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Kappa Alpha Society members.
The Kappa Alpha Society
The Kappa Alpha Society (), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America. It is considered to be the oldest national, secret, Greek-letter social fraternity and was the first of the fraternities which wou ...
(ΚΑ), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern
fraternity
A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, "wiktionary:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal ...
system in
North America
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. As of 2015, there are nine active chapters in the
United States
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and
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
.
Over the course of its nearly 200-year history, The Kappa Alpha Society has produced a substantial number of notable members in widely varied fields.
Notable members
Notable Member Key: Member Name, Chapter, Date Joined (not year of graduation)
Law and politics
Great Britain
=Member of Parliament
=
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William Traven Aitken, University of Toronto, 1924. MP for Bury St. Edmonds 1950-1964. Died in office.
Canada
=Prime Minister
=
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Li ...
, University of
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, 1893. Prime Minister of
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, 1921–1926, 1926–1930, and 1939-1945.
=Supreme Court
=
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Ian Binnie, McGill University, 1960. Justice of Canadian Supreme Court from 1998 to 2011.
=Members of Federal Parliament
=
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Ronald George Atkey, University of Western Ontario, 1960. MP for St. Paul's, 1972–1974, 1979–1980. Minister of Employment and Education.
*
Loran Ellis Baker
Loran Ellis Baker (May 13, 1831 – December 31, 1899) was a successful businessman in Yarmouth where he built a large importing and mercantile business and eventually branched into ship ownership to facilitate the trade.
He was born on Ma ...
, McGill University, 1923. MP for Shelburne-Yarmouth-Clare, 1945-1949.
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Brooke Claxton, McGill University, 1919. MP for St. Lawrence-St. George, 1940-1954. Minister of Health. Minister of National Defense.
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William Herbert Jarvis, University of Western Ontario, 1950. MP for Perth-Wilmot, 1972-1984. National President of Progressive-Conservative Party.
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Denton Massey
Denton Massey (June 20, 1900 – January 25, 1984) was a Canadian engineer, Anglican priest and politician.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, son of Walter Edward Massey (and Susan Marie Denton Massey) and the grandson of the founder of the Masse ...
, University of Toronto, 1919. MP for Toronto-Greenwood, 1935-1946. Officer,
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
, 1946.
* Dr.
Wilfrid Laurier McDougald, McGill University. 1903. Canadian Senate 1926-1942.
*
Walter George Mitchell, McGill University, 1899. MP for St. Antoine, 1921-1924.
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William Pate Mulock
William Pate Mulock, (July 8, 1897 – August 25, 1954) was a Canadian politician.
Biography
William Pate Mulock was born in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to William Mulock and Ethel Pate.
Again, William Pate MULOCK's obituary n pag ...
, University of Toronto, 1915. MP for York North, 1934-1945. Postmaster General of Canada, 1940-1945.
*David Vaughan Pugh">Postmaster General of Canada">n pag ...
, University of Toronto, 1915. MP for York North, 1934-1945. Postmaster General of Canada, 1940-1945.
*David Vaughan Pugh, University of Toronto, 1934. MP for Okanagan Boundary, 1958-1968.
*Robert Douglas George Stanbury, University of Western Ontario, 1949. MP for York-Scarborough, 1965-1977. Minister of National Revenue.
*
Michael Holcombe Wilson, University of Toronto, 1955. MP for Etobicoke Centre, 1978-1993. Minister of State for International Trade, 1979–1980; Minister of Finance, 1984–1991; Minister of International Trade, 1991–1993; Minister of Industry, Science & Technology, 1991–1993. He introduced the unpopular
Goods and Services Tax in 1990. Chancellor of
University of Trinity College, Toronto, 200?-present. Appointed an Officer of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
in 2003. Appointed Canada's Ambassador to the United States, March, 2006.
=Provincial Premiers
=
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Donald Ross Getty, University of Western Ontario, 1953.
