University of Alberta

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University of Alberta

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Founding Date:
1908

Motto:
Quaecumque Vera

Team:
Golden Bears

Mascot:
Guba

Enrollment:
35,000

Official Website:
http://www.ualberta.ca/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Rona Ambrose Politician 15-Mar-1969 Canadian MP, Edmonton--Spruce Grove

Joe Clark Head of State 5-Jun-1939 Prime Minister of Canada, 1979-80

David E. Constable Business c. 1960 Group President at Fluor

Grant Devine Politician 5-Jul-1944 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1982-91

Michael Dibdin Novelist 21-Mar-1947 30-Mar-2007 Aurelio Zen novels

Bernard Ebbers Business 27-Aug-1941 CEO of WorldCom, 1985-2002

David Emerson Politician 17-Sep-1945 Canadian Minister of International Trade

Nathan Fillion Actor 27-Mar-1971 Richard Castle on Castle

Deborah Grey Politician 1-Jul-1952 Canadian MP, Edmonton North

Paul Gross Actor 30-Apr-1959 Due South

Bruce Haack Musician 4-May-1932 26-Sep-1988 The Electric Lucifer

John A. Hagg Business c. 1946 Co-Founder, Canadian Northstar Corporation

Maria M. Klawe Educator 5-Jul-1951 President, Harvey Mudd College

Eric Allan Kramer Actor 26-Mar-1962 Bob Duncan on Good Luck Charlie

Frank T. MacInnis Business c. 1946 CEO of EMCOR Group

Preston Manning Politician 10-Jun-1942 Founder, Reform Party of Canada

Joseph B. Martin Doctor 1938 Dean, Harvard Medical School, 1997-2007

Jim Prentice Politician 20-Jul-1956 Canadian Minister of Industry

James M. Stanford Business c. 1936 CEO of Petro-Canada, 1993-2000

Richard E. Taylor Physicist 2-Nov-1929 Verified existence of quarks

Anne Wheeler Film Director 22-Nov-1946 Better Than Chocolate

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Margaret Atwood Author 18-Nov-1939 The Handmaid's Tale

Anne McLellan Politician 31-Aug-1950 Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 2003-06

John R. Vane Scientist 29-Mar-1927 19-Nov-2004 Prostaglandins

Eugen Weber Historian 24-Apr-1925 17-May-2007 The Western Tradition

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Donald F. Mazankowski Politician 27-Jul-1935 Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1986-93

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