Distinguished Alumni Award
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the Alumni Association's most prestigious award. A maximum of four of these awards are conferred each year to recognize living University of Alberta graduates whose truly outstanding achievements have earned them national or international prominence. Alumni who are chosen to receive Distinguished Alumni Awards are also inducted into the Alumni Wall of Recognition.
The following have received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
2007
B. Brett Finlay, ’81 BSc, ’86 PhD
Joseph B. Martin, ’62 MD, ’98 DSc(Hon)
Donna Jean Martinson, ’71 BA, ’72 LLB
Nathaniel W. Rutter, ’66 PhD
Grant Strate, ’49 BA, ’50 LLB
2006
John S. Colter, '45 BSc
Jong Pil Lee, ’70 PhD
E. Preston Manning, ’64 BA
James Westvick Thorsell, ’62 BSc
William Winspear, ’54 BCom
2005
John Acorn, '80 BSc, '88 MSc
Stuart Davis, '39 BSc(Eng), '40 MSc
Louis Desrochers, '52 LLB, '78 LLD (Honorary)
Harold (Hal) Kvisle, '75 BSc(Eng)
2004
Margaret-Ann Armour, '70 PhD
Elizabeth G. Jones, '55 BSc(HEc)
Alex F. McCalla, '61 BSc(Ag), '63 MA
Henry J. Shimizu, '52 BSc, '54 MD
2003
Anthony Fields, '74 MD
Maria M. Klawe, '73 BSc, '77 PhD
Robert Kroetsch, '48 BA, '97 DLitt (Honorary)
Donald C. Mackenzie, CD, CMM, '59 BCom, '03 LLD (Honorary)
2002
Robert Church, '62 BSc(Ag), '63 MSc
Eldon Foote, '45 BSc, '48 LLB, '96 LLD (Honorary)
Paul Gross, '77 BFA
Ted Harrison, '77 BEd
Myer Horowitz, '59 MEd, '90 LLD (Honorary)
2001
Francis Johnson, ’40 BSc
Ray V. Rajotte, ’71 BSc(Eng), ’73 MSc, ’75 PhD
Toh Swee-Hin, ’74 MEd, ’80 PhD
D. Lorne Tyrrell ’64 BSc, ’68 MD
2000
Walter Kaasa, '51 BEd, '93 DLitt (Honorary)
Arthur Kroeger, '55 BA(Honors)
Barbara Paterson, '57 Dip(Arts), '88 BFA
Thomas Walsh, '49 BA, '53 LLB, '89 LLD (Honorary)
1999
Clare Drake, ’58 BEd
Eric Geddes, ’47 BCom, ’80 LLD (Honorary)
J. Wilton Littlechild, ’67 BPE, ’75 MSc, ’76 LLB
Robert Steadward ’69 BPE, ’71 MSc
1998
Katherine Govier, '70 BA (Honours)
Anatol Roshko, '45 BSc(Eng)
George Stanley, '29 BA, '71 LLD (Honorary)
Don Tapscott, '78 MEd
1997
Lila Engberg, '49 BSc(HEc)
Richard Haskayne, '56 BCom, '96 LLD (Honorary)
Stephen Ramsankar, '61 BSc, '63 BEd, '89 LLD (Honorary)
Christopher Somerville, '74 BSc, '76 MSc, '78 PhD, '97 DSc (Honorary)
1996
Catherine Fraser, '70 LLB
Jay Ingram '67 BSc
Ernest McCoy, '47 BSc, '49 MD
Tevie Miller, '49 BA, '50 LLB, '91 LLD (Honorary)
W.O. Mitchell, '43 BA, '75 LLD (Honorary)
Robert Stollery, '49 BSc(Eng), '85 LLD (Honorary)
Malcolm Urquhart '40 BA
Anne Wheeler, '67 BSc, '90 LLD (Honorary)
1995
Marjorie Bowker, '38 BA, '39 LLB, '91 LLD (Honorary)
Patrick Doyle, '47 BSc, '49 MD
John Hagan, '71 MA, '74 PhD
Jay Hair, '75 PhD
Egerton King, '43 BSc(Eng), '88 DSc (Honorary)
Roland Michener, '20 BA, '67 LLD (Honorary)
John Poole, '37 BSc(Eng), '87 LLD (Honorary)
Joseph Shoctor, '45 BA, '48 LLB, '81 LLD (Honorary)
1994
Doris Anderson, '45 BA, '73 LLD (Honorary)
Joseph Charyk, '42 BSc(Eng), '64 LLD (Honorary)
C. Joseph Clark, '60 BA, '73 MA, '85 LLD (Honorary)
Naomi Hersom, '69 PhD, '92 LLD (Honorary)
Helen Huston, '49 BSc, '51 MD, '85 LLD (Honorary)
Raymond Lemieux '43 BSc, '91 LLD (Honorary)
Peter Lougheed, '51 BA, '52 LLB, '86 LLD (Honorary)
Gerald Maier, '51 BSc(Eng)
Beverley McLachlin, '65 BA, '68 LLB, '68 MA, '91 LLD (Honorary)
David McLean, '59 BA, '62 LLB
Glenda Simms, '74 BEd, '76 MEd, '85 PhD
Margaret Southern '53 BPE
Donald Stanley, '40 BSc(Eng), '88 LLD (Honorary)
Richard Taylor '50 BSc, '52 MSc, '91 LLD (Honorary)
Francis Winspear, '51 LLD (Honorary)
Ovid Wong, '70 BSc, '71 Dip(Ed)