor at McGill University | [42] |
Daniel Sauder | Graduate | Medicine | Chairman of Department of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins University, professor at the University of Toronto | [43] |
David Scheffel | Graduate | Anthropology | Professor at Thompson Rivers University | [44] |
Myron Scholes | Undergraduate | Economics | Professor at Stanford University, Nobel laureate in economics | [45] |
Anupam Sen | Graduate | Political Economy | Vice-chancellor of Premier University, Chittagong, Ekushey Padak recipient | [46] |
Donna Strickland | Undergraduate | Engineering | Nobel Prize recipient | [47] |
Scott Tremaine | Undergraduate | Physics | Professor at University of Toronto and Princeton University, credited with coining the name "Kuiper belt" | [48] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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Kathy Bardswick | Graduate | Business | President and CEO of The Co-operators Group | [49] |
Rob Burgess | Undergraduate | Business | Chairman and CEO of Macromedia, Director of Adobe Systems | [50] |
Teresa Cascioli | Undergraduate | Business | President and CEO of Lakeport Brewing Company | [51] |
Cyrus S. Eaton | Undergraduate | Business & Philosophy | Investment banker, businessman and philanthropist | [52] |
Stephen Elop | Undergraduate | Business & Engineering | President and CEO of Nokia | [53] |
Arthur Fogel | Undergraduate | Arts | Concert promoter and executive at Live Nation Entertainment | [54] |
Margaret Franklin | Undergraduate | Business & Economics | President and CEO of CFA Institute | [55] |
Paul D. House | Undergraduate | Economics | Executive Chairman of Tim Hortons | [56] |
Evan Jones | Undergraduate | Arts & Science | Owner of Stich Media | [57] |
Michael Lee-Chin | Undergraduate | Engineering | Chairman and CEO of AIC Limited | [58] |
Dan MacKenzie | Undergraduate | Commerce | Canadian sports and marketing executive | [59] |
Vince Molinaro | Graduate | Education | Leadership consultant, public speaker, and New York Times bestselling author | [60] |
Jeffrey Remedios | Undergraduate | Commerce | CEO of Universal Music Canada | |
James V. Sardo | Graduate | Business | Chairman and CEO of Firestone Canada | [61] |
Sarah Thompson | Undergraduate | English & Philosophy | CEO and publisher of Women's Post | [62] |
Lynton Wilson | Undergraduate | Economics | Chairman of Nortel | [63] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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Akintoye | Graduate | Commerce | Rapper and TikTok personality | |
Imane Anys | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | Internet personality and Twitch streamer | [65] |
Matthew Barber | Graduate | Philosophy | Singer, songwriter | |
Len Blum | Undergraduate | — | Film producer, film composer, screenwriter | [66] |
John Candy | Undergraduate | — | Actor, comedian | [67] |
Kate Drummond | Graduate | TV & Film | Actress, writer, director | [68] |
Jay Firestone | Undergraduate | Business | Film, television producer | [69] |
Jonathan Frid | Undergraduate | Film | Actor | [70] |
Doug Henning | Undergraduate | Psychology | Magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician | [71] |
Max Kerman | Undergraduate | — | Musician, Arkells | |
Lisa Langlois | — | — | Actress | |
Eugene Levy | Undergraduate | Engineering | Actor, television director, producer, musician, writer | [72] |
Andy Maize | Undergraduate | — | Musician, Skydiggers | |
Ivan Reitman | Undergraduate | Music | Director and film producer | [73] |
John Sessions | Graduate | English | Actor and comedian | [74] |
Martin Short | Undergraduate | Social Work | Comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer | [75] |
Adam Smoluk | Undergraduate | Business Administration | Screenwriter, film director and actor | [76] |
Dave Thomas | Undergraduate | English Literature | Comedian and actor | [77] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Calamai | Undergraduate | Physics | Science journalist and Member of the Order of Canada | [78] |
Gary Lautens | Undergraduate | History | Columnist and humorist for the Toronto Star | [79] |
Margaret Lyons | Undergraduate | Economics | CBC Radio executive and first female vice president of the CBC | [80] |
Lawrence Martin | Undergraduate | Political Science | Colmunist for The Globe and Mail , author | [81] |
Paula Newton | Graduate | Business | International correspondent for CNN | [82] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marianne Brandis | Undergraduate | Humanities | Author | [83] |
Martyn Burke | Undergraduate | Business & Economics | Author, screenwriter, journalist | [84] |
