This is a list of people associated with the University of Calgary.
Alumni Alumni are listed by their department of study.
Archeology Peter Mathews, B.A.: Mayanist, MacArthur Fellow at Yale University Ronald Wright: award-winning Cambridge University-educated author and historian
Business administration, commerce
Classics Michael Lapidge, B.A.: medieval scholar, fellow emeritus of Clare College, Cambridge University; Fellow of the British Academy, recipient of the Sir Israel Gollancz Prize
Computer science Theo de Raadt, B.Sc. 1992: founder and leader of OpenBSD and other projects developed with University of California at Berkeley and DARPA Marina Gavrilova, Ph.D. 1999: biometric security, machine learninghttps://profiles.ucalgary.ca/marina-gavrilova James Gosling OC, B.Sc. 1977: inventor of the Java programming language Radford M. Neal, B.Sc., M.Sc.: Research Chair in Statistics and Machine Learning Xiaolin Wu, B.Ss. Wuhan University, Ph.D. Calgary 1988:https://experts.mcmaster.ca/people/xwu computer engineer, invented programming line algorithm, co-developed neural network facial recognition system (with Xi Zhang), twice featured in MIT's Technology Review, member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Economics Stephen Harper, B.A. 1985, M.A. 1991: prime minister of Canada Danielle Smith, B.A.: politician, 19th premier of Alberta Chip Wilson B.A.: founder of Lululemon
Engineering
English, literature, humanities, fine arts
International relations Pierre Poilievre, B.A.: leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition, member of Parliament for Carleton
Kinesiology Paweensuda Drouin, B.Sc.: Miss Universe Thailand 2019 Drew Scott, B.Sc.: actor known for his work on Property Brothers
Law
Mathematics Dwight Duffus, Ph.D.: Goodrich C White Professor of Mathematics at Emory University Peter Lancaster: professor of Mathematics, recipient of Humboldt Prize Douglas Wiens, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.: recipient of Lester R. Ford Award from Mathematical Association of America, fellow of American Statistical Association Ian H. Witten, M.Sc.: B.A. at Cambridge University, inventor of WEKA, fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Medicine Jillian Cornish, Ph.D.: New Zealand biomedical researcher Sue Pedersen, M.D.: endocrinologist and world expert on obesity D. George Wyse, M.D.: pharmacologist, internationally recognized expert in cardiac arrhythmia
Natural sciences
Political science
Social sciences
Social work, library studies, education, ECE Sir Carlyle Glean, B.Ed, MA: governor-general of Grenada
Sports
Olympians
Other
Faculty Faculty are listed by their academic department.
Law Ian Brodie: former advisor to the Canadian prime minister, strategic advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank
Classics and religion Carolyn Muessig: chair of Christian Thought; medievalist specializing in sermon literature, female education, and hagiography
Economics Herb Emery: former Svare Professor in Health Economics, full professor in Economics, research director for the School of Public Policy
Engineering Dr. Laleh Behjat: professor of Engineering, NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (Prairies Region)
English Susan Bennett: fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
History David Bercuson: member of the Calgary School
Mathematics Károly Bezdek: Canada Research Chair and director of the Centre for Computational and Discrete Geometry in the Faculty of Science Richard K. Guy: combinatorial game theorist, discovered unistable polyhedron with John Horton Conway
Medicine
Sociology Ian Brodie: former advisor to Stephen Harper
Political science Barry F. Cooper: member of the Calgary School Tom Flanagan: member of the Calgary School, advisor to Preston Manning and Stephen Harper Rainer Knopff: member of the Calgary School Ted Morton: member of the Calgary School, Alberta MLA
Psychology Philip E. Vernon: Ph.D. Cambridge, D.Sc. London, contributed to I.Q. theory
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