MLA for Strathcona West, 1967–1971; Edmonton West, 1971–1979; Stettler, 1989-1993. Premier of Alberta, 1985-1993. Officer of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
, 1998 and recipient of the
Alberta Order of Excellence, 1999.
=Diplomatic Corps
=
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Robert R. Fowler, McGill University, 1962. Deputy Minister for National Defense, 1986-1995. Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations, 1995-2000. President of the U. N. Security Council. Ambassador to Italy, 2000-2006.
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William Duncan Herridge, University of Toronto, 1905. Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, 1931-1935. Mastermind of the Canadian version of the New Deal, 1935.
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Andrew George Latta McNaughton, McGill University, 1905. First Canadian Ambassador to the
UN, 1950.
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Michael Holcombe Wilson, University of Toronto, 1955. Ambassador to the United States, March, 2006–2009.
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Humphrey Hume Wrong, University of Toronto, 1911. Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations, 1937-1946. Ambassador to the United States, 1946-1953. Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1953-1954.
=Member of the Legislative Assembly (Alberta)
=
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Donald Ross Getty, University of Western Ontario, 1953. See Canadian Politics and Law: Provincial Premiers
=Senior Provincial Courts
=
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Hugh Farthing
Hugh Cragg Farthing (July 17, 1892 – June 8, 1968) was a Canadian provincial level politician, lawyer and judge from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 representing the electoral distric ...
, McGill University, 1909. Justice, Supreme Court of Alberta.
United States
=Executive Branch
=
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William John Bennett, Williams College, 1962. U. S. Secretary of Education, 1985–1988 and Drug Czar, 1989-1990. Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1881-1985. Chairman, Republican National Committee.
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Ganson Purcell
Ganson Purcell served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1942 and 1946 and also served as a member from 1941 to 1946. He graduated from Williams College
Williams College is a Private college, private liberal a ...
, Williams College, 1924. Chairman, Security and Exchange Commission, 1942-1946.
=Congress
=
*
Thomas Allen Thomas Allen may refer to:
Clergy
*Thomas Allen (nonconformist) (1608–1673), Anglican/nonconformist priest in England and New England
*Thomas Allen (dean of Chester) (died 1732)
*Thomas Allen (scholar) (1681–1755), Anglican priest in England
* ...
, Union College, 1832. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 2nd District, 1881-1882 Railroad President. Built first railroad west of the Mississippi. (Died in office).
*
Leander Babcock, Union College, 1828. U.S. Representative from New York, 23rd District, 1851-1853.
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Charles Lewis Beale
Charles Lewis Beale (March 5, 1824 – January 30, 1899) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Biography
Born in Canaan, New York, Beale graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New ...
, Union College, 1842. U.S. Representative from New York, 12th District, 1859-1861.
*
Gabriel Bouck
Gabriel Bouck (December 16, 1828 – February 21, 1904) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives for two terms. He also served as Wisconsin's 6 ...
, Union College, 1846. Wisconsin State Attorney General, 1858-1860. U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 6th District, 1877-1881.
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Hobart College, 1844. Wisconsin State Senator 1868-1869. U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1877-1883 (5th District) and 1885-1887 (2nd District); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1889–1902; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1902–1903; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1903-1906 (resigned). See Armed Forces
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John M. Carroll, Union College, 1845. U.S. Representative from New York, 18th District, 1871-1873.
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Charles T. Dunwell, Cornell University, 1870. U.S. Representative from New York, 3rd District, 1903-1908 (Died in office).
*
Rodney Frelinghuysen, Hobart College, 1969. New Jersey General Assembly, 1983-1994. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 11th District, 1995–present.
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Lewis Henry
Lewis Henry (June 8, 1885 – July 23, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Henry was born in Elmira, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1909, where he was a member of The K ...
, Cornell University, 1905. U.S. Representative from New York, 37th District, 1922-1923.