Howard Engel | Undergraduate | Humanities | Author and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer | [85] |
Marian Engel | Undergraduate | English | Author | [86] |
Marjorie Harris | Undergraduate | English | Non-fiction writer | [87] |
John Lawrence Reynolds | Undergraduate | Humanities | Novelist and non-fiction writer | [88] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Cameron Bell | Graduate | Biochemistry | Cancer researcher | [89] |
Roberta Bondar | Graduate | Medicine | NASA's space medicine researcher, first Canadian female astronaut | [90] |
Douglas Coleman | Graduate | Chemistry | Discoverer of leptin, winner of the 2010 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award | [91] |
Gordon Guyatt | Graduate | Medicine | Pioneer of evidence-based medicine | [92] |
Jennifer Kwan | Graduate | Medicine | Family doctor who published COVID-19 data visualizations | [93] |
John Monahan | Graduate | Biochemistry | Founder of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ-listed company | [94] |
Nancy Olivieri | Graduate | Medicine | Haematologist, researcher | [95] |
James Orbinski | Graduate | Medicine | President of Médecins Sans Frontières, accepted Nobel Peace Prize on their behalf | [45] |
Homer Tien | Graduate | Medicine | President and CEO of Ornge, colonel in the Canadian Forces Health Services, former director of trauma services at Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre, and first and current Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research | [96] [97] [98] [99] |
Ross Upshur | Graduate | Medicine | Physician and researcher | [100] |
Elinor Wilson | Graduate | Health Science | President of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada | [101] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lincoln Alexander | Undergraduate | History & Political Economics | Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Member of Parliament of Canada | [102] |
Joy Ford Austin | Undergraduate | English literature | Executive Director of Humanities DC, Founding Director of the African American Museums Association | |
Glyn Berry | Graduate | Political Science | First Canadian diplomat killed in Afghanistan while on duty | [103] |
John H. Bryden | Undergraduate | History | Member of Parliament of Canada | |
Sheila Copps | Graduate | — | Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Member of Parliament of Canada | [104] |
Gordon Howlett Dean | Graduate | Chemistry & Physics | Minister of Revenue for Ontario, Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario | [105] |
Tony Dean | Graduate | Sociology | Secretary of the Cabinet for Ontario | [106] |
Bob Dechert | Undergraduate | Economics | Member of Parliament of Canada | [107] |
Frank Di Giorgio | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Member of the Toronto City Council | [108] |
Tommy Douglas | Graduate | Sociology | Premier of Saskatchewan, leader of the New Democratic Party | [109] |
Rick Goldring | Undergraduate | Economics | Mayor of Burlington, Ontario | [110] |
Andrea Horwath | Undergraduate | Labour Studies | Mayor of Hamiton, Former Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, and leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party | [111] |
Eric Hoskins | Graduate | Medicine | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, co-founder and President of War Child Canada | [112] |
Cam Jackson | Undergraduate | — | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, Mayor of Burlington, Ontario | [113] |
Sarah Jama | Graduate | Social science | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, disability activist | |
David Johnson | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Minister of Education for Ontario, Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, Mayor of East York | [114] |
Roy Kellock | Undergraduate | — | Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | [115] |
Stanley Knowles | Undergraduate | — | Member of Parliament of Canada | [112] |
Kevin G. Lynch | Graduate | Economics | Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada | [116] |
Dalton McGuinty | Undergraduate | Biology | Premier of Ontario, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party | [117] |
Ted McMeekin | Undergraduate | Social Work | Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in the Ontario Government | |
Tony McWalter | Graduate | Philosophy | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | [118] |
John Munro | Undergraduate | Political Science | Member of Parliament of Canada | [119] |
