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Honorary Degree Recipients

Honorary Degrees from The University of Calgary are conferred upon the authorization of the University's Senate, a body of community and University representatives established under the Universities Act.

Anyone may nominate a candidate for an honorary degree and nominations are accepted year-round. Normally excluded from consideration are those currently holding elected office, as well as current members of the University community. Full details, including nomination forms, may be obtained from the Senate Office.

Alphabetical List, by year of award

1966

A.L. Doucette†, R.L. Gorman†, B. Lovell, R. Warren†

1967

J.S. Boggs, J.A. Corry†, J.M. Harrison†, E.L. Harvie†, W.B. Hutchinson†, H.G. Love†, J.W.G. MacEwan†, E.C. Manning†, L.B. Pearson†, W. Penfield†, E.W. Robinson, D.C. Rose, G.H. Thompson†

1968

C. Beil†, R.A. Brown, Jr.†, B. Butler†, J. Deutsch†, A.Y. Jackson†, A.F. Key†, G. Lloyd, H. de M. Molson†, C.A. Ronning†, M.F. Strong, W.H. Swift

1969

W. Hansen†, E.D. MacPhee†, E.P. Scarlett†, W.A. Steckle†, H.E. Strom†, E. Vinci†, C.R. Whyte†

1970

F.A. McKinnon†, A.J.R. Smith†, L.A. Thorssen†

1971

M.B. Bates†, J.B. Cross†, W. Epstein†, H. Gortler†, C.M. Harris†, J.C. Mahaffy†, C.C. Meikle†, S.C. Nickle†

1972

R.T. Affleck†, H.S. Armstrong†, R. Dubos†, G.H. Gooderham†, C.A. Low, C. Swanson†, J.T. Wilson†

1973

H.B. Chown†, H. Cohen†, I.H. Kerr†, G.M. Laing†, M.A. Vaness, M.A.R. Young†

1974

H.A. Dempsey, M.J. Dover†, P.B. O'Byrne†, L.F. Paterson†, A.E. Reid, J.V. Van Tighem†

1975

R. Davies†, W.A. Friley†, D.H.H. Fullerton†, J.H. Gray†, D.S. Harkness†, W.G. Morrow†, W.E. Taylor, Jr.†

1976

A.W.R. Carrothers†, N. de Grandmaison†, A.A. Fish†, G.W. Govier, R.D. Southern, G.C. Swann

1977

A.G. Bailey†, J.N. Britton†, S.M. Hodgson, H.M. Ingstad, T.A. Link†, E.R.W. Neale†, A.G.A. Russell†

1978

D. Cameron†, S.D. Clark, D. Lander†, R.O. Lindseth, C. Safran†, W.J. Warren†, L. Willumsen†

1979

G.W. Baldwin†, J.P. Gallagher†, R.U. Lemieux†, C.H. McKinnon†, C.O. Nickle†, R.G. Steinhauer†, J.J. Wettlaufer

1980

J.A. Armstrong, H.E. Lehmann†, D.F. Motter, G.F.G. Stanley†, G.M. Tuttle, P.E. Vernon†

1981

D.R.S. Bader†, M.P. Bielish, M.P. Hess, M. Kovitz, J.B. MacInnis, J. Snow†, J.W. Watson†

1982

M.Cohen, W.O. Mitchell†, J. Sauvé†, B.V. Scharrer, S.M. Stinson, A. Tarski†

1983

R.F. Avery†, N.H. Carpenter, W.A. Cochrane, M.G. Graves†, P.L. Shinnie*, B. Wilson

1984

A. J. E. Child†, C. J. Clark, J. L. Nichol, L. Perinbam, J. H. T. Snow†, B. G. Wilson

1985

D. M. Baird, E. Heimler†, J.L. Lebel†, E. Robins†, J.A. Samaranch†, R.G. Townsend†

1986

J.V.M. Braithwaite†, J.M.S. Careless, W. M. Gibson†, K. J. Kasha, J.H. Laycraft, E.P. Lougheed†, D.T. Suzuki

1987

A.R. Cross†, P.D. Hargrave†, J.F. Mustard, A.R. Smith†, V. Wahlberg, S.A. Wood

1988

A.G. Anselmo†, R.C. Clark, A.T. Jenkyns†, F.W. King, J. Mitchell†

1989

N. Al Hussein, V.B. Archer†, T. Beck, D.J. Cardinal, P. Gzowski†, R. Hansen, I.L. Head, K.S. Li, B. Norford, P.K. Page

1990

R.S. Abella, M. Bernardi, J.M. Browning†, M.P. Connell, J. Crowshoe†, T. Rozsa†, P.H. Russell, M.E. Southern

1991

D.A. Colville, D.L. Dupuy, J.K. Gray, R.K. Guy*, E. Heath†, D.L. McNeil†, J.H. Parker, T.M. Penelhum*, J.S. Perrott†, M.W. Ward, D.A. Wheeler, M.M. Williams, R.A. Willson†

1992

D.L. Blackwood, R.L. Bondar, W.J. Corrigan, H.E. Gunning†, L.E. McLeod†, E.R. Moore-Eyman†*, R. Rubin†, J.V. Skvorecky

