List of Concordia University people
The following list of Concordia University people includes notable administrators, alumni and faculty of Concordia University, and its predecessors Loyola College and Sir George Williams University.
Rectors and presidents
The following is a list of rectors and presidents of Concordia University, and its predecessors, Loyola College and Sir George Williams University.Name | Term start | Term end |
Dr. John W. O'Brien, Rector | August 24, 1974 | May 31, 1984 |
Dr. Patrick Kenniff, Rector | June 1, 1984 | May 25, 1994 |
Dr. Charles Bertrand, Interim Rector | May 26, 1994 | August 14, 1995 |
Dr. Frederick Lowy, President | August 15, 1995 | July 31, 2005 |
Dr. Claude Lajeunesse, President | August 1, 2005 | October 31, 2007 |
Michael Di Grappa, Interim President | November 1, 2007 | July 31, 2008 |
Dr. Judith Woodsworth | August 1, 2008 | December 22, 2010 |
Dr. Frederick Lowy, Interim President | February 2, 2011 | July 31, 2012 |
Dr. Alan Shepard | August 1, 2012 | present |
Name | Term start | Term end |
Gregory O’Bryan, S.J., President | August 15, 1896 | July 4, 1899 |
William Doherty, S.J., President | July 4, 1899 | October 27, 1899 |
Gregory O’Bryan, S.J., President | October 27, 1899 | June 23, 1901 |
Arthur E. Jones, S.J., President | June 23, 1901 | August 3, 1904 |
Adrian D. Turgeon, S.J., Rector | August 3, 1904 | August 7, 1905 |
Gregory O’Bryan, S.J., Rector | August 7, 1905 | June 6, 1907 |
Alexander A. Gagnieur, S.J., Rector | August 10, 1907 | May 4, 1913 |
Thomas McMahon, S.J., Rector | May 4, 1913 | August 5, 1917 |
Alexander A. Gagnieur, S.J., Rector | August 5, 1917 | March 1, 1918 |
John Milway Filion, S.J., Rector | March 1, 1918 | July 1, 1918 |
William H. Hingston, S.J., Rector | July 1, 1918 | July 31, 1925 |
Erle Gladstone Bartlett, S.J., Rector | July 31, 1925 | August 9, 1930 |
Thomas J. MacMahon, S.J., Rector | August 9, 1930 | July 15, 1935 |
Hugh C. McCarthy, S.J. Rector | July 15, 1935 | July 11, 1940 |
Edward M. Brown, S.J., Rector | July 11, 1940 | July 4, 1948 |
John F. McCaffrey, S.J., Rector | July 4, 1948 | June 17, 1954 |
Gerald F. Lahey, S.J., Rector | June 17, 1954 | August 15, 1959 |
Patrick G. Malone, S.J., President | August 15, 1959 | August 16, 1974 |
Name | Term start | Term end |
Anson W. Young | 1925 | 1928 |
Frederick O. Stredder | 1928 | 1935 |
Kenneth E. Norris | 1936 | 1956 |
Henry F. Hall | 1956 | 1962 |
Robert C. Rae | 1962 | 1968 |
Douglass B. Clarke, Acting Principal | 1968 | 1969 |
John W. O'Brien | 1969 | August 23, 1974 |
Chancellors
The following is a list of chancellors of Concordia University, and its predecessor Sir George Williams University.Name | Term start | Term end |
Henry J. Hemens | August 24, 1974 | December 31, 1981 |
Earle W. McLaughlin | January 1, 1982 | December 31, 1986 |
Alan B. Gold | February 5, 1987 | September 30, 1992 |
Jeanne Sauvé | October 1, 1992 | January 26, 1993 |
Eric H. Molson | July 1, 1993 | December 31, 2005 |
David P. O'Brien | January 1, 2006 | December 31, 2010 |
L. Jacques Ménard | January 1, 2011 | present |
Name | Term start | Term end |
B.W. Roberts | March 21, 1960 | September 24, 1965 |
Fraser Fulton | September 25, 1965 | June 6, 1971 |
C. F. Carsley | June 6, 1971 | August 10, 1973 |
Henry J. Hemens | August 10, 1973 | August 24, 1974 |
Notable faculty
- Marguerite Andersen - writer and educator
- Margaret Atwood - poet, author and literary critic
- William P. Byers - professor emeritus of mathematics; author of How Mathematicians Think and The Blind Spot
- Marc Gervais - film professor, Jesuit, and founding director of the Loyola Institute for Studies in International Peace
- Henry Habib - distinguished professor emeritus
- Michael Laucke - classical guitar
- Kai Nielsen - adjunct professor in the philosophy department, contemporary atheist and left-wing political philosopher
- Mordecai Richler - author
- Thomas J. Walker - full professor of Finance, former member of DOCSE, editor of "Designing a Sustainable Financial System" and "Sustainable Aviation: Greening the Flight Path"
