List of Carleton University people
This is a list of notable people associated with Carleton University, such as faculty members and alumni.
Lineage and establishment
Chancellors
- 1952–1954 Harry Stevenson Southam
- 1954–1968 Jack Mackenzie
- 1969–1972 Lester B. Pearson
- 1973–1980 Gerhard Herzberg
- 1980–1990 Robert Gordon Robertson
- 1990–1992 Pauline Jewett
- 1993–2002 Arthur Kroeger
- 2002 Ray Hnatyshyn
- 2003–2008 Marc Garneau
- 2008–2011 Herb Gray
- 2011–2017 Charles Chi
- 2018– Yaprak Baltacioğlu
Presidents
- 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
- 1947–1955 Murdoch Maxwell MacOdrum
- 1955–1956 James Alexander Gibson
- 1956–1958 Claude Bissell
- 1958–1972 Davidson Dunton
- 1972–1978 Michael Kelway Oliver
- 1979 James Downey 1 January – 15 May
- 1979–1989 William Edwin Beckel
- 1989–1996 Robin Hugh Farquhar
- 1996–2005 Richard J. Van Loon
- 2005–2006 David W. Atkinson
- 2006–2008 Samy Mahmoud, from 20 November 2006
- 2008–2017 Roseann Runte
- 2017–2018 Alastair Summerlee
- 2018–2023 Benoit-Antoine Bacon
Chairs of the Board of Governors
- 1942–1949 Philip D. Ross, Honorary Chairman
- 1942–1947 Henry Marshall Tory
- 1947–1952 Harry Stevenson Southam
- 1952–1960 J.E. Coyne
- 1960–1962 E.W. Richard Steacie
- 1962–1965 C.C. Gibson
- 1965–1972 David A. Golden
- 1972–1974 James Lorne Gray
- 1974–1976 Russ J. Neill
- 1976–1978 Hyman Soloway
- 1978–1980 George A. Fierheller
- 1980–1982 Denis A. Ross
- 1982–1984 Clifford Thomas Kelley
- 1984–1985 Jean Teron
- 1985–1987 Claude Edwards
- 1987–1989 Ross Cruikshank
- 1990–1992 Donald Yeomans
- 1992–1993 Sam Hughes
- 1993–1995 Maureen O'Neil
- 1995–1997 Ivan Fellegi
- 1997–2000 Robert Laughton
- 2000–2002 Allen Lumsden
- 2002–2005 Jocelyn Ghent Mallett
- 2005–2006 Margaret Bloodworth
- 2006–2008 David M. Dunn
- 2008–2010 Jacques Shore
- 2010–2012 Gisele Samson-Verreault
- 2012–2014 Ronald Jackson
- 2014–2016 Anthony Tattersfield
- 2016–2018 Christopher Carruthers
- 2018–2020 Nik Nanos
Notable alumni and faculty
Academics
- Emma Anderson, professor at University of Ottawa
- Andrew Brook, Chancellor's Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- Madhu Dikshit, cardiovascular biologist and N-Bios laureate
- Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician of Canada
- Peter Grünberg, Nobel laureate in Physics 2007
- Lawrence M. Krauss, physics professor at Arizona State University and popular science author
- Michael I. Krauss, professor at George Mason University School of Law
- Randal Marlin, Carleton philosophy professor specializing in the study of propaganda
- Ryan North, writer and computer scientist
- Robin Neill, economic historian
- John Porter, former Professor of Sociology
- Kenneth B. Storey, current Professor of Biology
- William Sweet, Professor of Philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Edwin G. Pulleyblank, professor at the University of British Columbia
Entertainers
- Elizabeth Hanna, undergraduate major in philosophy and later graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada; voice actor and speech-language pathologist
- Mervyn G.H. Hinds, Chicago blues musician, known as Harmonica Hinds
- K-OS, musician
Entrepreneurs
- Suhayya Abu-Hakima, co-founder and CEO of AmikaNow! and Amika Mobile Corporation tor and comedian; studied criminology and sociology, but did not graduate
- David Azrieli, architect, 10th richest man in Canada
- Conrad Black, former businessman
- Trevor Matthews, founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures
- Eric Sprott, founder of Sprott Asset Management
- Shane Smith, co-founder and CEO of Vice
Journalists
- Rosemary Barton, political journalist and host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network
- Keith Boag, chief political correspondent for CBC News
- Rita Celli, host for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Andrew Chang, television journalist
- James Duthie, TSN host and Journalist
- Matthew Fraser, former Editor-in-Chief of National Post
- Edward Greenspon, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail
- Greg Ip, economic journalist, The Wall Street Journal
- Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News, two-time Peabody Award winner, awarded a Litterarum doctor, honoris causa in 1997
- Carolyn Mackenzie, broadcaster
- Robert MacNeil, journalist, Officer of the Order of Canada
- Gavin McInnes, writer, founder of Vice
Politicians
- Lester Bowles Pearson, former chancellor, professor, Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- Niki Ashton, Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party leadership candidate
- Lindsay Blackett, first black Cabinet minister in Alberta
- Patrick Boyer, Member of Parliament
- Gord Brown, Member of Parliament
