Fast Facts

Alumni

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Nobel Prize winner Bertram Brockhouse

Accomplished Alumni

All graduates of McMaster University automatically become members of the McMaster Alumni Association.

There are more than 140,000 alumni in 128 countries.
The McMaster Times, McMaster University's news magazine for alumni and friends, is published three times a year.

Distinguished Alumni

  • Lincoln Alexander - Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • Syl Apps - hockey legend (1947-1998)
  • Roberta Bondar - Astronaut
  • Len Blum - Screenwriter & Producer
  • Bertram Brockhouse - Nobel Prize winner (1918-2003)
  • Teresa Cascioli - Founder, Teresa Cascioli Charitable Foundation
  • David Dobson - Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Pitney Bowes
  • Tommy Douglas - Politican, medicare advocate (1904-1986)
  • Stephen Elop - President, Worldwide Field Operations, Adobe Systems Incorporated
  • David Feather - President, Mackenzie Financial Services
  • Dr. Eric Hoskins - Recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal
  • Jay Firestone - CEO, CanWest Entertainment
  • Dan Goldberg - Screenwriter & Producer
  • Russ Jackson - Canadian Football legend
  • Michael Lee-Chin - Founder of AIC Funds
  • Cyril Leeder - President, Ottawa Senators
  • Eugene Levy - Actor
  • Dr. Kevin Lynch - Former Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
  • Karen Maidment - Chief Financial and Adminstrative Officer with BMO Financial Group
  • Dalton McGuinty - Premier of Ontario
  • Heather Munroe-Blum - Principal of McGill University
  • Ivan Reitman - Major Motion Picture Director
  • Dr. Myron Scholes - Recipient of Nobel Prize for Economics for Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model
  • William Shaw - Developed the IMAX technology
  • Martin Short - Comedian/Actor
  • Dave Thomas - Comedian/Actor
  • Lynn Williams - First Canadian to be elected President of United Steelworkers of America
  • Lynton 'Red' Wilson - Chair, CAE Inc.
  • Roger Neilson - NHL Coach (1934-2003)
  • Dr. James Orbinski - Past President of Medicines sans Frontiers/Doctors without Borders who accepted the organization's Nobel Peace Prize
  • Robert Pulford - Executive Vice-President, Chicago Blackhawks

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