Yasir Naqvi | Undergraduate | Life Sciences & Political Science | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, President of the Ontario Liberal Party | [120] |
Robert Nixon | Undergraduate | Biology & Chemistry | Provincial Treasurer of Ontario, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party | [121] |
Tihomir Orešković | Undergraduate and Graduate | Chemistry & Business Administration | Prime Minister of Croatia, CEO and Chairman of Pliva and CFO of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | |
Lawrence Pennell | Undergraduate | Economics & Political Science | Solicitor General of Canada, Member of Privy Council of Canada | [122] |
Beth Phinney | Undergraduate | Chemistry & Physics | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario | [123] |
Allan Rowe | Undergraduate | — | Member of Provincial Parliament of Nova Scotia, former radio and television broadcaster | [124] |
Munir Sheikh | Graduate | Economics | Chief Statistician of Canada | [125] |
Joe Tascona | Graduate | Business | Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario | [126] |
Lui Temelkovski | Undergraduate | — | Member of Parliament of Canada | [127] |
Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech | Graduate | Economics | Thai Finance Minister | [128] |
Tony Valeri | Undergraduate | Economics | Government House Leader in the Canadian House of Commons, Minister of Transportation, Member of Parliament of Canada | [129] |
Orysia Sushko | Undergraduate | — | President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress | [130] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory Baum | Undergraduate | Mathematics & Physics | Peritus at the Second Vatican Council, professor at McGill University and University of Toronto | [131] |
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni | Graduate | Religious Studies | First Thai woman to receive full ordination as a Theravada nun | [132] |
David Hamid | Undergraduate | — | Anglican Suffragan Bishop in Europe | [133] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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Alex Anthopoulos | Undergraduate | Economics | Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations and former General Manager for the Toronto Blue Jays | [134] |
Syl Apps | Undergraduate | Political Economy | National Hockey League player, Member of Provincial Parliament, gold medalist at the 1934 British Empire Games | [135] |
David Braley | Undergraduate | Economics | Canadian Senator, commissioner of the Canadian Football League, owner of the Toronto Argonauts and British Columbia Lions | [136] |
Claude Brochu | Graduate | Business | Owner of the Montreal Expos | [137] |
Larry Cain | Undergraduate | — | 1984 Summer Olympics gold and silver medalist, canoe sprint | [138] |
Aaron Carpenter | Undergraduate | — | Canadian rugby player | [139] |
Paul Clatney | Undergraduate | — | Canadian Football League player | [140] |
Martin Dugas | Undergraduate | — | Canadian soccer player | [141] |
Fabio Filice | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Canadian Football League player | [142] |
Russ Jackson | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Canadian Football League player | [143] |
Kyle Koch | Undergraduate | Business | Canadian Football League player | [144] |
Bobby Kuntz | Undergraduate | — | Canadian Football League player | [145] |
Jesse Lumsden | Undergraduate | Anthropology | Football player | [146] |
Joanne Malar | Undergraduate | — | Swimmer, most decorated Canadian athlete in the history of the Pan American Games | [147] |
Mike Morreale | Undergraduate | — | Canadian Football League player | [148] |
Roger Neilson | Undergraduate | Physical Education | National Hockey League coach | [149] |
Chris Pellini | Undergraduate | Biology | Silver medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games, sprint canoe | [150] |
Adam van Koeverden | Undergraduate | Kinesiology | Gold and bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, silver medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics | [151] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Notability | Reference |
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John F. MacGregor | Undergraduate | Chemical Engineering | Statistician and chemical engineer | [152] |
Thomas Mason | Graduate | Physics | Condensed-matter physicist, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, former director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory | [153] |
Dan Milisavljevic | Undergraduate | Arts & Science | Aided in the discovery of several of Uranus's and Neptune's moons | [154] |
