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List of University of British Columbia people

This is a list of alumni and faculty from the University of British Columbia.

Alumni

Nobel laureates

  • Bertram Brockhouse, BA 1947 (math and physics), Nobel laureate (Physics, 1994) "for the development of neutron spectroscopy"
  • Robert Mundell, BA 1953, Nobel laureate (Economics, 1999) "for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas"

Rhodes Scholars

Academia

Architecture

Business

Government, politics, and law

Journalism

Literature

Music

Entertainment

Science and engineering

Sports

Visual arts

Faculty (former and current)

Invested into the Order of Canada

  • Father David Bauer (1967), Basilian priest, chaplain and ethics teacher at St. Mark's College (1961–1988)
  • Basil Stuart-Stubbs, (2006), University Librarian (1964–1981)
  • W.H. New (2007), Professor of English Literature (1965–2003)
  • Jane Coop, (2013), Professor of Music (1980–2012)
  • Clyde Hertzman, (2013), Professor of Population and Public Health (until 2013)
  • Nassif Ghoussoub, (2016), FRSC, Professor of Mathematics (1979–present)
  • Paula Gordon, (2023), Clinical Professor of Radiology
  • Bob Hindmarch, (2019), professor and director of physical education (1961–1992)

Nobel laureates

Archaeology

Architecture

Business and economics

Chemistry

English

First Nations and Indigenous studies

Geography

History

Journalism

Law

Linguistics

Literature

Music

  • Stephanie Nakagawa, vocal teacher, winner of the Voice Gold Medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music
  • Carol Wong, pianist, senior examiner at the Royal Conservatory of Music, first pianist to receive the Laureate Award from the Music Academy of the West
  • Jasper Wood, chair, Strings Division Professor of Violin and Chamber Music
  • Julia Nolan, saxophonist
  • Fred Stride, Senior Sessional Lecturer, Jazz Theory and Arranging
  • Jose Franch-Ballester, Assistant Professor, Clarinet and Chamber Music
  • Nancy Hermiston, chair, Voice and Opera Divisions, director, UBC Opera Ensemble, Officer of the Order of Canada for her achievements as an opera singer, stage director, and educator
  • Graeme Langager, Director of Choral Activities
  • Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Violin, three-time Juno winner, Appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 1991
  • T. Patrick Carrabré, director of the School of Music, professor, Composition, former associate composer for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • Krisztina Szabó, Assistant Professor, Voice and Opera
  • Andrew Dawes, Professor Emeritus of Music (2005), Violin
  • James Fankhauser, Professor Emeritus of Music (2000), Voice & Choral Conducting, former director, UBC University Singers
  • Michael Tenzer, professor, Ethnomusicology, director, Balinese Gamelan Ensemble

Performing arts

Physical education

  • Ivor Wynne, director of intramural athletics and assistant director of physical education in the late 1940s

Political science

Psychology

Science and engineering

Sociology

Visual arts

  • Ken Lum, artist; represented Canada at the Sydney Biennale, the São Paulo Art Biennial, the Shanghai Biennale and at Documenta XI
  • Art Spiegelman, comics artist and Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Jeff Wall, photographer; Tate Gallery Retrospective; MOMA; Hasselblad Award; key figure in the photoconceptualist Vancouver School

Recipients of honorary degrees

See also

References