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List of Wilfrid Laurier University people

Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and was founded in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada and later Waterloo Lutheran University. It was renamed Wilfrid Laurier University in 1973 by the Government of Ontario under the Wilfrid Laurier University Act in 1973.[1] The school is one of the fastest-growing universities in Canada; its enrollment doubled from 2002 to 2007, and it has 12,000 full-time undergraduate students as of 2008.[2] Wilfrid Laurier University also has two satellite campuses in Brantford and Kitchener, both in Ontario.[3][4]

Wilfrid Laurier University's main campus in Waterloo, Ontario

People associated with Wilfrid Laurier University include faculty, alumni, staff, honorary degree recipients, chancellors, and presidents. The university has had nine chancellors, including the incumbent Michael Lee-Chin. Wilfrid Laurier University has had seven presidents, including the incumbent Deborah MacLatchy, who has served in this position since 1 July, 2017.

Alumni and faculty

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Alumni

Heather Munroe-Blum, principal of McGill University
Shad, rapper
NameRelationshipDisciplineKnown forNotes
Harold AlbrechtUndergraduateGeneralMember of Parliament[5]
Dean AllisonUndergraduateEconomicsConservative member of Parliament[6]
Ted ArnottUndergraduateBusiness administrationProgressive Conservative member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament[7]
Paul BennettUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League defensive back[8]
Mary BergUndergraduateHistory and EnglishChef, television personality, cookbook author[9]
David BlackUndergraduateEnglish and anthropologyCanadian Football League offensive lineman[10]
Robert BoyceUndergraduateEconomicsSenior lecturer at London School of Economics[11]
Nikola BudalićUndergraduateMBASoccer player[12]
Glen ChornyUndergraduateBusiness and historyPoker player[13]
Rod ConnopUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League offensive lineman[14]
Sean ConwayUndergraduatePoliticsLegislative Assembly of Ontario member[15]
Jean CrowderUndergraduatePsychologyPolitician[16]
Bill DowneUndergraduateBusinessBank of Montreal president and CEO[17]
Doug DowneyUndergraduatePolitical ScienceAttorney General of Ontario and Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament[18]
Cindy EadieUndergraduateEconomicsHockey goaltender[19]
John EstacioUndergraduateCompositionComposer[20]
Ken EvraireUndergraduateCommunication studiesTelevision journalist[21]
John GlassfordUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League linebacker[22]
Corey GrantUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League wide receiver[23]
Raj GrewalUndergraduateBusinessMember of Parliament[10]
Paul HeinbeckerResearch fellowPoliticsCanadian ambassador to the United Nations[24]
Lyndon HooperUndergraduatePhysical educationSoccer player[25]
Paul JamesUndergraduateSociologySoccer analyst[26]
Carl KlinckUndergraduateGeneralWaterloo College professor[27]
Dave KnechtelUndergraduateEconomicsCanadian Football League defensive tackle[28]
Jenna LambertUndergraduateAthleteSwam across Lake Ontario despite having cerebral palsy[29]
William C. LeggettUndergraduateGeneralQueen's University principal[30]
Dave LevacUndergraduate—Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[31]
Ian LoganUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League safety[32]
Brian MasseUndergraduateSociologyMember of the House of Commons of Canada[33]
Chuck McMannUndergraduatePsychologyCanadian Football League player[34]
Ted McMeekinGraduateSocial workMember of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[35]
Jacob MoonUndergraduateMusicSinger-songwriter[36]
Heather Munroe-BlumGraduateSocial workMcGill University principal[37]
Cheryl PounderUndergraduateSportsTwo-time Olympic Gold Medalist - Ice Hockey[38]
Jim ReidUndergraduateSportsCFL player[39]
Damien RobitailleUndergraduateClassical musicMusician[40]
Anthony RotaUndergraduatePoliticsMember of the House of Commons of Canada[41]
Donnie RuizUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League free safety[42]
Jeffrey RyanUndergraduateMusicComposer[43]
ShadUndergraduateBusinessHip hop musician[44]
Doug SmithUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League offensive lineman[45]
Charles SousaUndergraduateBusinessCanadian Member of Provincial Parliament[46]
Lance StormUndergraduateBusinessWorld Wrestling Entertainment professional wrestler[47]
Andre TalbotUndergraduateSportsCanadian Football League wide receiver[48]
Kenneth TamGraduateHistoryScience-fiction author[49]
Keegan Connor TracyUndergraduateSocial psychologyActress[50]
Ian TroopUndergraduateBusinessCEO, 2015 Pan Am Games[51]
Larry UteckGraduateSportsCanadian Football League player[52]
Chris Van VlietUndergraduateCommunicationsTelevision personality and journalist[53]
Laura WalkerUndergraduate—Curler[54]
Andrew WiterUndergraduate—Member of the House of Commons of Canada[55]
Stephen WoodworthUndergraduateLawPolitician[56]
Carolyn A. WilkinsUndergraduateEconomicsEconomist and first woman to serve as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada[57]

