Between 1907 and 2007 there were over 132,200 alumni of the University of Saskatchewan. This list features notable people who have graduated from a degree, certificate and/or diploma program at the university.
Agriculture Lorne Babiuk - immunologist, pathogenesist, virologist, molecular virology, and vaccinologist Howard Fredeen - animal breeding researcher Lawrence Kirk - agronomist best known for introducing crested wheatgrass J.W. Grant MacEwan - director of the School of Agriculture, professor of Animal Husbandry, and lieutenant-governor of Alberta (1966–1974) Kenneth Norrie - economic historian specializing in the economy of Western Canada, especially prairie wheat farming Cecil Frederick Patterson - introduced 52 new varieties of hardy fruits for the prairies and over 18 varieties of hybrid hardy lilies Clayton Oscar Person - international authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations A.J.F. GRIFFITHS The Canadian Encyclopedia
Arts and entertainment Robert Boyer - Canadian visual artist of aboriginal heritage; BEd from the Regina Campus of the U of S in 1971 Kim Coates - actor, honorary Doctor of Letters Stephen Fox - clarinet maker Agnes Gallus - painter Garnet Hertz - artist, designer and academic; Canada Research Chair Frances Hyland - actress William G. Hobbs - physician, surgeon, major Canadian artist Ann James - English-born Canadian artist and educator Laurel Johannesson - artist Deborah Theaker - actress known as Casey Edison on the science fiction comedy show Manic Mansion Gordon Thiessen OC - governor of the Bank of Canada; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
Business Tom Anselmi - president and COO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment H. Douglas Barber - founder of Electrical Engineering Canadian; CEO of Gennum Corporation N. Murray Edwards - billionaire John E. Floyd - economist Chad Hamre - entrepreneur Daryl "Doc" Seaman, OC, honorary Doctor of Laws - businessman; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S Arnold Tremere - executive director, government official (Canadian International Grains Institute) Steven Gregory Woods - entrepreneur Victor J. Zaleschuk - chair of the board of Cameco Corporation
Computers, engineering, and technology Fred Mannering - professor at University of South Florida, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering Permanand Mohan - chief examiner for the Caribbean Examinations Council's CAPE Examinations in Computer Science W. Brett Wilson - entrepreneur, philanthropist; former Dragon's Den panelist; co-founder of FirstEnergy Capital; founder, president, and chairman of Prairie Merchant Capital; chairman of Canoe Financial
Educators Dominique Abrioux - former president of Athabasca University John Hall Archer - librarian, historian, civil servant, first president of the University of Regina Reginald John Godfrey Bateman - professor of English George Fredrick Curtis - dean of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law R. Peter MacKinnon - lawyer, legal academic, president of the U of S Darin Nesbitt - instructor of political science at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C. A K M Siddiq - 18th vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka Paul Thagard - professor of Philosophy, with cross appointment to Psychology and Computer Science, and director of the Cognitive Science Program, at the University of Waterloo Henry (Harry) George Thode, CC, MBE, FRSC - president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
Environmentalists Richard St. Barbe Baker - English forester, environmental activist, and author Jim MacNeill - consultant, environmentalist, and international public servant
Historians Frank Kusch - historian of American history
Journalism/publishing/broadcasting Eric Malling - television journalist Sally Merchant - television personality and political figure
Law, government, and public policy Don Atchison - mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Pat Atkinson - politician Chris Axworthy - politician Gordon Barnhart - university secretary, professor in Canadian Politics, former lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Dave Batters - politician Edward Dmytro Bayda - chief justice of Saskatchewan Clément Chartier - Métis Canadian leader Kenny Chiu - member of Parliament Brooke Claxton - veteran of World War I, federal minister of National Health and Welfare and minister of National Defence; honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S Eric Cline - politician Roméo Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD - senator, humanitarian, author and retired general; honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S Jonathan Denis - 23rd minister of Justice of Alberta and notable Calgary lawyer Grant Devine - 11th premier of Saskatchewan John Diefenbaker, CH, PC, KC - 13th prime minister of Canada; university's chancellor; he and his wife were buried at the university, near the Diefenbaker Canada Centre Noah Evanchuk - 2011 Canadian federal election candidate, Saskatchewan Provincial Court judge Laurie Evans - politician Clarence Fines - provincial treasurer of Saskatchewan Jon Gerrard, PC - politician and medical doctor Ralph Goodale, PC - minister of Agriculture, minister of Natural Resources, minister of Public Works, minister of Finance, minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Alvin Hamilton, PC - politician Robert Hanbidge, honorary Doctor of Laws - lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Lynda M. Haverstock - lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan (2000–2006); leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party