Hanna Newcombe | Undergraduate | Chemistry | Scientist and director of the Peace Research Institute | [155] |
Samantha Nutt | Graduate | Medicine | Co-founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada | [156] |
Waldemar Pieczonka | Graduate | — | Physicist and engineer who directed IBM's first attempts in integrated circuitry | [157] |
Simon Sunatori | Graduate | Engineering Physics | Engineer and inventor of MagneScribe | [158] |
Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for | Notes |
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Donald Acheson | Visiting Professor | Medicine | Chief Medical Officer for the United Kingdom | |
Roy Adams | Professor | Industrial Relations | Author, newspaper columnist and human rights activist | [159] |
Janet Ajzenstat | Professor | Political Science | Professor | [160] |
Michael Ames | Assistant Professor | Anthropology | Director at the Museum of Anthropology | [161] |
Richard Bader | Professor | Chemistry | Developed atoms in molecules approach | [162] |
John Bandler | Professor | Engineering | Space mapping, use of surrogate model and engineering optimization | [163] |
Douglas Barber | Professor | Engineering Physics | Director of Institute for Quantum Computing | [164] |
John Basmajian | Professor | Medicine | Pioneer in rehabilitation science | [165] |
Bob Bearpark | Assistant Professor | Physical Education | Coach of Canada men's national soccer team | [166] |
Nick Bontis | Associate Professor | Business | Professional speaker and management consultant | [167] |
Arthur Bourns | Professor | Chemistry | President of McMaster University | [168] |
William H. Brackney | Professor | Historical Theology | Professor | [169] |
Bertram Brockhouse | Professor | Physics | Nobel laureate in Physics | [170] |
John Burke | Professor | Music | Composer | [171] |
Moran Campbell | Professor | Medicine | Inventor of the venturi mask | [172] |
Paul Corkum | Adjunct Professor | Physics | Expert in laser physics | [173] |
Juliet Daniel | Professor | Biology | Cancer research | [174] |
M. Jamal Deen | Professor | Engineering | Professor | [175] |
Henry Duckworth | Professor | Physics | President of University of Winnipeg and Chancellor of University of Manitoba | [176] |
Clifford Ford | Professor | Music | Composer | [177] |
Jean Chamberlain Froese | Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Established Save the Mothers International | [178] |
Ronald Gillespie | Professor | Chemistry | Shaped VSEPR theory | [179] |
Henry Giroux | Professor | Cultural studies | One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy | [180] |
Cynthia Grant | Assistant Professor | School of the Arts | Theatre director, co-founder of Nightwood Theatre | [181] |
Pengfei Guan | Professor | Mathematics | Professor | [182] |
Gordon Guyatt | Professor | Medicine | Pioneer of evidence-based medicine | [183] |
A. C. Heidebrecht | Professor | Engineering | Professor | [184] |
Jack Hirsh | Professor | Medicine | Professor | [185] |
Charles Jago | Professor | History | President of University of Northern British Columbia | [186] |
Ruth Landes | Professor | Anthropology | Pioneer in race and gender relations study | [187] |
Stephen Lewis | Professor | Global health | Former leader of the New Democratic Party | [188] |
John F. MacGregor | Professor | Chemical Engineering | Professor | [189] |
Peter Maitlis | Professor | Chemistry | Professor | [190] |
Greg Marshall | Coach | — | Coached the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats | [191] |
Alexander Gordon McKay | Professor | Classics | Professor | [192] |
James Fraser Mustard | Professor | Medicine | Founder of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research | [193] |
Evelyn Nelson | Professor | Mathematics | Professor | [194] |
Kim Richard Nossal | Professor | Political Science | Professor | [195] |
David Parnas | Professor | Software Engineering | Developed the concept of information hiding | [152] |
Ralph Pudritz | Professor | Astrophysics | First Director of the Origins Institute | [196] |
Ishwar K. Puri | Professor | Engineering | Dean and professor | [197] |
Paul Rapoport | Professor | Music | Composer | [198] |
Adele Reinhartz | Professor | Religious Studies | Adjunct Professor | [38] |
Charles Roland | Professor | History of Medicine | Professor | [199] |
Clark Ross | Professor | Music | Professor | [200] |
David Sackett | Professor | Clinical Epidemiology | Pioneer of evidence-based medicine | [201] |
Edward Togo Salmon | Professor | History | Professor | [202] |
Leslie Shemilt | Dean | Engineering | Professor | [203] |
