List of King's University College people explained

This page is a list of notable people connected to King's University College at the University of Western Ontario.

Notable alumni

Politics and government

• Vince Agro - former Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Giller Prize nominated author (BA 1962)
• Joe Ceci - Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Albertan Minister of Finance (BA 1980)
• Sheila Copps - former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Officer of the Order of Canada (BA 1974)
• Ed Corrigan - former London Ontario city councillor (BA 1977)
• John Cummins - former Member of Parliament, past leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party (BA 1966)
• Amir Farahi - Executive Director of the London Institute; political commentator (BA 2013)
• Peter Fragiskatos - Member of Parliament (BA 2004)
• Pat O'Brien - former Member of Parliament (BA 1971)
• Jake Skinner - London, Ontario School Board Trustee (BA)^[1]
• Karen Stintz - Toronto mayoral candidate (BA 1992)
• Sandy White - former London Ontario city councillor (BSW 1991, MSW 2008)

Sports, athletics

• Sandy Annunziata - Grey Cup-winning football player, former Fort Erie City Councillor (began degree in 1988, completed BA degree in 2004)
• Craig Butler - Canadian Football League player (BA 2013)
• Rory Connop - Canadian Football League player (BA 2015)
• Cody Deaner, real name Chris Grey - professional wrestler (BA 2005)
• Matt Dzieduszycki professional hockey player (attended 2002)
• David Lee - Grey Cup winning football defensive end (BA 2012)
• Vaughn Martin - NFL football player (attended 2009, did not graduate)
• Danny Syvret - NHL hockey player (attended 2004, did not graduate)

Arts and journalism

• Kelley Armstrong - Canadian fiction author
• Mary Intven-Wallace - children's author (BA 1973)
• Juggan Kazim, real name Mehr Bano - Pakistani-Canadian actress and television host
• John Melady - Canadian non-fiction author (BA 1962)
• Anne Marie Owens - editor of The National Post newspaper (BA 1986)
• Jennifer Robson - historical fiction author (BA 1992)
• Ed Struzik - Michener Award-winning journalist and novelist (BA 1977)

Religion and law enforcement

• Archbishop of Toronto Thomas Cardinal Collins (Bachelor of Theology from St. Peters Seminary 1973)
• Robert Anthony Daniels - Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland
• Brian Joseph Dunn - Bishop of Antigonish, ex-officio Chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University (BA 1976, M.Div. 1979)
• William Terrence McGrattan - Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto (M.Div. 1987 from St. Peter's Seminary)
• Brent Shea - Deputy Chief of the London Ontario Police Department; Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (BA 1980)

Notable faculty

• Carol Hopkins - Professor of Social Work, Officer of the Order of Canada.
• Laurier LaPierre - professor during the early 1960s; later appointed to the Senate of Canada
• Dante Leonardon - 1990 Canadian Professor of the Year (now Professor Emeritus)
• Paul Werstine FRSC- Shakespeare expert, co-editor of Folger Shakespeare Library editions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jake Skinner . www.tvdsb.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170614013515/http://www.tvdsb.ca/board.cfm?subpage=79773 . 2017-06-14.