List of Bishop's University alumni explained

Bishop's University is a liberal arts university in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Art

• Kay Kinsman – visual artist

Education

• Susan Boyd – feminist legal scholar, the inaugural chair in Feminist Legal Studies, founder of the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies, and professor emerita at UBC
• Scott Griffin – Chancellor of Bishop's University
• Lisa Guenther – Queen's National Scholar in Political Philosophy and Critical Prison Studies at Queen's University in Kingston
• David McKnight – anthropologist, ethnographer, and senior lecturer at London University
• Frederick Edmund Meredith – Chancellor of Bishop's University
  • George Siber – medical researcher, vaccine expert, and professor at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University Colin Starnes – former President of the University of King's College
• Norman Webster – Chancellor of University of Prince Edward Island and former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail
• Barrie Wilson – Professor Emeritus and senior scholar in Religious Studies at York University
• George Whalley – poet and English professor at Queen's University

Film and entertainment

• Alex Bulmer – playwright and theatre artist
• Jim Corcoran – singer, songwriter and radio host
• Jake Eberts – film producer, executive and financier
• Cameron Hughes – professional crowd igniter and sports entertainer
• Andy Keen – documentary filmmaker
• Galt MacDermot – musician, arranger, and composer of the 1960s rock musical Hair
• Silvio Narizzano – film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom
• Damian Pettigrew – film director, best known for Fellini, I’m a Born Liar
• Johnny Reid – country music singer

Law

• Douglas Abbott – former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ad former Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance
• Fred Kaufman – Justice with the Québec Court of Appeal and Acting Chief Justice of Québec
• John Sewell Sanborn – judge with thee Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Queen's Bench at Montreal and member of the Senate of Canada
• Jamie W. S. Saunders – former Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

Literature and journalism

• John W. H. Bassett – publisher of the Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Telegram, founder of CFTO-TV, owner of the Toronto Argonauts, 1961–1971
• Jane Brierley – translator of books and editorial translator for The Globe and Mail
• Ralph Gustafson – poet
• Scott Griffin – founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize, one of the world's most generous poetry awards
• Helen Anne Henderson – journalist and disability rights advocate
• Michael Ondaatje – poet, writer, best known for the novel The English Patient
• Canon Frederick Scott – Poet and senior chaplain with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
• F. R. Scott – winner of the Governor General's Award for poetry and non-fiction
• Ian Stephens – poet, journalist, and musician
• Alexis S. Troubetzkoy – author notable for his works on Russian history
• Norman Webster – former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and chancellor of University of Prince Edward Island

Military

• William Heneker – military strategist and tactician during World War I and one of the most highly decorated Canadians in the British Empire
• Duncan "Dusty" Miller – Vice Admiral and Naval Task Commander aboard HMCS Athabaskan during the Gulf War^[1]
• Robert Moncel – Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Army and former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
• Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters – Brigadier General in the Canadian Army, decorated tank ace with the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment during the Second World War^[2]

Politics and government

• Monroe Abbey – lawyer and president of Canadian Jewish Congress^[3]
• Douglas Abbott – former Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• William P. Anderson – Canadian Superintendent of Lighthouses for almost 40 years
• Alfred Pike Bissonnet – director of the Trade Commissioner Service and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Indonesia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Urugua
• Peter Blaikie – former President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and television commentator
• Richard Cannings – former Ottawa City Councillor
• Allen Chastenet – seventh Prime Minister of St. Lucia.
• Roy Cullen – former Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Etobicoke North
• Robert Ghiz – former Premier of Prince Edward Island
  • • • • • • • • • James King – Legislative Assembly of Quebec George Hugh Macdonell – House of Commons of Canada Jason MacDonald – Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Director of Communications James Maloney – House of Commons of Canada Alexander Webb Morris – Legislative Assembly of Quebec John Sewell Sanborn – member of the Senate of Canada and judge with thee Quebec Superior Court and the Court of Queen's Bench at Montreal Reed Scowen – member of the National Assembly of Quebec Raymond Setlakwe – Canadian Senator Steve Shanahan – Montreal City Council Larry Smith – Canadian Senator, former President of the Montreal Alouettes, and commissioner of the Canadian Football League
• John Kennett Starnes – Canadian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Egypt, and Sudan

