List of Dalhousie University people

The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and others affiliated with Dalhousie University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Alumni

Scientists

• Arthur B. McDonald (BSc, MSc) - Nobel Laureate: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics^[1]
• Dr. Robert Ackman (MS 1952), O.C. – omega-3 fatty acid research pioneer^[2]
• Martin Henry Dawson (BA 1916) – pioneer in penicillin therapy
• Dr. Jerzy Gajewski – President, Canadian Urological Association
• Trudy Mackay (BSc, MSc), quantitative geneticist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 2016^[3]
• Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan (PhD 1978) – NASA astronaut, first American woman to walk in space
• Danielle Fong (BSc. 2005) - pioneer in green energy
• Dr. Erik Demaine (BSc. 1993) - Youngest professor ever hired at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ban Tsui (Dip. Eng., BSc, MSc, MD) - described the Tsui Test and developed a catheter over needle kit for peripheral nerve block

Government and politics

Prime Ministers

• Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett – 11th Prime Minister of Canada; only Canadian prime minister raised to the English peerage as 1st Viscount Bennett
• Rt. Hon. Joe Clark – 16th Prime Minister of Canada
• Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney (law, failed first year, later continued at Université Laval^[4]) – 18th Prime Minister of Canada^[5]

Lieutenant Governors

• Hon. Myra Freeman – O.NS – philanthropist, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia^[6]
• Clarence Gosse, O.C. – 24th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
• Arthur Maxwell House, O.C. – neurologist and a former Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Henry Poole MacKeen, O.C. – 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
• Sir John Robert Nicholson – OBE – businessman, politician and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia^[7]
• Hon. Fabian O'Dea – Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador^[8]
• Sir Albert Walsh – chief justice and first Lieutenant Governor for Newfoundland

Diplomats

• Michael Leir – Canadian High Commissioner to Australia
• Kishore Mahbubani – former Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Premiers

• Allan Emrys Blakeney – tenth Premier of Saskatchewan
• John Buchanan – 20th Premier of Nova Scotia, senator
• Alex Campbell – 23rd Premier of Prince Edward Island
• Amor De Cosmos – 2nd Premier of British Columbia
• Hon. Darrell Dexter – 27th Premier of Nova Scotia
• Joseph Atallah Ghiz – 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island and former Dean of Dalhousie Law School
• Dr. John Hamm – 25th Premier of Nova Scotia
• Richard Bennett Hatfield – former Premier of New Brunswick
• Angus Lewis MacDonald (1921) – 13th Premier of Nova Scotia
• Russell MacLellan – 24th Premier of Nova Scotia
• Gerald Regan (1952) – former Liberal Premier of Nova Scotia
• Hon. Robert Stanfield – Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the Federal Progressive Conservatives
• Danny Williams – 9th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Other notable politicians and political actors

• Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah – Current Saudi Health Minister and pediatric surgeon
• Hon. John Crosbie – former Canadian Minister of Finance, current Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
• David Charles Dingwall (B.Comm 1974, LL.B. 1979) – former Liberal cabinet minister^[9]
• Hon. Peter MacKay – Minister of National Defense^[10]
• Hon. Gerald Regan – former Liberal cabinet minister
• Stewart McInnes (1961) – former Conservative Cabinet Minister
• Christine Melnick – provincial NDP cabinet minister, Manitoba^[11]
• Reid Morden – former Canadian Security Intelligence Service director^[12]
• Hon. Jim Prentice – Conservative cabinet minister^[13]
• Graham Steele (1989), Minister of Finance of Nova Scotia, Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature
• Margaret Florence Newcome, Grafton, Nova Scotia, first female graduate, 1885
• Chris Axworthy – professor and Federal NDP politician^[14]
• Jamie Baillie – former Credit Union Atlantic CEO, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia^[15]
• Dominic Cardy Leader, New Brunswick New Democratic Party.
• Frank Bainimarama – military dictator of Fiji
• Hon. Sidney Smith – president of University of Toronto, Conservative Party Secretary of State for External Affairs
• Hon. Anne McLellan, O.C. – law professor and former Liberal deputy Prime Minister

Mayors

• William G. Adams – former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland
• Peter J. Kelly – former mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
• Mike Savage – mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
• John W. Morgan – former mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Academia