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Levi Augustus Mackey
Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.
Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, ...
, Union College, 1835. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 20th District, 1875-1879.
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Jesse O. Norton
Jesse Olds Norton (December 25, 1812 – August 3, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in ...
, Williams College, 1833. U.S. Representative from Illinois, 11th District, 1853–1857, 1863-1865.
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Edward Overton Jr., Princeton, 1854. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 15th District, 1877-1881.
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Charles Edward Pearce, Union College, 1861. U.S. Representative from Missouri, 12th District, 1897-1901.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873), Union College, 1826. U.S. Representative from New York, 14th District, 1853–1855; Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1861–1869; Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1870-1873 (died in office).
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John B. Steele, Williams College, 1835. U.S. Representative from New York, 1861-65 (11th District 1861-63, 13th District 1863-65).
=U.S. Senate
=
*
James Dixon
James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States representative and United States Senator, Senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Dixon, son of William & Mary (Field) Dixon, was born August 5, 1814 in Enfield, Connecticut, ...
, Williams College, 1833. U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1st District, 1845–1849; Connecticut State Senate, 1st District, 1849; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1857-1869.
*
Preston King Preston King may refer to:
* Preston King (politician) (1806–1865), American politician
* Preston King (academic) (born 1936), American academic
* Preston King (mayor)
Dr Preston King (1862-1943) was the Mayor of Bath in 1913 and 1917–18.
...
, Union College, 1826. U.S. Representative from New York, 18th District, 1843–1847, 1849–1853; U.S. Senator from New York, 1857-1863. Principal organizer of the Republican Party.
=State Legislative Leaders
=
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Gabriel Bouck
Gabriel Bouck (December 16, 1828 – February 21, 1904) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives for two terms. He also served as Wisconsin's 6 ...
, Union College, 1846. Speaker, Wisconsin Assembly.
=Governors
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Herbert James Hagerman
Herbert James Hagerman (December 15, 1871 – January 28, 1935) was an American attorney, was the 17th Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1906 to 1907.
Early life and education
Hagerman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to industrialist J. ...
, Cornell University, 1890. Second secretary, U.S. Embassy to Russia, 1898–1901; presented the Order of St. Anne (Russia) by the Czar, 1901; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1906-07.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt, Williams College, 1849. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1879-83.
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Carlton Skinner
Carlton Skinner (April 8, 1913 – September 2, 2004) was the first civilian governor of Guam and a prominent advocate for the integration of the United States Armed Forces. President Harry Truman appointed Skinner governor in 1949, after the ...
, Wesleyan University (as a local). First civilian Territorial Governor of Guam, 1949-1953. "The George Washington of Guam."
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Horace White, Cornell University, 1883. Member of the New York State Senate, 1896–1908; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1909–1910; Governor of New York, 1910-1911.
=State and Territorial Executive Branches
=
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William Fessenden Allen
William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906) was an American businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii.
Life
William Fessenden Allen was born December 19, 1831 in Bangor, Maine.
His mother was Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden.
His father was p ...
, Williams College, 1848. Collector General of Customs,
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: ''Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina''), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands. The country was formed in 1795, when the warrior chief Kamehameha the Great, of the independent island ...
, 1864-1883. Privy Council, Kingdom of Hawaii. Member, Advisory Council and Constitutional Convention,
Republic of Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: ''Lepupalika o Hawaii'') was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaii between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had ended, and August 12, 1898, when it became annexed by the United State ...
.
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Gabriel Bouck
Gabriel Bouck (December 16, 1828 – February 21, 1904) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives for two terms. He also served as Wisconsin's 6 ...
, Union College, 1846. Attorney General of Wisconsin, 1858-1860.
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Theodore P. Gilman, Williams College, 1862. Comptroller of New York State, 1909. Drafted the original proposal for the legislation that created the Federal Reserve Banking System.