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga - former president of Latvia; first female president of Latvia
- Gordon Graham - former professor
- Fariborz Haghighat - distinguished professor
- Jane Stewart - distinguished professor emeritus of psychology
- Marisa Portolese - visual artist
Notable alumni
- Howard Alper - chemist
- Sacvan Bercovitch - professor, Harvard University
- David Bercuson - historian
- Lawrence Bergman - Quebec provincial politician
- Warren Cohen - composer and conductor
- Terry Copp - military historian
- Rosie Douglas - former Prime Minister of Dominica
- William McLean Hamilton - Ontario federal politician
- Jim Hawkes - Canadian federal politician
- Stuart McLean - broadcaster and author
- Henry Mintzberg - professor, McGill University
- Guido Molinari - artist
- Gordon O'Connor - Canadian Minister of National Revenue
- Richard Patten - Canadian federal politician
- Richard Pound - Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency; Chancellor of McGill University
- E. Annie Proulx - author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Mordecai Richler - author
- Alfie Roberts - political activist, professional cricketer, and Montreal community worker
- George Springate - professional football player and Quebec politician
- Rod Sykes - former leader of the Alberta Social Credit Party and former Mayor of Calgary
- Donald Tarlton - as Donald K. Donald, a preeminent Montreal-based concert promoter, music manager and record label owner
- Theodore Fairhurst - artist, real estate entrepreneur, world record holder mountain climber
- Tony Burman - journalist and editor-in-chief at CBC
- Lucien Cardin - Canadian federal politician
- Larry Carriere - former NHL hockey playerl current assistant general manager of the Montreal Canadiens
- Dominic D’Alessandro - President and CEO of Manulife Financial
- Don Ferguson - actor and comedian
- Hana Gartner - journalist
- Marc Gervais - Jesuit and film professor at Concordia University
- Bernard Lonergan - philosopher and theologian; regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century
- John C. Major - justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Brian McKenna - journalist
- Richard Monette - actor and director
- Athol Murray - priest and educator
- Georges Vanier - former Governor General of Canada
- Alex Tyrrell - leader of the Green Party of Quebec.
- Nadia Myre - Visual artist
- Dareen Abughaida - Al Jazeera news anchor
- Yasser Harrak - writer, commentator, human rights activist
- Pietro Amato - musician
- Louise Archambault - film director and screenwriter
- Torill Kove - film director and animator and winner of 2007 Academy Award for Animated Short Film
- Jérémy Comte - film director
- Will Arnett - actor, Arrested Development TV series; left after one semester to pursue acting
- Melissa Auf der Maur - rock musician
- Maziar Bahari - journalist and filmmaker, Newsweek
- René Balcer - Emmy Award-winning writer and producer, Law & Order and '
- Chris Banks - poet
- Yves Bélanger - cinematographer
- Evan Beloff - screenwriter and director
- Lawrence Bloomberg - Director of National Bank of Canada
- Pan Bouyoucas - author, playwright and translator
- Annie Briard - artist
- Edwin Orion Brownell - neo-classical composer and concert pianist
- Gary Burns - screenwriter and director
- Brian Busby - author
- Pascale Bussières - Québécoise actress
- Cecil Castellucci - author
- Régine Chassagne - musician, Arcade Fire
- Gina Cody - engineer
- Warren Cohen - composer and conductor
- Steven Cojocaru - fashion maven; Entertainment Tonight correspondent
- Karen Connelly - author
- Daniel Cross - filmmaker
- Joe David - Nuu-chah-nulth artist
- Barbara Davidson - Photographer, 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner
- Bob Delaney - Ontario provincial politician
- André Desmarais - President and Co-CEO of Power Corporation of Canada
- Ann Diamond - poet and short story writer
- Farell Duclair - Canadian football player