{Karl W Schweizer;1966-69;Author and Historian}

Faculty

NameRelationshipDisciplineKnown forNotes
Kimberly BarberProfessorOperaMezzo-soprano and vocal pedagogue[58]
Marie BountrogianniAssistant professor—Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[59]
Phelim BoyleProfessorFinanceInitiating the use of Monte Carlo methods in option pricing[60]
Jim BreithauptBoard of Governors member—Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[61]
Terry CoppProfessor emeritusMilitary historyProfessor[62]
Craig FleisherProfessorEconomicsResearcher[63]
Walter HachbornBoard of Governors member—Co-founder of Home Hardware[64]
Brian HendersonDirector of Laurier Press—Poet[65]
Shohini GhoseProfessorPhysics[66]
Morgan HolmesProfessorSociologyIntersex activist and scholar[67]
Tuffy KnightCoachSportsWilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks head coach[68]
John Warwick MontgomeryChairmanHistoryChairman of the Department of History[69]
Donald MorgensonProfessorPsychologyContributions to humanistic psychology[70]
Alison MountzProfessorGeographyCanada Research Chair in Global Migration[71]
Kim OndaatjeLecturerLiteraturePart-time lecturer[72]
John ReimerBoard of Governors member—Member of Parliament[73]
Adele ReinhartzDeanLiteratureDean of Graduate Studies and Research[74]
Roger SartyProfessorMilitary historyCanadian Forces Maritime Command historian[75]
Lindsay ShepherdTeaching assistantCommunication studiesFree-speech activism[76]
Linda Catlin SmithProfessorMusic theoryProfessor of composition Wilfrid Laurier[77]
Andrew TelegdiBoard of Governors member—Former Liberal Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada (1993-2008)[78]
Cynthia Johnston TurnerDean of the Faculty of MusicMusicConductor[79]
Norman WagnerDean of graduate studiesLiteratureArchaeologist[80]
Darren Wershler-HenryAssistant professorCommunication studiesExperimental poet[81]