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Nelson K. Hopkins
Nelson Kerr Hopkins (March 2, 1816 in Williamsville, New York, Williamsville, Erie County, New York – March 2, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
Hopkins was the son of General Timothy Soveral Hopkins (b. ca. 1777) and Nancy A ...
, Union College, 1841. Comptroller of New York, 1871-1875.
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Abraham Lansing, Williams College, 1852. Treasurer of New York, 1874.
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Wheeler Hazard Peckham
Wheeler Hazard Peckham (January 1, 1833 – September 27, 1905) was an American lawyer from New York and an unsuccessful nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Early life
Peckham was born in Albany, New York, on New Year's Day, 1 ...
, Union College, 1851. Appointed New York City District Attorney by Governor Grover Cleveland, 1884. Prosecuted New York Mayor Abraham Hall and "Boss" Tweed of Tammany Hall for corruption. Appointed to United States Supreme Court in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland. Not confirmed by U. S. Senate.
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Edward Regan
Edward Van Buren Regan (May 14, 1930 – October 18, 2014) was an American politician and public figure from New York State. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Regan's political career began on the Buffalo Common Council. He rose to pr ...
, Hobart College, 1949. Comptroller of New York State, 1978-1993. President, Baruch College, 2000-2004.
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Clark Williams, Williams College, 1888. Superintendent of Banking of New York, 1907-1909. Comptroller of New York, 1909-1911.
=U.S. Supreme Court
=
*
Ward E. Hunt, Union College, 1828. Founder of the New York Republican Party, 1856. Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1872-1882.
=Senior State Courts
=
*
Francis R. E. Cornell, Union College 1840. Attorney General of Minnesota, 1868-1874. Justice, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1875-1881.
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George Franklin Danforth, Union College, 1838. Justice, New York Court of Appeals, 1879-1889.
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Frank H. Hiscock, Cornell University, 1871. Justice, New York Supreme Court, 1896-1906. Justice New York Court of Appeals, 1906-1926. Chief Judge of New York, 1916-1926. Chairman of the Board, Cornell University, 1917-1939.
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Levi Hubbell
Levi Hubbell (April 15, 1808 – December 8, 1876) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the first Wisconsin state official to be impeached by the Wisconsin State Assembly in his role as Wisconsin circuit court judge for the ...
, Union College, 1825. Chief Justice of Wisconsin, 1853-1856.
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Ward E. Hunt, Union College, 1828. Chief Justice, New York Court of Appeals, 1865-1872.
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Charles B. Lawrence, Union College, 1840. Chief Justice of Illinois, 1864-1873.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham (November 8, 1838 – October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1895 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majorit ...
, Union College, 1826. Justice, Supreme Court of New York, 1859-1870. Justice, New York Court of Appeals, 1870-1873.
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Clarence John Shearn, Cornell University, 1886. Justice, New York Appellate Division, 1916-1919. He had been the 1908 nominee of the Independence League for Governor of New York.
=Non-Elective Politics
=
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Augustus Schell
Augustus Schell (August 1, 1812 – March 27, 1884) was a New York politician and lawyer. He was Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1872 to 1876.
Early life
Schell was born on August 1, 1812, in Rhinebeck, New York. He was t ...
, Union College, 1830. Leader in Democratic Party politics. Chairman, New York State Democratic Party, 1853-1856. Chairman, Democratic Party National Committee, 1860 and 1872-1876. Succeeded "Boss" Tweed as head of Tammany Hall in 1872 after ousting Tweed over the "Tweed Ring" Scandals. Ran for Governor of New York, 1852. Ran for Mayor of New York City, 1878. Collector of the Port of New York, 1857-1861. Principal associate of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt as he built his railroad empire.
Armed Forces
Canada
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Douglas Gordon Cunningham
Brigadier General Douglas Gordon Cunningham, (22 March 1908 – 18 July 1992) was a Canadian lawyer and soldier.