- Mario Dumont - ex-political leader of the provincial ADQ party
- Darren Entwistle - President and CEO of Telus
- Jocelyn Faubert - professor at the University of Montreal
- Sydney Finkelstein - professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
- Raymonde Folco - Canadian federal politician
- Tess Fragoulis - author
- Elyse Gasco - author
- Erin Gee - media artist
- Mireille Gingras - neurobiologist; founder and CEO of HUYA Bioscience International
- Jonathan Goldstein - Author, humorist, and radio host
- Kristian Gravenor - journalist
- Angela Grossmann - artist
- Rawi Hage - novelist, photographer
- Yasser Harrak - writer and human rights activist
- Richard Harrison - poet
- Paul Hartal - painter, poet
- Elisabeth Harvor - author
- Mohamed Hashish - research scientist
- Stephen Henighan - author
- Christopher Hinton - film animator
- Jennifer Hollett - former MuchMusic VJ
- Anna Hopkins - actress
- Anthony Housefather - Mayor of Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, Member of Parliament
- Geof Isherwood - comic book illustrator
- Clément Jodoin - ice hockey coach
- Emmett Johns - founder of Dans la Rue
- Clark Johnson - American actor, ' TV series
- Christine Jones - Scenic designer
- Ibi Kaslik - author
- Mark Kelley - CBC reporter
- Adam Kelly - writer
- Jonah Keri - author
- Arsinée Khanjian - actress
- Donovan King - theatre artist
- Torill Kove - animator; 2006 Academy Award winner
- Spencer Krug - musician, Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, Fifths of Seven
- Micheline Lanctôt - film director and actress
- Michelle Latimer - actress on Paradise Falls
- Jeannie Lee - broadcast journalist
- Peter Lenkov - writer and producer, ; left to pursue a career in writing and producing
- JJ Levine – photographer
- Tony Loffreda - Canadian Senator and former banker
- Kate Lushington - Canadian theatre artist and teacher
- G. Scott MacLeod - painter
- Robert Majzels - playwright
- Gerald T. McCaughey - President and CEO of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- David McGimpsey - poet
- Lee Mellor - musician and author
- Milosh - electronic musician
- John Moore - Canadian broadcaster, actor, and voice actor
- Mila Mulroney - wife of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
- Mohan Munasinghe - physicist and Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
- Glen Murray - former mayor of Winnipeg
- Andrea Paine - Canadian federal politician
- B. P. Paquette - filmmaker and academic
- Richard Reed Parry - musician, Arcade Fire
- Lionel Perez - member of Montreal City Council
- Mykola Plaviuk - Ukrainian social and political activist in emigratio; served as the last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile
- Antoni Porowski - chef, actor, and television personality
- Steve Prentice - founder of The Bristall Group
- Andrew Princz – journalist, editor, publisher
- David James Ramsay - Ontario provincial politician
- Edeet Ravel - author
- Nino Ricci - author
- Diane Roberts - theatre director
- Vittorio Rossi - playwright, actor
- Michelle Rouillard - Miss Colombia 2008; represented her country in Miss Universe 2009
- Rodolphe Saadé - French billionaire businessman
- Francis Scarpaleggia - Canadian federal politician
- Mark Shainblum - author and comic book creator
- Artyom Shneyerov - economist
- Alvin Shrier - professor of physiology and Hosmer Chair in Physiology at McGill University
- Johanna Skibsrud - author, winner of the Giller Prize
- Hanibal Srouji - artist
- Jana Sterbak - artist
- Christina Stojanova - media historian
- EE Storey - designer
- Moez Surani - poet
- Todd Swift - poet
- Mutsumi Takahashi - CTV news anchor
- Ruth Taylor - poet
- Michael Thompson - Toronto politician
- Nicholas Thorburn - rock musician
- James Tupper - actor, Men In Trees TV series
- Todd van der Heyden - CTV news anchor
- Mariloup Wolfe - actress
- Steven Woloshen - animator
- David Zilberman - Olympic heavyweight wrestler
- Barbara Dunkelman - Canadian actress and internet personality
- Jing Yang - economist at the Bank of Canada