• Stephen Blackwood – President of Ralston College
• Philip Bryden – Dean of Law at University of New Brunswick (2004-2009) and University of Alberta (2009-)^[16]
• Colleen Hanycz – President of La Salle University
• Robert MacGregor Dawson – political scientist
• Chris Morash – Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• Elizabeth Rollins Epperly – author and former president of the University of Prince Edward Island
• Howard Epstein (LL.B. 1973, faculty) – MLA for Halifax Chebucto^[17]
• Edgar Gold O.C. – expert in international ocean law and marine and environmental policy
• T. A. Goudge – philosopher
• Donald Olding Hebb – father of modern neuropsychology
• Albert Ross Hill – president of the University of Missouri (1908–21)
• Peter Hochachka (MS), O.C. – professor and zoologist
• George Laurence – nuclear physicist
• Hugh MacLennan, O.C., O.Q. – author and professor
• Ronald St. John Macdonald (B. Law 1952), O.C. – law professor and international law expert
• H. R. Milner (B.Law 1911) – lawyer, businessman, and former Chancellor of University of King's College
• Moses Morgan (B.A.) – former president of Memorial University of Newfoundland^[18]

Business

• Purdy Crawford, O.C. (LL.B. 1955) – corporate director, former CEO of Imasco^[19]
• Frank Manning Covert – CBE, O.C.—lawyer and business person
• Sir Graham Day (1959) – former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes plc, Hydro One, as well as CEO of British Shipbuilders and the Rover Group
• Sir James Hamet Dunn – major Canadian financier and industrialist
• Sean Durfy (B.Comm 1989) – President and CEO of WestJet^[20]
• Fred Fountain – lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and Member of the Order of Canada
• Neville Gilfoy – publisher ^[21]
• Cary Kaplan – founder of Cosmos Sports, president/general manager Brampton Beast (ECHL) former Hamilton Bulldogs president
• Charles Peter McColough – CEO of Xerox^[22]
• Don Mills – CEO of CCL Group^[23]
• Karen Oldfield (1985) – CEO of the Halifax Port Authority^[24]
• Maury Van Vliet, O.C. – president and CEO of the 1978 Commonwealth Games
• James Palmer (1952) – Founding partner of Burnett, Duckwoth & Palmer^[25]
• Denis Stairs, B.Eng. OBE, Canadian engineer and businessman.

Law and lawmaking

Justices

• Donald L. Clancy, Q.C. – former Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and member of the British Columbia Review Board
• Lorne Clarke – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
• Patrick H. Curran – Chief Judge of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court
• Sir Joseph Andrew Chisholm, KBE – former Mayor of Halifax and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
• John Doull – Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, also provincial politician
• Constance Glube (1955) – former Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, first female Chief Justice of Canada
• Alexander Hickman, O.C. (1947) – Supreme Court of Newfoundland as Chief Justice
• Leslie M. Little (1961) – co-founding partner of Thorsteinssons; Justice of the federal Tax Court of Canada
• John Keiller MacKay, O.C. (1922) – former judge of Supreme Court of Ontario and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Roland Ritchie, C.C. (part-time faculty) – Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Joseph Phillip Kennedy – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
• Valerie L. Marshall (1991) – Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Valerie Miller (1985) – Justice of the Tax Court of Canada
• Hon. Edmund Leslie Newcombe (B.A. 1878, M.A. 1881, faculty) – Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada^[26]
• Eugene Rossiter (1978) – Associate Chief Judge, Tax Court of Canada
• Jamie Saunders (1973) – Justice of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court of Appeal^[27]
• Robert Sedgewick – Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Clyde Wells (1962) – provincial Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal and 5th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Bertha Wilson, O.C. – first woman Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Attorneys General

• Murdoch MacPherson – Attorney-General of Saskatchewan
• Geoff Plant (LL.B. 1981) – Attorney General of British Columbia^[28]

Legislators

• Hon. Scott Brison – Member of Parliament, former Liberal cabinet minister^[29]
• T.J. Burke – provincial politician, New Brunswick
• Hon. Gerry Byrne – Member of Parliament
• George Furey – senator representing Newfoundland Labrador^[30]
• Danny Graham – former leader of the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia
• Henry Hicks – Senator
• Michael J. L. Kirby – former federal politician and current senator for Nova Scotia
• Megan Leslie – Member of Parliament for Halifax
• Finlay MacDonald, O.C. – senator representing Halifax, Nova Scotia
• John MacEachern – politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
• Hon. Donald Oliver (LL.B. 1964, faculty) – first black male Canadian Senator^[31]
• Hon. Dr. Calvin Ruck, O.C. – activist and senator^[32]
• Russell Trood – Liberal Party senator for the state of Queensland, Australia^[33]
• Andy Fillmore – incumbent Member of Parliament for Halifax

Activists

• Jan Crull Jr. (BA) – attorney, consultant, former Native American rights advocate, filmmaker, and investment banker
• Peter Dalglish (Law) – international children's rights activist; founded Toronto-based Street Kids International
• Elizabeth May (LLB 1983) – President of the Sierra Club of Canada, leader of the Green Party of Canada^[34]
• Alexa McDonough (BA 1965) – former leader of the New Democratic Party^[35]
• Emilie Taman – a former federal prosecutor and a candidate in the 2015 Canadian election^[36]
• Nick Wright (MBA, Law) – founding leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia

