List of McMaster University people

This is a list of people affiliated with McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Notable alumni

Alumni are listed by their field of eventual employment.

Business

*Charles Anderson - M.B.A (1969): program director of the faculty of management at University of Manitoba (1974), president and chancellor of Brandon University (1990)
*Claude Brochu - M.B.A (1971): captain in the Royal Vingt-Deux Regiment
*Teresa Cascioli - B.Com. (1983): financial analyst; president and CEO of Lakeport Brewing Company
*Michael Lee-Chin - B.Eng. (Civil Engineering, 1974): chairman and CEO of AIC Limited
*William G. Missen - B.A. (Humanities, 1972): senior vice-president of Stelco Inc
*James V. Sardo - M.B.A (1973) - president and CEO of Firestone, Canada
*John Sinclairdn - B.A. (1958): executive vice-president of Bell Canada (1983-1992)
*Tayce Wakefield - B.A. (Political Science, 1980): vice-president of corporate affairs of General Motors, Canada
*Robert Waugh - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economy, 1940): vice-president and director of General Motors, Canada
*Red Wilson - B.A. (Hons.) (Economics, 1962): chair, Nortel Networks Corporation; Second Secretary in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan (1967)

Fine Arts and Media

*Matthew Barber - M.A. (Philosophy): singer and songwriter
*Martyn Burke - B.A. (Econ&Bus, 1964): film maker, novelist and journalist
*John Candy - B.A. : actor
*Howard Engel - B.A. (Humanities, 1955): writer and CBC producer
*Marian Engel - B.A. (Hons.) (English): novelist
*Jay Firestone - B.Comm. (1979): television and film producer
*Jonathan Frid - B.A. (Film, 1948): actor
*Marjorie Harris - B.A. (Hons.) (English, 1959): writer
*Doug Henning- B.Sc. (Hons.) (Psychology, 1970): magician
*Gary Lautens - B.A. (History, 1949): legendary Canadian newspaper humorist
*Eugene Levy - B.A. (Film, 1969): actor
*Lawrence Martin - B.A. (Political Science, 1969): journalist
*Ivan Reitman - B.Mus. (Hons.) (1969): director and producer
*John Sessions - Ph.D. (English): actor
*Martin Short - B.A. (Social Work, 1972): actor
*Dave Thomas - B.A. (Hons.)(English): actor, writer

Humanities and Social Sciences

*Harold Innis - professor of political economy at the University of Toronto
*Rainer Knopff - B.A.: political science professor at the University of Calgary
*Bob Munro - B.A. (Hons.) (History, 1966): founded Mathare Youth Sports Association in Africa
*John Harry Passmore - B.A. (History and Economics, 1933): RCAF Squadron leader in World War II
*Lawrence Pennell - B.A. (1938): flight Lieutenant RCAF in World War II; member of Privy Council of Canada, deputy government house leader and solicitor general of Canada
*Michael Ruse - M.A. (1964): philosopher
*Kathryn Taussig - B.A. (1967): founding member of Camerata, innovative chamber music ensemble in 1972
*Robert Tebbs - B.A. (Economics, 1939): World War II captain of the Canadian Army
*William Reynolds - currently planning to renovate a building in the City of Hamilton and is travelling to Mexico to help the local people and economy.

Politics and Government

*Lincoln Alexander - B.A. (History and Political Economy, 1949): Minister of Labour (Canada) (1979-80), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985-91)
*Syl Apps - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economics, 1936): hockey player and Minister of Correctional Services (1971-1974)
*Gordon Dean - M.Sc (Chemistry and Physics, 1946): elected Ontario Legislative 1981
*Tommy Douglas - M.A. (Sociology, 1933): Premier of Saskatchewan and first New Democratic Party (Canada) leader
*Andrea Horwath - B.A. (Labour Studies): former Hamilton City Councillor and MPP
*Eric Hoskins - M.D., Honourary L.L.B.: Co-founder and President of War Child Canada
*Kevin G. Lynch - Ph.D. (1980): Canadian economist, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
*Cam Jackson: politician
*Dave Johnson, B.Sc. (Mathematics): Minster of Education (Ontario) (1997-1999)
*Roy L. Kellock - B.A. (1915): puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1944-1958)
*Stanley Knowles - B.A. (Sociology, 1930): CCF/NDP member of parliament for Winnipeg
*Bartha Knoppers - B.A. (1972): lawyer
*Dalton McGuinty - B.Sc. (Biology, 1978): 24th premier of Ontario
*Heather Munroe-Blum - B.A. Arts/B.S.W (1974): vice-chancellor and principal of McGill University
*Robert Nixon - B.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry and Biology, 1950): leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario and the Opposition
*Samantha Nutt - B. Arts Sc. (1991) , M.D. (1994) Honourary L.L.B.: Co-founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada [ [http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/alumni/gallery/NUTT.htm McMaster Alumni Association - Dr. Samantha Nutt ] ] [ [http://www.speakers.ca/nutt_samantha.aspx Dr. Samantha Nutt: Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada ] ]
*Howard Petch - B.Sc. (Hons.) (Physics and Chemistry, 1949): academic administrator
*David C. Smith - B.A. (1953): principle and vice-chancellor of Queen's University (1984-1994)
*Richard Splane - B.A. (Political Economy and History): RCAF pilot in World War II
*Joseph Tascona - M.B.A.: Progressive Conservative MPP
*Lui Temelkovski: Liberal MP
*Tony Valeri - B.A. (Economics, 1979): Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (2004-2006)
*Mark Wainwright - Ph.D. (Chem Eng, 1974): president of the University of New South Wales, Australia