1993

J.B. Ballem†, M. Gorbachev, N. Jewison, J.M. MacLeod†, R. Martland†, J.S. Palmer, D.K. Seaman†, R. Taylor

1994

J. Carpizo, M.Y. Catley-Carlson, J.L. Granatstein, A.G. Libin, J.C. Polanyi

1995

G.T. Fullerton, D.S. Harvie†, C.B. Hatfield†, R.E. Hatfield†, A. Kroeger†, D.J. McCarthy†, H.P. Milavsky, G. L. Rodger, L. van der Post†

1996

O.P. Dickason†, J.R. Evans, A.A. Fraser, F.M. Fraser†, H.N. Hotchkiss†, N. MacDonald, R.N.A. Wright

1997

J. Callwood†, E. Frei Ruiz-Tagle, R. Gandhi, R.F. Haskayne, A. Louie, J.P.S. McLaren, M.J. Molina, F.S. Rowland, S.H. Uys

1998

E. de Mille, A.M. Harradence†, F. Hayden, S.A. Kerr†, A. Markin, J.R. McCaig†, E. McNally, A. Morrice†

1999

H.A. Allard, D.D. Baldwin, R.J. Goldstone, J.A. Gosling, W.K. Moore, D.E. Mitchell, P.J. O'Byrne†

2000

P.L. Baker, D.H. Donald, L.W. MacKenzie, G.F. MacDonald, B.M. McLachlin, J. Meisel, B. Parkinson, A. V. Payne, R. Priddle, J.R. Shaw, D.B. Smith†

2001

J.T. Black, R. Crow Shoe, B.K. Follett, R.D. Ghitter, P.B. Giannelia, M.A. McCaig, G. M. Milne, K.D.M. von der Ohe, L.M. Rozsa†, C.A. Shields†, B.I. Strafford, I.D. Tyson

2002

J. Belzberg, D. Baldwin, J.F. Dinning, R.V. Joyce, C.E. Klein, C.A. Le May Doan, S. Lewis, E.P. Manning

2003

J.M. Cardinal-Schubert†, T.E. Cowan, H.H. Holkeri, T. Jackson, J.E. Newall†, M.E.L. Newall, M.S. Pollock, J. Ralston Saul

2004

A.J. Carty, M. Cohos, R.A. Dallaire, N.M. Edwards, M.K. Eriksen†, C.W. Fischer, D. Nickle†, E. Ramm, T.L. Wood

2005

T.C.R. Cardinal†, C.A. Ford, J.M. Forzani, M. Horowitz, G.J. Maier, M.A. Marra, J.C. Major, C.C. McLaurin†, N.I. Mickelson, J.F. Murrell, F.A. Plummer, A.H. Raeburn†, J.D. Simpson, S.G. Snyder

2006

S. Cyngiser, A. Egoyan, L. Lovász, F.P. Mannix, D.H. Mitchell, B.M. Mount, M.C. Piper, M.L. Rozsa de Coquet

2007

M. Dallaire, D.A. Donlon, C. Dow Baker, C.A. Fraser, R.G. Gossen, H. A. Maurer, M. McLauchlin, G. Morgan, J.A. O'Reilly, G. Stroumboulopoulos, D.J. Taylor

2008

L. Axworthy, K. Aziz, C. Beddoe, P. Currie, M. Hetherington, A. Janvier, J. Lau, B. Longstaff, L. McDonald, R. Ramsden-Wood, HRH. E. H.bin Talal, R. White

2009

A.M. Buchan, B.A. Felesky, S.L. Felesky, P. Fontaine, T. Gyatso (HH the 14th Dalai Lama), J.H. Holmlund, J.O. Koss, J.J. Orbinski, R.A. Price, B.A. Shiffman, R.B. Thirsk, M.J. Tims

2010

E. Broadbent, R. Hillier, R. Lee, I. Lewis, L. Makokis, R. McDonald, D. O’Brien, G. O’Brien, S. Schulich, M. Smallface Marule, M. Tewksbury, H. Wyatt†

2011

S. Aglukark, M.O.K. Ahtisaari, J.A. Cuthbertson. A. Golden, R. Hillier, R.C. Jackson, M. Jean, B.R. Keating, R.P. Klein†, N.L. Kwong, A.D. Neville, J.R. Perraton†, J. Snyder, W.J. Warren

2012

D.S. Ethell, J. Furlong, R. George, R. Gibbins, D. Johnston, K. King, J.B. Martin, D.P. Werklund

2013

D. Clarke, D. Dodge, R. George, C. Guenter, R. Marcus, S. McLean, R. Moriyama, J. Payette, K. Sendall, M. Smadu, E. Szathmáry, W. Winkler

2014

B. Evans, C. Hahn Oberlander, B. Hall, C. Hunt, G. O'Brien, G. Roter, N. Southern, M. Van Wielingen, M. Wilson, F. Wright

2015

I. Abuelaish, J. Bell, R. Brinster, N. Cournoyea, S. Kennedy, M. MacMillan, B. Milner, L. Mitchell, M. Poitras, A. Sedra, D. Teece, J. Thomson

* Professor Emeritus

† deceased