Journalism

• Sandra Gwyn, O.C. – journalist and writer
• Ian Hanomansing (Law) – television journalist
• Dr. Armand Leroi (BS1989) – evolutionary developmental biologist, author, and BBC documentarist^[37]
• Amber MacArthur (BA) – television and netcasting personality
• Robert MacNeil – broadcast journalist; co-anchored the nightly The MacNeil/Lehrer Report on PBS^[38]
• Marjorie Willison – CBC radio personality

Literature

• Ernest Buckler – novelist^[39]
• George Elliot Clarke – Author and recipient of the Governor General's Award
• James Macdonald Oxley (BA 1874) – Lawyer and an author of books for boys
• Simon Gray – English playwright, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Kenneth Leslie – poet
• Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery – author of Anne of Green Gables (attended 1895, 1896)^[40]
• Maxine Tynes (BA, BEd 1973) – noted poet, educator ^[41]
• Budge Wilson – author
• Lance Woolaver – author, playwright and director

Performing arts

• Kiran Ahluwalia – Songlines Music Award-winning singer^[42]
• Jay Ferguson – musician for rock group Sloan^[42]
• Barbara Fris – operatic soprano^[43]
• Peter Herrndorf, O.C. – president and CEO of the National Arts Centre
• Shaun Majumder – actor/comedian^[44]
• Chris Murphy – bassist and vocalist of rock group Sloan^[42]
• Kate Maki – singer-songwriter
• Candy Palmater (LL.B. 1999) – comedian, activist, writer, and radio-television personality^[45]
• Patrick Pentland – musician for rock group Sloan^[42]
• Raylene Rankin – singer^[42]
• Liz Rigney (BA 1989) – singer and CTV Atlantic broadcaster^[42]

Sports

• Simon Farine – basketball player who currently plays for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Super League.
• Stephen Giles – Olympic silver medal paddler
• Mark de Jonge – Olympic bronze medal paddler and world record holder
• Colleen Jones – CBC broadcaster, world champion curler
• Michael Scarola – world championship bronze medalist paddler

Other

• Sarah Jackson – artist
• Michael Donovan – film producer, screenwriter, co-founder of Salter Street Films
• Lesra Martin – lawyer and motivational speaker
• Michel Trudeau – son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau^[46]

Faculty

• A. H. Armstrong – classicist
• Peter Aucoin – political science, public administration
• Jerome H. Barkow – anthropologist
• Axel D. Becke – chemist
• Michael Bishop – literary scholar
• Edward Blackadder – Professor of Medical Jurisprudence
• John Cameron (anatomist), FRSE – Professor of Anatomy^[47]
• Lesley Choyce – author
• James De Mille – Professor of English and Rhetoric
• Ford Doolittle – biochemist
• James Doull – philosopher, and Professor of Classics
• John Forrest – Professor of History
• John Godfrey – historian
• Clarence Gosse – Professor of Urology
• George Grant – philosopher
• Roy Martin Haines – historian
• Brian K. Hall – biologist
• William Hare – Professor of Education and Philosophy
• C. D. Howe – engineer, businessman, Liberal Cabinet minister
• Michael John Keen – Department of Geology professor (1961–77) and department chairman
• Thomas Worrall Kent – Dean of Administrative Studies, adjunct professor of Public Administration^[48]
• George Lawson – botanist
• Alexander H. Leighton – psychiatrist
• Roy Leitch - English composition
• Christine Macy – architect, historian and the dean of the architecture and planning faculty
• Brian Mackay-Lyons – architect^[49]
• Arthur Stanley Mackenzie – physicist
• Elisabeth Mann-Borgese – Professor of Law
• Daniel Murray – mathematician
• Cynthia Neville – historian^[50]
• Lars Osberg – McCulloch Professor of Economics
• E. C. Pielou – ecologist
• Robert Rosen – Professor of Biophysics
• Malcolm Ross – literary critic
• Eric Segelberg – Professor of Classics
• Wilfred Cantwell Smith – Professor of Religion
• Colin Starnes – professor, author and former President of the University of King's College
• Steve Tittle – composer
• Peter Busby Waite – historian, longtime Thomas McCulloch Professor of History
• Richard Wassersug – Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
• John Clarence Webster – Governor of Dalhousie University in 1934.^[51]
• Richard Chapman Weldon – Professor of Law
• Franklin White – Professor and Head, Community Health and Epidemiology (1982–89); adjunct since 1989.
• Martin Willison – Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
• Boris Worm – marine ecologist

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