The following is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and others affiliated with Dalhousie University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Alumni
Scientists
- Robert Ackman (MS 1952), O.C.omega-3 fatty acid research pioneer
- Martin Henry Dawson (BA 1916)pioneer in penicillin therapy
- Erik Demaine (BSc. 1993) youngest professor ever hired at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Danielle Fong (BSc. 2005) pioneer in green energy
- Trudy Mackay (BSc, MSc) quantitative geneticist, winner of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 2016
- John F. Marra, biological oceanographer
- Thomas Mason (BSc. 1986) physicist, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Arthur B. McDonald (BSc, MSc) Nobel Laureate: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
- Kathryn D. Sullivan (PhD 1978) NASA astronaut, first American woman to walk in space
- Ban Tsui (Dip. Eng., BSc, MSc, MD) described the Tsui Test and developed a catheter over needle kit for peripheral nerve block
- Mary Anne White, O.C. multi-award-winning materials scientist and educator
Government and politics
Prime Ministers
Lieutenant Governors
Diplomats
Premiers
Other notable politicians and political actors
- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah â Saudi Health Minister and pediatric surgeon
- Chris Axworthyprofessor and Federal NDP politician
- Jamie Baillieformer Credit Union Atlantic CEO, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia
- Frank Bainimaramamilitary dictator of Fiji
- Dominic Cardy leader, New Brunswick New Democratic Party
- Ches Crosbie Rhodes Scholar 1976, NL Leader of the Opposition
- John Crosbieformer Canadian Minister of Finance, current Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
- David Charles Dingwall (B.Comm 1974, LL.B. 1979)former Liberal cabinet minister
- Peter MacKayMinister of National Defense
- Judy Manning former cabinet Minister, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Stewart McInnes (1961)former Conservative Cabinet Minister
- Anne McLellan, O.C.law professor and former Liberal deputy Prime Minister
- Christine Melnickprovincial NDP cabinet minister, Manitoba
- Reid Mordenformer Canadian Security Intelligence Service director
- Cristelle Pratt Assistant Secretary-General for the Environment and Climate Action, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Gerald Reganformer Liberal cabinet minister
- Sidney Smithpresident of University of Toronto, Conservative Party Secretary of State for External Affairs
- Graham Steele (1989) Minister of Finance of Nova Scotia, Member of the Nova Scotia Legislature
Mayors
Academia
Business
- Frank Manning Covert, CBE, O.C.lawyer and businessperson
- Purdy Crawford, O.C. (LL.B. 1955)corporate director, former CEO of Imasco
- Graham Day (LLB 1956, LLD 1987)former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes plc, Hydro One, as well as CEO of British Shipbuilders and the Rover Group
- James Hamet Dunnmajor Canadian financier and industrialist
- Sean Durfy (B.Comm 1989)President and CEO of WestJet
- Fred Fountain lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, and Member of the Order of Canada
- Andrew Kam (B.Comm 1984, MBA 1986) former CEO of Hong Kong Disneyland
- Charles Peter McColoughCEO of Xerox
- Denis Stairs, B.Eng. OBE Canadian engineer and businessman
- Maury Van Vliet, O.C.president and CEO of the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Law and lawmaking
Justices
- Joseph Andrew Chisholm, KBEformer Mayor of Halifax and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
- Lorne Clarkeformer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
- John DoullJustice 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
- Valerie Miller (1985)Justice of the Tax Court of Canada
- Edmund Leslie Newcombe (B.A. 1878, M.A. 1881, faculty)Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Roland Ritchie, C.C. (part-time faculty)Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Eugene Rossiter (1978)Associate Chief Judge, Tax Court of Canada
- Jamie Saunders (1973)Justice of the Nova Scotia Provincial Court of Appeal
- Robert SedgewickJustice 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
Legislators
Activists
Journalism
Literature
Performing arts
- Nobu Adilman (BA 1995) musician and television personality*
- Kiran AhluwaliaSonglines Music Award-winning singer
- Maureen Battconcert and opera artist
- Jeremy Dutcher classically trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist,
- Jay Fergusonmusician for rock group Sloan
- Barbara Frisoperatic soprano
- Peter Herrndorf, O.C.president and CEO of the National Arts Centre
- Shaun Majumderactor/comedian
- Kate Makisinger-songwriter
- Chris Murphybassist and vocalist of rock group Sloan
- Oopali Operajita, (MA, 1981) choreographer and classical Indian danseuse; Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
- Candy Palmater (LL.B. 1999)comedian, activist, writer, and radio-television personality
- Patrick Pentlandmusician for rock group Sloan
- Raylene Rankinsinger
- Mary Vingoe (BA, 1976)playwright, theatre director, Member of the Order of Canada
Sports
Other
Administration
Presidents
Chancellors
Notable faculty
- A. H. Armstrongclassicist
- Peter Aucoinpolitical science, public administration
- Said AwadProfessor Emeritus of Urology
- Jerome H. Barkowanthropologist
- Axel D. Beckechemist
- Michael Bishopliterary scholar
- Edward BlackadderProfessor of Medical Jurisprudence
- John Cameron, FRSEProfessor of Anatomy
- Lesley Choyceauthor
- James De MilleProfessor of English and Rhetoric
- Ford Doolittlebiochemist
- James Doullphilosopher, Professor of Classics
- OmiSoore DrydenJames R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies
- John ForrestProfessor of History
- Edgar Z. Friedenbergeducationist
- John Godfreyhistorian
- Clarence GosseProfessor of Urology
- George Grantphilosopher
- Shauntay Grantauthor
- Roy Martin Haineshistorian
- Brian K. Hallbiologist
- William HareProfessor of Education and Philosophy
- C. D. Howeengineer, businessman, Liberal Cabinet minister
- Erin Johnsonchemist
- Michael John KeenDepartment of Geology professor (1961âÂÂ77) and department chairman
- Thomas Worrall KentDean of Administrative Studies, adjunct professor of Public Administration
- George Lawsonbotanist
- Alexander H. Leightonpsychiatrist
- Roy Leitch English composition
- Charles MacdonaldProfessor of Mathematics
- Brian Mackay-Lyonsarchitect
- Arthur Stanley Mackenziephysicist
- Christine Macyarchitect, historian and the dean of the architecture and planning faculty
- Elisabeth Mann-BorgeseProfessor of Law
- Daniel Murraymathematician
- Cynthia Nevillehistorian
- Lars OsbergMcCulloch Professor of Economics
- E. C. Pielouecologist
- Robert RosenProfessor of Biophysics
- Malcolm Rossliterary critic
- Eric SegelbergProfessor of Classics
- Wilfred Cantwell SmithProfessor of Religion
- Colin Starnesprofessor, author and former President of the University of King's College
- Keith R. Thompsonprofessor; Department of Oceanography; Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Steve Tittlecomposer
- Peter Busby Waitehistorian, longtime Thomas McCulloch Professor of History
- Richard WassersugProfessor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- John Clarence WebsterGovernor of Dalhousie University in 1934
- Richard Chapman WeldonProfessor of Law
- Franklin White Professor and Head, Community Health and Epidemiology (1982âÂÂ89); adjunct since 1989
- Boris Wormmarine ecologist
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