McMaster University, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a public research university that was founded in 1887 through funds bequeathed by Canadian Senator William McMaster. It has grown into an institution of more than 32,000 students, faculty, and staff. This list includes faculty, alumni and staff.
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Academia and research
Educators
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Graduate Sociology Vice president for University Relations and Communications at the University of the District of Columbia Graduate Physics President of the University of California system Graduate Geology Provost and vice-president of Academics at University of Western Ontario Undergraduate Social Work Principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University Undergraduate Political Science & Sociology President and vice-chancellor of the University of Victoria Undergraduate Economics Principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University at Kingston Graduate Chemical Engineering President and vice-chancellor of University of New South Wales
Professors and researchers
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Graduate English Literature Eminent professor and chair of English at Alfaisal University, literary theorist, author Graduate Chemistry Professor at McMaster University, noted for his work on the atoms in molecules approach Undergraduate Psychology Founding chair of Graduate Department of Psychological Studies at Wheaton College; chair of the Department of Psychology, Redeemer University College; author on pastoral counselling Undergraduate Art History Distinguished professor of art history at the University of Western Ontario and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada GraduateChemistryProfessor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Graduate Philosophy Professor and chair of Innovations in the Life Sciences at University of Edinburgh Graduate Chemistry Professor at the University of Alberta, chemist and oil sands researcher Undergraduate Physics Director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, professor of Princeton University, University of Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate English & French Chair of Department of Graduate Studies at University of Alberta; first female president of the Royal Society of Canada Undergraduate Nursing Nurudin Jivraj Assistant Professor of Nursing and director of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing programme at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Graduate Economics Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUndergraduate GeographyProfessor and 16th president of the University of Toronto Graduate Geography Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and University of Western Ontario Graduate — Professor at the University of New South Wales Graduate Geology Professor at University of Manitoba, mineralogist and crystallographer Graduate History & Political Economics Professor at University of Toronto, helped shaped communication theory and staples thesis Graduate English Professor at Ryerson University, elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Undergraduate Math and Physics Professor at University of Saskatchewan and University of Toronto, pioneered the use of cobalt-60 in the treatment of cancer, member of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and officer of the Order of Canada Graduate Religious Studies Professor at the University of Alberta Undergraduate Sociology Professor at the University of Calgary Undergraduate English Literature & French Professor at McGill University, chairman of the International Ethics Committee of the Human Genome Project Graduate Engineering Professor at the University of Toronto Graduate Philosophy Professor at the University of Toronto, author Graduate Religious Studies Program director and professor for Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, author of the National Statement on Religious Diversity Professor Psychology Professor at McMaster University Graduate Mathematics Professor at McMaster University, mathematician Graduate Religious Studies Professor at the University of Ottawa Undergraduate Classics Professor at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate Business and Human Rights Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and an affiliated professor in International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School Graduate Philosophy Professor at Florida State University Undergraduate History & Political Science Professor at McGill University Graduate Anthropology Professor at Thompson Rivers University Undergraduate Economics Professor at Stanford University, Nobel laureate in economics Graduate Political Economy Vice-chancellor of Premier University, Chittagong, Ekushey Padak recipient UndergraduateEngineeringNobel Prize recipient Undergraduate Physics Professor at University of Toronto and Princeton University, credited with coining the name "Kuiper belt" GraduateEnglish and Cultural Studies Professor at University of British Columbia, specializing in critical refugee studies, critical disability studies, and transnational Asian studies
Business
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Graduate Business President and CEO of The Co-operators Group Undergraduate Business Chairman and CEO of Macromedia, Director of Adobe Systems Undergraduate Business & Philosophy Investment banker, businessman and philanthropist Undergraduate Business & Engineering President and CEO of Nokia Undergraduate Arts Concert promoter and executive at Live Nation EntertainmentPeter Robb, Arthur Fogel's year of living famously. Ottawa Citizen, 19 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014. Undergraduate Business & Economics President and CEO of CFA Institute Undergraduate Economics Executive chairman of Tim Hortons Undergraduate Arts & Science Owner of Stich Media Undergraduate Engineering Chairman and CEO of AIC Limited Undergraduate Commerce Canadian sports and marketing executive Graduate Education Leadership consultant, public speaker, and New York Times bestselling author Undergraduate Commerce CEO of Universal Music Canada Undergraduate English & Philosophy CEO and publisher of Women's Post Undergraduate Economics Chairman of Nortel
Entertainment
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReferenceAkintoyeGraduateRapper and TikTok personality Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Internet personality and Twitch streamer Graduate Philosophy Singer, songwriter Undergraduate — Film producer, film composer, screenwriter Undergraduate — Actor, comedian Graduate TV & Film Actress, writer, director Undergraduate Business Film, television producer Undergraduate Film Actor Undergraduate Psychology Magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician Undergraduate — Musician, Arkells — — Actress Undergraduate Engineering Actor, television director, producer, musician, writer Undergraduate — Musician, Skydiggers Undergraduate Music Director and film producer Graduate English Actor and comedian . Undergraduate Social Work Comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer Undergraduate Business AdministrationScreenwriter, film director and actor Undergraduate English Literature Comedian and actor
Journalism and media Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Undergraduate Physics Science journalist and member of the Order of Canada Undergraduate History Columnist and humorist for the Toronto Star Undergraduate Economics CBC Radio executive and first female vice president of the CBC Undergraduate Political Science Colmunist for The Globe and Mail, author Graduate Business International correspondent for CNN
Literature
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Undergraduate Humanities Author Undergraduate Business & Economics Author, screenwriter, journalist Undergraduate Humanities Author and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Undergraduate English AuthorBrady, Elizabeth Marian Engel and her Works. Toronto: ECW Press, 198(5+). Print Undergraduate English Non-fiction writer Undergraduate Humanities Novelist and non-fiction writer"John Lawrence Reynolds." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Biography in Context. Web. 10 Jan. 2014. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000131826
Medicine
Name Relationship DisciplineNotabilityReference Graduate Biochemistry Cancer researcher Graduate Medicine NASA's space medicine researcher, first Canadian female astronaut Graduate Chemistry Discoverer of leptin, winner of the 2010 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award Graduate Medicine Pioneer of evidence-based medicine GraduateMedicineFamily doctor who published COVID-19 data visualizations Graduate Biochemistry Founder of Avigen Inc in California, a NASDAQ-listed company Graduate Medicine Haematologist, researcher Graduate Medicine President of Médecins Sans Frontières, accepted Nobel Peace Prize on their behalf Graduate Medicine President and CEO of Ornge, colonel in the Canadian Forces Health Services, former director of trauma services at Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre, and first and current Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research Graduate Medicine Physician and researcher Graduate Health Science President of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada
Politics and public service