Honorary degree recipients

DDiv – Doctor of Divinity; DLitt – Doctor of Letters; LLD – Doctor of Laws
Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada
Deborah Ellis, recipient of the Governor General's Award for English language children's literature
Richard Goldstone, South African judge
George Hees, politician
NameDegreeYearKnown forNotes
John Black AirdLLDNovember 1975Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada[82]
Raffi ArmenianLLDJune 1991Conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher[83]
Lloyd AxworthyLLDJune 2008Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada[84]
Thomas AxworthyLLDJune 2003Principal Secretary of Canada[85]
Maude BarlowDLittJune 2004National chairperson of The Council of Canadians[86]
James BartlemanLLDJune 2007Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario[87]
Derek BurneyLLDJune 1998Progressive Conservative Party of Canada political strategist[88]
Micheline CharestLLDJune 1997Founder of Cookie Jar Group[89]
David Barr ChiltonDLittJune 2006Author and self-publisher of The Wealthy Barber[90]
Jean ChrétienLLDMay 1981Prime Minister of Canada[91]
John E. CleghornLLDOctober 1991Chief executive officer of Royal Bank of Canada[92]
Terry CoppLLDJune 2005Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University[93]
Maureen Kempston DarkesLLDJune 1998General Motors vice president[94]
William Grenville DavisLLDOctober 1963Progressive Conservative Premier of Ontario[95]
Paul DesmaraisLLDMay 1979Fifth richest person in Canada[96]
John George DiefenbakerLLDNovember 1968Prime Minister of Canada[97]
Pat DohertyDLittOctober 1993Vice president of Sinn Féin[98]
Howard DyckLLDMay 1996Conductor and broadcaster[99]
Deborah EllisDLittJune 2005Winner of the Governor General's Award[100]
John EnglishDLittMay 1992Academic[101]
Willard Zebedee EsteyLLDMay 1977Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada[102]
John Robert EvansLLDMay 1975Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation[103]
Timothy FindleyDLittJune 2001Novelist and playwright[104]
Donald Methuen FlemingLLDOctober 1967Official of the International Monetary Fund[105]
Maureen ForresterLLDNovember 1975Operatic contralto[105]
Franklin Clark FryLLDOctober 1963Lutheran clergyman[106]
Richard GoldstoneLLDOctober 1995South African judge[107]
Buzz HargroveLLDJune 2004National president of the Canadian Auto Workers[108]
George Harris HeesLLDMay 1961Politician[109]
Paul HeinbeckerLLDMay 1993Canadian ambassador to the United Nations[110]
James HillierLLDMay 2002Built the first electron microscope in North America[111]
Mel HurtigLLDOctober 1985President of the Art Gallery of Alberta[112]
Diamond JennessLLDMay 1962Anthropology[113]
Russell Johnson (acoustician)LLDJune 2003Architectural Acoustician[114]
Urho Kaleva KekkonenLLDOctober 1961Prime Minister of Finland[115]
Anton KuertiDLittJune 2005Concert pianist[116]
John Francis LeddyLLDNovember 1972President of the University of Windsor[117]
Michael Lee-ChinLLDOctober 2008Executive of AIC Limited[118]
William LeggettLLDOctober 1994Principal of Queen's University[119]
Stephen LewisLLDMay 1988Social science scholar-in-residence at McMaster University[120]
Arthur Reginald Marsden LowerDLittMay 1964Royal Navy officer[121]
William Ross MacdonaldLLDMay 1964Lieutenant Governor of Ontario[122]
Allan Joseph MacEachenLLDOctober 1976Deputy Prime Minister of Canada[123]
Hugh MacLennanDLittOctober 1961Recipient of the Governor General's Award[124]
Paul Joseph James MartinLLDMay 1967Politician[125]
Paul MartinLLDJune 2001Governor General's Award[126]
Burton MatthewsLLDJune 1996President of the University of Guelph[127]
Marnie McBeanLLDJune 1999Rower at the 2000 Summer Olympics[128]
Jack McClellandDLittMay 1994Publisher[129]
Loreena McKennittDLittDecember 2002Celtic music singer[130]
Walter McLeanLLDMay 1995Member of Parliament[131]
Norah Evangeline MichenerLLDNovember 1969Wife of Governor General of Canada[132]
Charles Hibbert MillardLLDMay 1970Trade union activist[133]
John A. MillerDDivMay 1966Roller coaster designer[134]
Heather Munroe-BlumLLDOctober 2005Principal of McGill University[135]
Jan NarvesonDLittMay 1989Professor at University of Waterloo[136]
Peter C. NewmanLLDMay 1983Journalist[137]
Christopher NewtonDLittJune 1997Artistic director of the Shaw Festival[138]
Landon PearsonLLDMay 1995Canadian senator[139]
Lester Bowles PearsonLLDDecember 1964Prime Minister of Canada[140]
John A. PollockLLDOctober 2001Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University[141]
Jack RabinovitchLLDOctober 2007Founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize[142]
John Parmenter RobartsLLDMay 1971Premier of Ontario[143]
Philip Bernard RynardLLDOctober 1979Physician, surgeon, and politician[144]
Nafis SadikLLDOctober 1995Special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations[145]
Edward Togo SalmonDLittNovember 1974Ancient historian[146]
Myron S. ScholesLLDOctober 2005Co-author of the Black–Scholes model[147]
Carol ShieldsDLittOctober 2000Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[148]
Joseph Roberts SmallwoodLLDMay 1962Premier of Newfoundland[149]
Edna StaeblerDLittOctober 1984Cookbook author[150]
Mark StarowiczDLittJune 2001Journalist and producer[151]
David StrangwayLLDJune 1997Founder of Quest University[152]
John SweeneyLLDMay 1992Politician and educator[153]
Kurt WaldheimLLDMay 1974Secretary-General of the United Nations[154]
David James WalkerLLDMay 1976Politician[155]
Pamela WallinDLittJune 1999Television journalist[156]
Patrick WatsonLLDOctober 1989Broadcaster, author, and commentator[157]
Sheila Watt-CloutierLLDOctober 2008Inuit activist[158]
Rudy WiebeDLittJune 1991Professor at the University of Alberta[159]
Eric Alfred WinklerLLDNovember 1974Politician[160]
Klaus WoernerLLDOctober 1999Founder of ATS Automation Tooling Systems[161]
John YaremkoLLDMay 1969Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario[162]

Administration

Chancellors

Wilfrid Laurier University has had eleven chancellors.[163]

Maureen Forrester, the university's fifth chancellor
#NameTerm
1William Daum EulerMay 20, 1961 – July 1961
2Ross MacdonaldDecember 6, 1964 – June 1972
3Paul Martin Sr.June 1972 – April 30, 1977
4John Black AirdJuly 4, 1977 – July 3, 1985
5Maureen ForresterMay 25, 1986 – May 29, 1990
6Willard EsteyJuly 12, 1990 – October 30, 1995
7John CleghornOctober 27, 1996 – June 10, 2003
8Bob RaeSeptember 1, 2003 – March 30, 2008
9John A. PollockMarch 31, 2008 – October 27, 2011
10Michael Lee-ChinOctober 28, 2011 – September 13, 2016
11Eileen MercierSeptember 14, 2016 – present

Presidents

Wilfrid Laurier University has had eight presidents.[164]

#NameTerm
1William Villaume1960–1966
2Frank Peters1967–1978
3Neale Tayler1978–1982
4John A. Weir1982–1992
5Lorna Marsden1992–1997
6Robert Rosehart1997–2006
7Max Blouw2007–2017
8Deborah MacLatchy2017–present

References

General
  • "Honorary Degree Recipients". Wilfrid Laurier University. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
Specific

External links

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