cience and Engineering

*Richard Bader - B.Sc. (1953), M.Sc. (1955): scientist
*John C Bell - B.Sc., Ph.D.: cancer researcher [ [http://www.oicr.on.ca/research/bell.htm The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research ] ]
*Roberta Bondar - M.D. (1977): astronaut
*Robert C. Dynes - M.Sc. (1965), Ph.D. (1968): former president of the University of California system
*Stephen Foster - M.D. (1972): missionary surgeon in Angola
*Frank Hawthorne - Ph.D. (1973): mineralogist and crystallographer
*Richard Heinzl - M.D. (1987): doctor; founder of Medecins Sans Frontieres
*John F. MacGregor - B.Eng. (1964): statistician and chemical engineer
*Robert Marshall - B.A. (1934): national chairman of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology; H. J. Heinz Company
*John Mighton - M.A. (Philosophy, 1982): mathematician
*David Parnas - computer scientist
*Steve Mann - B.Sc. (1987), B.Eng. (1989), M. Eng (1992): advocate for wearable computing
*Hanna Newcombe - B.A. (Hons.) (Chemistry, 1945): scientist; director of the Peace Research Institute
*James Orbinski - M.D. (1989): Nobel Laureate, Peace; was president of Medecins Sans Frontiers
*Waldemar Pieczonka - M.Sc. (1957), Ph.D. (1960): physicist and engineer; directed IBM's first attempts in integrated circuitry
*Daniel N Sauder - M.D. (1975): chairman of department of Dermatology at Johns Hopkins University
*Myron Scholes - B.A. (1962): Nobel Laureate, Economics
*Simon Sunatori - M.Eng (1983): inventor of MagneScribe, engineer [ [http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/search/results.html?query=(Sunatori%20%3CIN%3E%20INVENTOR) Search Results 1-50 of 53 ] ]

ports

*Syl Apps - B.A. (Hons.) (Political Economics, 1936), hall of fame hockey player and Minister of Correctional Services (Ontario) (1971-1974)
*Jesse Lumsden - football player
*Fabio Filice - football player
*Mike Morreale - football player
*Roger Neilson - B.A. (1956): coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs, National Hockey League
*Adam van Koeverden - (2007): flatwater kayak racer, Olympic medalist and Flag Bearer
*Russ Jackson - B.Sc. (Mathematics, 1958): star quarterback, educator, administrator and broadcaster

Nobel Laureates

* Dr. Bertram Brockhouse, co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Physics
* Dr. Myron Scholes, recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Economics
* Dr. James Orbinski, recipient of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Doctors Without Borders

Faculty

*Ruth Landes - professor of anthropology, author, "City of Women"
* Nick Bontis - associate professor at McMaster's school of business; director of the undergraduate program, program director of the McMaster World Congress
* Kiridaran (Giri) Kanagaretnam - assistant professor (accounting and financial management services)
*Ethan Vishniac - professor of Astronomy
*Bertram Brockhouse - Nobel laureate, Physics
*Ronald Gillespie - Emeritus Professor of chemistry
*Henry Giroux - renowned cultural theorist
*A. C. Heidebrecht - renowned research on Earthquake Engineering
*James Stewart - professor emeritus of Mathematics; author of the world's best selling Calculus books
*H.G. Thode - professor of Chemistry
*Alan Walker - Professor Emeritus of Music, biographer of Franz Liszt
*Dafydd Williams- Canadian Physician and Astronaut [ [http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=5362 McMaster Daily News ] ]

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