Early life
Cunningham was born in Kingston, Ontario. He was the son of Arthur Breden Cunningham and Kathleen (Gordon) Cunningham of K ...
, Brigadier General (CAN), Appointed
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, Recipient of
DSO,
ED and QC; University of Toronto, 1930.
*
Andrew George Latta McNaughton, Lieutenant General (CAN), Recipient of
PC,
CH,
CB,
CMG,
DSO,
CD; McGill University, 1905. Chief of the General Staff, 1929–1935; Minister of National Defence 1944-1945 (resigned); First Canadian Ambassador to the
UN, 1950. Wounded at
Ypres
Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though
the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...
1915. Inventor of the "box barrage" artillery firing system, 1918 & the Cathode-ray direction finder (the forerunner to radar), 1926.
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Christopher Vokes
Major General Christopher Vokes (13 April 1904 – 27 March 1985) was a senior Canadian Army officer who fought in World War II. He commanded the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Promoted to major-general, he l ...
, Major General (CAN); McGill University, 1926.
United States
*
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brigadier General (U.S.); Hobart College, 1844. See American Politics and Law: Congress
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Edward Peck Curtis
Edward Peck "Ted" Curtis (14 January 1897 – 13 March 1987) was a World War I flying ace with six aerial victories. Between the world wars, he served as vice president of Eastman Kodak's international division. In World War II he served as th ...
, Williams College, 1914. Major General, U. S. Army Air Force, World War II. Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Force in Europe.
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Hasbrouck Davis
Hasbrouck Davis (April 19, 1827 - October 19, 1870) was an American general from Massachusetts. The son of prominent politician "Honest" John Davis, Davis attended Williams College and briefly taught before studying to become a Unitarian ministe ...
, Williams College, 1842. Brigadier General, Union Army.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt, Williams College, 1849. Brigadier General, Union Army.
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Joseph Lovell, Williams, 1841. General, Confederate States Army.
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Ranald S. Mackenzie
Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, also called Bad Hand, (July 27, 1840 – January 19, 1889) was a career United States Army officer and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was described by General Ulysses S. Grant as its ...
, Williams College, 1856. Major General, Union Army.
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Albert James Myer, Brigadier General (U.S.); Hobart College, 1845. "Father of
Army Signal Corps" and founder of the
U.S. Weather Bureau
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the p ...
*
Amasa Junius Parker, Union, 1860. Major General, New York National Guard.
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Charles Eskridge Saltzman, Cornell University, 1920. Major General, U. S. Army, World War II. President, West Point Alumni Association. U. S. Assistant and Under Secretary of State.
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Jesse C. Smith, Brigadier General, Union Army.
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John Converse Starkweather, Union, 1846. Brigadier General, Union Army.
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James R. Tryon, Rear Admiral (U.S.); Union College, 1855. Surgeon General of the U. S. Navy. See Medicine
Other
Religion
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Bishop Albert Arthur Chambers, Hobart College 1925. Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, Illinois. Organizer of conservative Anglican Church in North America and successor groups.
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Bishop Gary Frederick Woolsey, University of Western Ontario, 1965. Anglican Bishop of Athabasca. National Director, Anglican Fellowship of Prayer.
Education
*
James Phinney Baxter III
James Phinney Baxter III (February 15, 1893 in Portland, Maine – June 17, 1975 in Williamstown, Massachusetts) was an American historian, educator, and academic, who won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book ''Scientists Against Time ...
, Williams College, 1913. President, Williams College, 1937-1961. Winner of the 1947
Pulitzer Prize for History.
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Paul Ansel Chadbourne, Williams College, 1846. President, University of Massachusetts, 1867 and 1882-1883. President, University of Wisconsin, 1868-1870. President, Williams College, 1872-1881.
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Charles F. Chandler
Charles Frederick Chandler (December 6, 1836 – August 25, 1925) was an American chemist, best known for his regulatory work in public health, sanitation, and consumer safety in New York City, as well as his work in chemical education—first a ...