Religion

• John Almond – Anglican priest in Canada in the first half of the 20th century
• Russel Brown – Anglican priest and eighth Bishop of Quebec
• James Carmichael – fourth Anglican Bishop of Montreal
• Patrick Clark – Anglican Bishop of Kootenay
• Kent Clarke – Anglican Bishop Suffragan of Niagara
• William Davis – Anglican Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia, Archbishop of Nova Scotia, and Archbishop Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
  • • • Harry Dawson – priest and Dean of Niagara Francis C. FitzHugh – Anglo-Catholic priest who served as rector of St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia Octave Fortin – Archdeacon of Winnipeg Graham Ingham – Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone
• Edwin Lackey – Anglica Bishop of Ottawa and Metropolitan of Ontario
• Richard Lonsdell – Anglican Archdeacon of St Andrews in the Diocese of Montreal
• Tim Matthews – Anglican Bishop of Quebec
• William Moorhead – Anglican Bishop of Fredericton
• Percy O'Driscoll – Anglican Bishop of Huron and Metropolitan of Ontario
• Taylor Pryce – Anglican suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto
• William Robinson – Anglican Bishop of Ottawa,
• Canon Frederick Scott – Poet and senior chaplain with the First Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
• Buxton Smith – priest and Dean of Ontario
• George Thorneloe – Bishop of Algoma, Metropolitan of Ontario, and Archbishop of Algoma
• Robert Waterman – Anglican Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia

Science and medicine

• Maude Abbott – one of Canada's earliest female medical graduates, founder of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada
• Christopher Aikman – astrophysicist formerly with the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
• Reginald Fessenden – inventor known for his pioneering work developing radio technology and transmitted the first radio audio broadcast
• Richard H. Tomlinson – chemist and founding director of Gennum Corp

Sports

• Stephen Adekolu – wide receiver for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League
• Nick Arakgi – CFL football star and CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner
• Leroy Blugh – CFL player, CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award winner, and defensive assistant coach Ottawa Red Blacks
• Mathieu Boulay – CFL football player
• Gary Chown – CFL football player
• Adrian Clarke – CFL football player
• Gilles Colon – CFL football player
• Justin Conn – CFL football player
• Tim Cronk – CFL football player
• Robert Dunkley – sailor who competed in the Laser event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Tom Europe – CFL defensive back, BC Lions
• Kyle Exume – CFL football player
• Jermaine Gabriel – CFL football player
• Keith Godding – CFL wide receiver, Montreal Alouettes
• Shawn Gore – CFL professional football player
• Debbie Huband – women's basketball player who participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Kyle Jones – CFL linebacker, Toronto Argonauts
• Jamall Lee – CFL Running Back, BC Lions
• Jason MacDonald – former mixed martial artist
• Josh Maveety – CFL football player
• Dan McCullough – former Canadian Football League player and the former head coach for the UNB Red Bombers of the Atlantic Football League
  • Kelly Murumets – President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tennis Canada Elie Ngoyi – CFL football player
• J. K. L. Ross – sportsman and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder who won the first United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing with his colt, Sir Barton
• Chris Skinner (Canadian football) – CFL football player
• Larry Smith – former president of the Montreal Alouettes, former commissioner of the Canadian Football League, current Canadian Senator
• Ryan Thorne – CIS basketball player with the Bishop's Gaiters
• Junior Turner – CFL football player
• Steven Turner – CFL football player
• Dan West – CFL football player
• James Yurichuk – former CFL Linebacker, BC Lions
• Steve Zatylny – Canadian football player

Notes and References

1. Web site: 27 February 2019 . US Admiral Requests Assistance of the Athabaskan - Video Gallery - Veterans Affairs Canada .
2. News: Tank Ace began stellar career at Normandy .
3. Staff (November 30, 1993). "Obituary". The Montreal Gazette. Page 47. Retrieved April 5, 2021.