- Mike Colle, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Alex Cullen, Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa City Councillor
- Hans Daigeler, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barry Devolin, Member of Parliament
- Paul Dewar, former Member of Parliament
- Ward P.D. Elcock, Deputy Minister of Defence, former Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Catherine Fife, Member of Provincial Parliament, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association
- Rob Ford, former Mayor of the City of Toronto, studied political science for a year
- Evelyn Gigantes, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Pauline Jewett, Member of Parliament, professor and Chancellor of Carleton University
- Leo Jordan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Wilbert Keon, Senator, heart surgeon
- John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Canada
- John Milloy Member of Provincial Parliament, Minister
- Claudia Mo, Member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
- Yasir Naqvi, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Tom Nevakshonoff, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Paul Okalik, former premier of Nunavut
- Ernie Parsons, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Michael Prue, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Scott Reid, Member of Parliament
- Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, former Prime Minister of Somalia
- Norm Sterling, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Barbara Sullivan, Member of Provincial Parliament
- Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Member of Parliament
- Jim Watson, Member of Provincial Parliament, Mayor and City Councillor of Ottawa
- Omar Zakhilwal, former Professor of Economics, Afghan Finance Minister and Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Afghanistan
- Jordan Reeves, Executive Director of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
Others
- Chris Bailey, writer and productivity consultant
- Louise Charron, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Lorna deBlicquy, pioneering woman aviator
- Michelle Douglas, human rights activist
- Daniel Francis, writer and historian
- Allan Gregg, pollster, political pundit
- Sara Gruen, fiction author known best for award-winning novel Water for Elephants
- Gregory Henriquez, architect, Governor-General's Medal for Architecture
- Derek Holmes, IIHF Hall of Fame inductee
- Abdul Rahman Jabarah, alleged al-Qaeda member killed in 2003
- Jim Judd, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Warren Kinsella, lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, lobbyist and commentator
- Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, former chancellor, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- Gordon Pape, financial self-help writer
- Kenneth Chan Kai-tai, Hong Kong actor and television host for Cable TV Hong Kong channel
- Karim Rashid, industrial designer
- Howard Nuk, industrial designer
- Cristine Rotenberg, crime statistics analyst and nail art YouTube personality
- Wayne Smith, current Chief Statistician of Statistics Canada
- Harley Swedler, architect
- Susan Wood, Canadian literature scholar, pioneer of feminist science fiction studies
- Peter Worthington, Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto Sun
Notable honorary degree recipients
- Dag Hammarskjöld, United Nations Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1954
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1962
- Kurt Waldheim, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1972
- Tommy Douglas, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan; led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public health care to Canada; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1980
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1985
- Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1993
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations Secretary-General ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 1995
- Romano Prodi, 79th Prime Minister of Italy; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2001
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize laureate; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2004
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
- Murray Sinclair, Chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2015
- David Johnston, Governor General of Canada ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2016
- Helen Clark, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme ; awarded a Legum Doctor, honoris causa in 2012
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