, Union College, 1858. Organizer and first President of the American Chemical Society. President, New York College of Pharmacy, 1867-1898.
*Dr.
Thomas Frederick Crane
Thomas Frederick Crane (July 12, 1844 in New York – December 10, 1927) was an American folklorist, academic and lawyer.
He studied law at Princeton, earned his undergraduate degree in 1864, and in 1867 graduated with an A.M. He then studied ...
, Cornell University, 1868. Dean, Cornell University, 1896-1909. Acting President, Cornell University, 1899 and 1912.
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Amos Dean
Amos Dean (January 16, 1803 – January 26, 1868) was an American academic administrator and attorney who served as the first president of the University of Iowa, serving from 1855 to 1859.
Dean was born in Barnard, Vermont. He attended Union Col ...
, Union College, 1826. Organizer Albany Medical College, 1838. Organizer, Albany Law School, 1851. President, Albany Law School, 1851-1868. Founder, Young Men's Association for the Mutual Improvement of Albany and the Albany Library.. Manager, Albany Normal School (now SUNY Albany). Founding President, University of Iowa, 1855-1859.
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Gordon P. Eaton
Gordon Pryor Eaton (born March 9, 1929) is an American geologist. Eaton was born in Dayton, Ohio. He currently resides in Bryan, Texas, with his wife, Virginia. They have two grown children.
Life and career
Dr. Eaton graduated from Wesleyan Univ ...
, Wesleyan University (as a local). Provost and Academic Vice President, Texas A&M University, 1983-1986. President, Iowa State University, 1986-1990. Director, Lamont-Doherty Laboratory, 1990-1994. Director, United States Geological Survey, 1994-1997.
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Rev. John Hart Hunter, Union College, 1824. Father of the American college fraternity system
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Edward V. Regan
Edward Van Buren Regan (May 14, 1930 – October 18, 2014) was an American politician and public figure from New York State. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party.
Regan's political career began on the Buff ...
, Hobart College, 1949. President, Jerome Levy Economics Institute, 1993-2000. President, Baruch College, 2000-2004.
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Laurenus Clark Seelye
Laurenus Clark Seelye (September 30, 1837 – October 12, 1924), known as L. Clark Seelye, was the first president of Smith College, serving from 1873 to 1910. He graduated from Union College (NY) in 1857 with Phi Beta Kappa honors and membership ...
, Union College, 1855. First President, Smith College, 1873-1910.
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Leonard Woods, Union College, 1826. President, Bowdoin College, 1839-1866.
Medicine
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James Collip
James Bertram Collip (November 20, 1892 – June 19, 1965) was a Canadian biochemist who was part of the Toronto group which isolated insulin. He served as the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at McGill University from 1928–1941 an ...
, University of Western Ontario, 1948. Discoverer of
cortisone and co-discoverer of
insulin
Insulin (, from Latin ''insula'', 'island') is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the ''INS'' gene. It is considered to be the main anabolic hormone of the body. It regulates the metabolism o ...
. Chairman, Canadian Research Council. Shared
John Macleod portion of the 1923
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
for medicine.
*William Lawrence Estes Jr. M.D., Lehigh University, 1901. Chief of Surgery,
St. Luke's University Health Network
St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a non-profit network of 12 hospitals and over 300 outpatient sites. The health network is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania and has over 16 ...
. President,
Pennsylvania Medical Society, 1945. President,
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913.American College of Surgeons Online "What is the American College of Surgeons?"/ref>
See also
*American College of Physicians
The American College o ...
, 1957–1958.
*
James R. Tryon, Union College, 1855.
Surgeon General of the United States Navy 1893–1899 (retired). See Armed Forces
Sciences and engineering
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Frederick Walker Baldwin, University of Toronto, 1900. As member of Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association made the first public flight in American aviation on March 12, 1908. Director, Graham Bell Labs.