Benjamin D. Heppner - school teacher, businessman and politician John Hewson - Australian politician Ray Hnatyshyn - 24th governor general of Canada Constance D. Hunt - lawyer, legal academic, and judge Gerard Jennissen - politician Fredrick W. Johnson - 16th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Georgina Jolibois - mayor and former member of Parliament Gordon Kirkby - politician, mayor and lawyer Otto Lang, PC, OC, KC - politician Léonard Hilarion Joseph Legault - diplomat Harold Hugh MacKay, OC, KC - lawyer and corporate director Murdoch MacPherson, KC - attorney-general of Saskatchewan; honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from U of S Jim Maddin - mayor of Saskatoon James Mallory - jurist; academic; constitutional expert; instructor in political science at U of S Edward Cyril Malone - Saskatchewan lawyer and politician William McIntyre, CC (born 1918) - retired puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Stewart McLean - Manitoba politician Gary Merasty, M.P. - politician; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S Anthony Merchant, KC - Saskatchewan lawyer George Porteous - 14th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan Alison Redford, ECA, KC - 14th premier of Alberta Robert Gordon Robertson, PC, CC FRSC - commissioner of the Northwest Territories David Rodney - politician, teacher, and professional speaker Roy Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, KC - politician and 12th premier of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S Tillie Taylor - judge, first chair of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Andrew Thomson - minister of Finance of Saskatchewan William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon - politician and diplomat John Thomas Wolfe - Canadian provincial politician Stephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM - physician and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S Clifford Wright - mayor of Saskatoon; honorary Doctor of Laws Iva Yeo - politician
Literature William Barr - Arctic historian; U of S faculty member Dennis Cooley - poet Lorna Crozier, a.k.a. Lorna Uher - poet Dawn Dumont, author, BA 1995 Sarah Ens - poet Richard Epp - playwright Michael Helm - novelist Maureen Hunter - playwright Eli Mandel - poet and literary academic William Sarjeant - geologist and novelist Joseph Schull - playwright and historian Tasha Spillett-Sumner - writer and educator Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM - fiction author; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S William Whitehead - writer, actor and filmmaker
Medicine Hulda Regehr Clark - naturopath, author, and controversial practitioner of alternative medicine Dmytro Cipywnyk, CM - physician and academic Emmett Matthew Hall, CC, KC - jurist and civil libertarian; considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare Franklin M. Loew - one of the team that developed canola oil; recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal Charles Randal Smith - head pediatric forensic pathologist
Nobel Prize winners Gerhard Herzberg - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970; was offered a position in 1935 to flee Nazi Germany, and remained at the university for ten years Henry Taube, FRSC - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1983
Philosophy Zenon Pylyshyn - cognitive scientist and philosopher
Science Sylvia Fedoruk - university chancellor, professor in Oncology, associate member in Physics, and lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994) William Sarjeant - geologist and novelist Elizabeth Scarr - researcher in neuropathology Raymond Thorsteinsson - geologist of the high Arctic; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S] Thorbergur Thorvaldson - scientist and first dean of graduate studies at the U of S James Till O.C., O.Ont., F.R.S.C. - biophysicist, medical researcher who demonstrated the existence of stem cells; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
Sociologists Samuel Delbert Clark - sociologist
Sports
Kelly Bates - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player Rod Bryden - owner of the Ottawa Senators; professor of law at U of S Tyson Craiggs - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player Nikita Ens - Paralympic swimmer Cyprian Enweani - sprinter George Genereux - physician and trap shooting gold medal winner Charles Cecil Hay - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator Diane Jones-Konihowski, C.M. - pentathlete Dave King - hockey coach Gene Makowsky - Saskatchewan Roughriders lineman of the CFL Shannon Miller - hockey coach Sandra Schmirler, SOM, BSPE - curler; Olympic and triple World Champion; one of the '100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S Don Wittman - nationally recognized sports broadcaster in Canada Viola Yanik - wrestler
Theology Maurice Baudoux - priest and archbishop of Saint Boniface, ManitobaOrder of Canada citation Walter H. Farquharson - hymn-writer Herbert V. Günther - Buddhist; professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the U of S Muzaffar Iqbal - founding president of the Center for Islam and Science Raymond L. Schultz - national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Honorary degree recipients Arnold Davidson Dunton, CC, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa - educator and public administrator Charles Cecil Hay, honorary doctorate - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator
See also University of Saskatchewan academics
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References University of Saskatchewan - 100 Alumni of Influence