List of Memorial University of Newfoundland people

This is a list of people involved with Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Chancellors

NameYears in office
The Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere of Hemsted 1952–1961
The Rt. Hon. Lord Thomson of Fleet 1961–1968
Dr. G. Alain Frecker 1971–1979
Dr. Paul Desmarais 1979–1988
His Honour the Honourable John C. Crosbie 1994–2008
Dr. Rick Hillier 2008–2012
Dr. Susan Dyer Knight 2012–present

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Presidents

NameYears active
John Lewis Paton1925–1933
Albert Hatcher1933–1952
Raymond Gushue1952–1966
Moses Morgan1966–1967
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Taylor of Harlow1967–1973
Moses Morgan1973–1981
Leslie Harris1981–1990
Arthur May1990–1999
Axel Meisen1999–2007
Eddy Campbell2007–2009
Christopher Loomis2009–2010
Gary Kachanoski2010–2020
Vianne Timmons2020-

Founders

Notable alumni

Academics and scholars

Business

  • Nick Careen - Vice President at Air Canada
  • Moya Greene - President and CEO of Royal Mail
  • Lorraine Mitchelmore - President and Country Chair and Executive Vice President Heavy Oil for Shell Canada
  • Barry Perry - CEO at Fortis Inc.
  • Una Power - CFO at Nexen Inc.
  • Larry Short, CPA - CBC Contributor, Executive Director, and Portfolio Manager at ShortFinancial
  • Jane Rowe - President of Teachers Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Politics and government

Film and television

Press and literature

Art and music

Science

Sports

Medicine

Crime

Notable faculty, past and present

University Research Professors

(Note: "University Research Professor" is the name for MUN's highest academic honour. One can be a full professor, even conducting research, at the university without being a "University Research Professor.")

  • Ian Jordaan - engineer and world expert on design of offshore structures in harsh environments
  • Harold Williams - geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts

Other faculty

Rhodes Scholars

Honorary degree recipients

References

  1. "8.8 Chancellors of the University". www.mun.ca.
  2. "Carolyn Relf, Director". Government of Yukon. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. "After Canadian mother killed herself and their only grandchild, U.S. couple started 10-year fight to change Canada's bail laws". nationalpost.
  4. Gushue, Lisa (2016-07-29). "Eminent anthropologist Jean Briggs, Inuit language expert, dead at 87". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  5. Robinson, Andrew (2013-07-23). "Former N.L. health minister dead at 92". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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