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Charles Brady King
Charles Brady King (February 2, 1868 – June 22, 1957) was an American engineer and entrepreneur remembered as an automotive pioneer, artist, etcher, musician, poet, architect, mystic, industrialist and inventor.Powell, pp. 6-9May, George S., '' ...
, Cornell University, 1887. Designer of the pneumatic hammer. Designer of first automobile in Detroit.
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Andrew Herbert Knoll, Lehigh University, 1970. Harvard University: Ph.D., 1977 and Professor of Natural History, Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1982-2021. Author. Recipient of multiple honorary degrees, awards, and scientific society memberships. Science team member for NASA's
Mars rover missions, 2004-2019. Awarded the
International Prize for Biology, conferred in Tokyo in the presence of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, 2018. Recipient of the
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences for 2022, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (2 August 1886 – 25 June 1961) was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952.
Early years
Son of inventor Arthur Williams McCurdy and born in Baddeck, Nov ...
, University of Toronto, 1902. Aviator with Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association. Organizer of the Canadian aviation industry. Lieutenant Governor, Nova Scotia.
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Lewis Henry Morgan, Union College, 1839. "Father of the Science of
Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...
" Morgan's theories of historical development were the basis for Marx and Engels (according to Marx and Engels). President, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1879.
Arts and humanities
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Hume Cronyn
Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer.
Early life
Cronyn, one of five children, was born in London, Ontario, Canada. His father, Hume Blake Cronyn, Sr., was a businessman and ...
, McGill University, 1930. Actor. Was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while worki ...
in 1944.
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Thomas Jefferson Farnham, Union College, 1831. Leader of one of the earliest overland expeditions to explore the American West. His books were influential in opening the Oregon Trail and California.
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Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on '' Firefly'' and its film continuation '' Serenity'', and Richard Castle on '' Castle''. , he was starring as J ...
University of Alberta, 1994 - Saving Private Ryan, Firefly, Serenity, Castle, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, One Life to Live, Desperate Housewives, Slither, The Rookie.
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Theodore P. Gilman, Williams College, 1862. From 1898 to 1908 presented the plans that Congress adopted to establish the Federal Reserve Banking System.
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Fitz Hugh Ludlow
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as Fitzhugh Ludlow (September 11, 1836 – September 12, 1870), was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book ''The Hasheesh Eater'' (1857).
Ludlow also wrote about hi ...
, Union College, 1856. Author who revolutionized the social understanding of addiction, inspiring what it has become today.
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Raymond Hart Massey, University of Toronto, 1914. Actor. Was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The ...
in 1940.
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Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American film, television, theatre and voice actor.
McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy ''Happy Gilmore''. Other notable ...
, Hobart College, 1977. Has acted in over 85 films along with numerous television and theater productions, commonly known for his character "Shooter McGavin" in
Happy Gilmore
''Happy Gilmore'' is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf. The screenp ...
(1996).
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Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on ''Star Trek''; on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series, for which he won a Peabody Award and an Em ...
, Cornell University, 1984. Writer and Producer of TV and film. Notably Star Trek and the remake of Battlestar Galactica. Two-time winner of
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...
for Excellence in Science Fiction.
*
, Williams College, 1963. Currently the Director of the
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...
, in Washington, DC.
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Archibald Rutledge
Archibald Hamilton Rutledge (1883–1973) was an American poet and educator, the first South Carolina poet laureate from 1934 to 1973. He wrote over 50 books and many poems, usually about his hunting and life experiences in South Carolina.
Biogra ...
, Union College, 1905. Poet-laureate of South Carolina, author of
Home by the River.
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Naren Shankar, Cornell University, 1981. Writer/Editor/Producer for television. Science Consultant, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Writer/Editor, Star Trek: Next Generation. Writer, The Outer Limits and Farscape. Executive Producer, CSI. Winner Emmy Award. Nominee for two additional Emmy Awards. Winner, Writers' Guild of Canada Award.
