List of University of Saskatchewan alumni

Between 1907 and 2007 there were over 132,200 alumni of the University of Saskatchewan. This list features notable people who have graduated from a degree, certificate and/or diploma program at the university.

Agriculture

• Lorne Babiuk - immunologist, pathogenesist, virologist, molecular virology, and vaccinologist
• Howard Fredeen - animal breeding researcher
• Lawrence Kirk - agronomist best known for introducing crested wheatgrass
• J.W. Grant MacEwan - Director of the School of Agriculture, Professor of Animal Husbandry, and Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (1966–1974)
• Kenneth Norrie - economic historian specializing in the economy of Western Canada, especially prairie wheat farming
• Cecil Frederick Patterson - introduced 52 new varieties of hardy fruits for the prairies and over 18 varieties of hybrid hardy lilies
• Clayton Oscar Person - international authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations

Arts and entertainment

• Robert Boyer - Canadian visual artist of aboriginal heritage; BEd from the Regina Campus of the U of S in 1971
• Kim Coates - actor, honorary Doctor of Letters
• Stephen Fox - clarinet maker
• Agnes Gallus - painter
• Garnet Hertz - artist, designer and academic; Canada Research Chair
• Frances Hyland - actress
• William G. Hobbs - physician, surgeon, major Canadian artist
• Ann James - English-born Canadian artist and educator
• Laurel Johannesson - artist
• Deborah Theaker - actress known as Casey Edison on the science fiction comedy show Manic Mansion
• Gordon Thiessen OC - Governor of the Bank of Canada; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S

Business

• Tom Anselmi - President and COO of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
• H. Douglas Barber - founder of Electrical Engineering Canadian; CEO of Gennum Corporation
• N. Murray Edwards - billionaire
• John E. Floyd - economist
• Chad Hamre - entrepreneur
• Daryl "Doc" Seaman, OC, honorary Doctor of Laws - businessman; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• Arnold Tremere - Executive Director, government official (Canadian International Grains Institute)
• Steven Gregory Woods - entrepreneur
• Victor J. Zaleschuk - chair of the board of Cameco Corporation

Computers, engineering, and technology

• Fred Mannering - Professor at University of South Florida, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
• Permanand Mohan - Chief Examiner for the Caribbean Examinations Council's CAPE Examinations in Computer Science
• W. Brett Wilson - entrepreneur, philanthropist; former Dragon's Den panelist; co-founder of FirstEnergy Capital; founder, President, and Chairman of Prairie Merchant Capital; Chairman of Canoe Financial

Educators

• Dominique Abrioux - former President of Athabasca University
• John Hall Archer - librarian, historian, civil servant, first President of the University of Regina
• Reginald John Godfrey Bateman - professor of English
• George Fredrick Curtis - dean of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
• R. Peter MacKinnon - lawyer, legal academic, President of the U of S
• Darin Nesbitt - instructor of political science at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C.
• A K M Siddiq - 18th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka.
• Paul Thagard - Professor of Philosophy, with cross appointment to Psychology and Computer Science, and Director of the Cognitive Science Program, at the University of Waterloo
• Henry (Harry) George Thode, CC, MBE, FRSC - president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S

Environmentalists

• Richard St. Barbe Baker - English forester, environmental activist, and author
• Jim MacNeill - consultant, environmentalist, and international public servant

Historians

• Frank Kusch - historian of American history

Journalism/publishing/broadcasting

• Eric Malling - television journalist
• Sally Merchant - television personality and political figure