Stuart Lyon Smith | Professor | Medicine | Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party | [204] |
James Stewart | Professor | Engineering | Professor | [205] |
Harry Thode | Professor | Chemistry | Later became the President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University | [206] |
John Thomas | Professor | Philosophy | Later appointed to McMaster Medical Faculty as "Resident Ethicist" | [207] |
Ethan Vishniac | Professor | Astronomy | Editor in chief of The Astrophysical Journal | [208] |
Alan Walker | Professor | Music | Biographer of Franz Liszt | [209] |
Roger G. Walker | Professor | Geography | Professor | [210] |
David Wilkinson | Distinguished professor | Engineering | Former Dean of Engineering (2008–2012) | [211] |
Dafydd Williams | Director | Medicine | Director of McMaster Centre of Medical Robotics, astronaut | [212] |
Daniel Woolf | Professor | History | Principal of Queen's University at Kingston | [213] |
From 1888 to 1949, the head of the university was given the title chancellor. In 1949, the office of president was created and George P. Gilmour was both president and chancellor. In 1950 his title changed to president and vice-chancellor. From that time onward, the university had both a Chancellor as well as a president and vice-chancellor. The office of vice-chancellor has always been held by the incumbent president of the university. [214]
McMaster University has had 19 Chancellors in office since its existence. In the two years between the retirement of Chancellor MacVicar and the appointment of Chancellor Rand (1890–1892), the Faculties of Art and Theology were organized under the Chairmanship of Dr. Rand and Dr. Goodspeed, respectively. [214]
# | Name | Term | References |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Malcolm MacVicar | 1888–1890 | [214] |
2 | Theodore Harding Rand | 1892–1895 | [214] |
3 | Rev. Oates C.S. Wallace | 1895–1905 | [214] |
4 | Alexander C. McKay | 1905–1911 | [214] |
5 | Abraham Lincoln McCrimmon | 1911–1922 | [214] |
6 | Howard P. Whidden | 1922–1941 | [214] |
7 | George Gilmour | 1941–1950 | [214] |
8 | E. Carey Fox | 1950–1955 | [214] |
9 | Roy Kellock | 1955–1960 | [214] |
10 | Charles P. Fell | 1960–1965 | [214] |
11 | D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin | 1965–1971 | [214] |
12 | Lawrence Pennell | 1971–1977 | [214] |
13 | Allan Leal | 1977–1986 | [214] |
14 | John H. Panabaker | 1986–1992 | [214] |
15 | James H. Taylor | 1992–1998 | [214] |
16 | Melvin M. Hawkrigg | 1998–2007 | [214] |
17 | Lynton Wilson | 2007–2013 | [214] |
18 | Suzanne Labarge | 2013–2019 | [214] |
19 | Santee Smith | 2019–present | [214] |
The university has had seven Presidents and Vice-Chancellors since the office was created in 1950.
# | Name | Term | References |
---|---|---|---|
1 | George Gilmour | 1950–1961 | [214] |
2 | Harry Thode | 1961–1972 | [214] |
3 | Arthur Bourns | 1972–1980 | [214] |
4 | Alvin A. Lee | 1980–1990 | [214] |
5 | Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace | 1990–1995 | [214] |
6 | Peter George | 1995–2010 | [214] |
7 | Patrick Deane | 2010–2019 | [214] |
7 | David H. Farrar | 2019–present [note 1] | [214] |
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The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises 11 colleges each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs and significant differences in character and history. The university maintains three campuses, the oldest of which is St. George, located in downtown Toronto. The other two satellite campuses are located in Scarborough and Mississauga.
Queen's University , commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than 1,400 hectares of land throughout Ontario and owns Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. Queen's is organized into eight faculties and schools.
Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University, is a public research university located in Toronto, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Toronto. The university includes seven academic divisions/faculties: the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Community Services, the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, the Faculty of Science, the Creative School, the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, and the Ted Rogers School of Management. Many of these are further organized into smaller departments and schools. The university also provides continuing education services through the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education.
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