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Leland Stowe Leland Stowe (November 10, 1899 – January 16, 1994) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist noted for being one of the first to recognize the expansionist character of the German Nazi regime.
Biography
Stowe was born in Southbury, Conn ...
, Wesleyan University (as a local). Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, 1930. Runner-up for a second Pulitzer in 1940, as war correspondent in World War II.
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John Kirk Train Varnedoe, Williams College, 1964. Former Chief Curator of painting and sculpture,
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, New York City, 1988-2001. Was dubbed "the most powerful man in the modern art world," by Newsweek before his death in 2003.
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James N. Wood James Nowell Wood (March 20, 1941 – June 11, 2010) was an American museum director who spent 25 years as head of the Art Institute of Chicago and later served as head of the J. Paul Getty Trust, starting in 2006.
Biography
Wood was born in ...
, Williams College, 1960. Former President and Director of the
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...
, 1980-2004.
Business
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Adolph Coors III
Adolph Coors III (January 12, 1915 – February 9, 1960) was the grandson of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors Brewing Company empire.
Life and career
Coors was born on January 12, 1915, the son of Alice May (née Kistler; 1885–1970) and Ado ...
,
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
, 1934. Executive Coors Brewing.
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Joseph Coors
Joseph Coors, Sr. (November 12, 1917 – March 15, 2003), was the grandson of brewer Adolph Coors and president of Coors Brewing Company.
Birth and education
Coors was born in 1917 to Alice May Kistler (1885–1970) and Adolph Coors II. His sibl ...
, Cornell University, 1936. Executive, Coors Brewing.
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Arthur Labatt,
McGill University
McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...
, 1953. Founder of Trimark Investment Management, former Chancellor of the
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...
and Officer of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
in 1996.
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William "Bill" Scandling,
Hobart College, 1946. Founder of the college meal plan, at one time was the king of the food service industry, and founder of Saga Corporation (sold to Marriott Corp., 1986).
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Augustus Schell
Augustus Schell (August 1, 1812 – March 27, 1884) was a New York politician and lawyer. He was Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1872 to 1876.
Early life
Schell was born on August 1, 1812, in Rhinebeck, New York. He was t ...
,
Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
, 1830. Railroad magnate and the Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
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, 1860 and 1872–1876
*Charles Robert Wylie Jr., Lehigh University, 1909. International Executive,
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company. Administrator, then Board President of the Memorial Hospital of Pottstown, PA.
Sports
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Donald Getty
Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergo ...
, University of Western Ontario, 1953. Canadian Football League, 1955-1960.
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Merle Gulick, Hobart College, 1927. All-American in Football and Lacrosse. College Football Hall of Fame. Chairman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Board of Trustees, 1950-1961.
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Richard William Duncan Pound, McGill University, 1957. Former Olympic athlete (1960); Gold, Silver and Bronze medalist at the 1962
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
; Canadian champion (1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962); Secretary General of the
Canadian Olympic Committee, 1968–1976; President of the Canadian Olympic Committee, 1977–1982;
International Olympic Committee
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member (IOC), 1978–present; Vice-President of the IOC, 1987–1991 and 1996–2000; Chairman of the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), 1999–present; Chancellor of McGill University, 1999–present; Officer of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
, 1992 and Officer of the
National Order of Quebec
The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as ''l'Ordre national du Québec'', and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is an order of merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Gove ...
, 1993.
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Dave Sapunjis
David B. Sapunjis (born September 7, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders from 1990-1997. Sapunjis won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award two times and was the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian three ...
, University of Western Ontario, 1989. CFL Stampeders, 1990-1997. All-Canadian All-Stars. Most Valuable Canadian in Three Grey Cups.
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Clinton Wyckoff, Cornell University, 1892. All-American in Football, 1895. College Football Hall of Fame.
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