Law, government, and public policy

• Don Atchison - Mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• Pat Atkinson - politician
• Chris Axworthy - politician
• Gordon Barnhart - University Secretary, professor in Canadian Politics, former Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
• Dave Batters - politician
• Edward Dmytro Bayda - Chief Justice of Saskatchewan
• Clément Chartier - Métis Canadian leader
• Kenny Chiu - member of Parliament
• Brooke Claxton - veteran of World War I, federal Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of National Defence honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S
• Eric Cline - politician
• Roméo Dallaire, OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD - senator, humanitarian, author and retired general; honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the U of S
• Jonathan Denis - 23rd Minister of Justice of Alberta and notable Calgary lawyer
• Grant Devine - 11th Premier of Saskatchewan
• John Diefenbaker, CH, PC, KC - 13th Prime Minister of Canada; university's chancellor; he and his wife were buried at the university, near the Diefenbaker Canada Centre
• Noah Evanchuk - 2011 Canadian federal election candidate, Saskatchewan Provincial Court Judge
• Laurie Evans - politician
• Clarence Fines - provincial treasurer of Saskatchewan
• Jon Gerrard, PC - politician and medical doctor
• Ralph Goodale, PC - Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Finance, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
• Alvin Hamilton, PC - politician
• Robert Hanbidge, honorary Doctor of Laws - lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
• Lynda M. Haverstock - Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2000–2006); Leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party
• Benjamin D. Heppner - school teacher, businessman and politician
• John Hewson - Australian politician
• Ray Hnatyshyn - 24th Governor General of Canada
• Constance D. Hunt - lawyer, legal academic, and judge
• Gerard Jennissen - politician
• Fredrick W. Johnson - 16th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan
• Georgina Jolibois - mayor and former Member of Parliament
• Gordon Kirkby - politician, mayor and lawyer
• Otto Lang, PC, OC, KC - politician
• Léonard Hilarion Joseph Legault - diplomat
• Harold Hugh MacKay, OC, KC - lawyer and corporate director
• Murdoch MacPherson, KC - Attorney-General of Saskatchewan; honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from U of S
• Jim Maddin - Mayor of Saskatoon
• James Mallory - jurist; academic; constitutional expert; instructor in political science at U of S
• Edward Cyril Malone - Saskatchewan lawyer and politician
• William McIntyre, CC (born 1918) - retired Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Stewart McLean - Manitoba politician
• Gary Merasty, M.P. - politician; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• Anthony Merchant, KC - Saskatchewan lawyer
• George Porteous - 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• Alison Redford, ECA, KC - 14th Premier of Alberta
• Robert Gordon Robertson, PC, CC FRSC - Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
• David Rodney - politician, teacher, and professional speaker
• Roy Romanow, PC, OC, SOM, KC - politician and 12th Premier of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• Tillie Taylor - judge, first chair of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
• Andrew Thomson - Minister of Finance of Saskatchewan
• William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon - politician and diplomat
• John Thomas Wolfe - Canadian provincial politician
• Stephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM - physician and former Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• Clifford Wright - mayor of Saskatoon; honorary Doctor of Laws
• Iva Yeo - politician

Literature

• William Barr - Arctic historian; U of S faculty member
• Dennis Cooley - poet
• Lorna Crozier, a.k.a. Lorna Uher - poet
• Dawn Dumont, author, BA 1995
• Sarah Ens - poet
• Richard Epp - playwright
• Michael Helm - novelist
• Maureen Hunter - playwright
• Eli Mandel - poet and literary academic
• William Sarjeant - geologist and novelist
• Joseph Schull - playwright and historian
• Tasha Spillett-Sumner - writer and educator
• Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe, OC, SOM - fiction author; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• William Whitehead - writer, actor and filmmaker

Medicine

• Hulda Regehr Clark - naturopath, author, and controversial practitioner of alternative medicine
• Dmytro Cipywnyk, CM – physician and academic
• Emmett Matthew Hall, CC, KC - jurist and civil libertarian; considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare
• Franklin M. Loew - one of the team that developed canola oil; recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal
• Charles Randal Smith - head pediatric forensic pathologist

Nobel Prize winners

• Gerhard Herzberg - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1970; was offered a position in 1935 to flee Nazi Germany, and remained at the university for ten years
• Henry Taube, FRSC - Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1983

Philosophy

• Zenon Pylyshyn - cognitive scientist and philosopher

Science

• Sylvia Fedoruk - University Chancellor, professor in Oncology, Associate Member in Physics, and Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994)
• William Sarjeant - geologist and novelist
• Elizabeth Scarr - researcher in neuropathology
• Raymond Thorsteinsson - geologist of the high Arctic; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S]
• Thorbergur Thorvaldson - scientist and first dean of graduate studies at the U of S
• James Till O.C., O.Ont., F.R.S.C. - biophysicist, medical researcher who demonstrated the existence of stem cells; one of the "100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S

Sociologists

• Samuel Delbert Clark - sociologist

Sports

• Kelly Bates - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player
• Rod Bryden - owner of the Ottawa Senators; professor of law at U of S
• Tyson Craiggs - B.C. Lions, CFL and U of S Saskatchewan Huskies football player
• Nikita Ens - Paralympic swimmer
• Cyprian Enweani - sprinter
• George Genereux - physician and trap shooting gold medal winner
• Charles Cecil Hay - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator
• Diane Jones-Konihowski, C.M. - pentathlete
• Dave King - hockey coach
• Gene Makowsky - Saskatchewan Roughriders lineman of the CFL
• Shannon Miller - hockey coach
• Sandra Schmirler, SOM, BSPE - curler; Olympic and triple World Champion; one of the '100 Alumni of Influence" from the U of S
• Don Wittman - nationally recognized sports broadcaster in Canada
• Viola Yanik - wrestler

Theology

• Maurice Baudoux - priest and Archbishop of Saint Boniface, Manitoba
• Walter H. Farquharson - hymn-writer
• Herbert V. Günther - Buddhist; professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the U of S
• Muzaffar Iqbal - founding president of the Center for Islam and Science
• Raymond L. Schultz - National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Honorary degree recipients

• Arnold Davidson Dunton, CC, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa - educator and public administrator
• Charles Cecil Hay, honorary doctorate - ice hockey player, organizer, and administrator

See also

• University of Saskatchewan academics

Notes

References

• University of Saskatchewan - 100 Alumni of Influence