# List of members of the Alberta Order of Excellence

The following is a full list of members of the Alberta Order of Excellence (AOE), both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.

## 2024

In 2024, 8 appointments were made.
* Don Begg
* Will Ferguson
* Robert Foster
* Catherine Fraser
* Stephen Mandel
* Kim Ruether
* Nancy Southern
* Garnette Sutherland

## 2023

In 2023, 8 appointments were made.
* James Carter
* Max Foran
* Stephen Harper
* Joe Lukacs
* Audrey McFarlane
* Claudette Tardif
* Stella Thompson
* James Angus Watt

## 2022

In 2022, 7 appointments were made.
* Maureen Bianchini Purvis
* Robert Brawn
* M. Elizabeth Cannon
* Eleanor Chiu
* Cheryl Foggo
* Art Froehlich
* Cam Tait

## 2021

In 2021, 8 appointments were made.
* Joan Donald, Red Deer
* Cyril Kay, Edmonton
* Murray McCann, Calgary
* Barb Olson, Calgary
* Merle Olson, Calgary
* D. Gregory Powell, Calgary
* Cor Van Raay, Lethbridge
* Lena Heavy Shields-Russell, Blood Reserve

## 2020

Salma Lakhani was inducted to the AOE concurrent with her installation as lieutenant governor of Alberta.
7 other appointments were made in 2020.
* JudyLynn Archer, Edmonton
* Jim Boucher, Fort McKay
* Charlie Fischer, Calgary
* Frances Harley, Edmonton
* John Mah, Edmonton
* Holger Petersen, Edmonton
* Ed Stelmach, Andrew

## 2019

In 2019, 8 appointment were made.
* Robert Burrell
* Bonnie DuPont
* Katie Ohe
* Ron Sakamoto
* Beckie Scott
* Malcolm Sissons
* Muriel Stanley Venne
* Frances Wright

## 2018

In 2018 eight appointments were made.
* Reg Basken, Edmonton
* Rosella Bjornson, Sherwood Park
* Wayne Chiu, Calgary
* k.d. lang, Calgary
* David Manz, Calgary
* Solomon Rolingher, Edmonton
* Allan Wachowich, Edmonton
* Ralph Young, Edmonton

## 2017

In 2017 eight appointments were made.
* Steve Allan, Calgary
* Gary Bowie, Lethbridge
* Anne Fanning, Edmonton
* Marie Gordon, Edmonton
* Steve Hrudey, Canmore
* James Holland, Edmonton
* Vivian Manasc, Edmonton
* David Werklund, Calgary

## 2016

In 2016 eight appointments were made.
* Barry Bultz, Calgary
* Linda Hughes, Edmonton
* Sheldon Kennedy, Calgary
* Leroy Little Bear, Lethbridge
* Michael Massey, St. Albert
* Paulette Patterson, Grande Prairie
* Shirley Penner, Calgary
* Bill Yuill, Medicine Hat

## 2015

* Lois Mitchell
* David Bissett
* Jack Donald
* Janice Eisenhauer
* Dennis Erker
* Fil Fraser
* Stan Grad
* Jacob Masliyah
* Frits Pannekoek

## 2014

* Sharon Carry, Calgary
* Tony Cashman, Edmonton
* Morris Flewwelling, Red Deer
* Colin Glassco, Calgary
* Julia Hamilton, Calgary
* Willie Littlechild, Maskwacis
* Fred Mannix, Calgary
* Reinhard Muhlenfeld, Edmonton

## 2013

* Douglas Eaglesham (community service/youth programs, military, politics)
* Roger Gibbins (public service/public policy, advanced education)
* Douglas O. Goss (business, community service)
* George W. Govier (energy, engineering)
* Jim Marshall (fine arts, culture/heritage)
* Anne McLellan (politics, law, advanced education)
* Catherine Roozen (business, health/community service)
* Bill Wilson (military, community service)

## 2012

* Robert Hironaka
* Roger Jackson
* Irving Kipnes
* Griffin Lloyd
* Preston Manning
* Ronald Southern
* Robert Westbury
* Rosaleen Zdunich

## 2011

* Patricia Blocksom
* Martin Cohos
* Bruce Hogle
* Walter Paszkowski
* Eric Rajah
* Aritha van Herk

## 2010

* Phil Currie – palaeontologist
* Alex Janvier
* Ralph Klein – Former premier
* Janice McTighe
* Louise Miller
* William Mooney
* Reza Nasseri (home builder)
* Robert Steadward

## 2009

* William (Bill) Bowes
* Harry Hole;
* Shirzad Ahmed
* Brian Felesky, Q.C.
* Michael John Frey

## 2008

* Clare Drake
* Dr. Helen Hays
* Allan P. Markin
* Dr. David W. Schindler
* Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman
* JR Shaw
* Thomas J. Walsh

## 2007

* Chief Victor Stanley Buffalo
* Evelyn L. Buckley
* Lt. General Donald C. Laubman
* David W. Leonard
* Gary William (Wilcox) McPherson
* Douglas H. Mitchell
* Patrick R. Nixon

## 2006

* William (Bill) Cochrane
* Bertha (Berdie) Fowler
* Richard (Dick) Haskayne
* Harry Hole
* James (Jim) Horsman
* Samuel (Sam) Lieberman
* Raymond (Ray) Rajotte
* Matthew Spence
* Ian Tyson

## 2005

* Robert W. Chapman Sr.
* Dr. Gerald Hankins
* Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Hess
* Elsie Kawulych
* Norman Kwong (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Father Charles Michael McCaffrey
* Ronald Mannix

## 2004

* Alvin Gerald Libin
* M. Ann McCaig
* Eric Patrick Newell
* Bryan Perkins
* John & Barbara Poole

## 2003

* Donald F. Mazankowski
* Audrey Attril Morrice
* Jim Simpson Palmer
* Leonard Peter Ratzlaff

## 2002

* Dr. Steven Aung
* James. K. Gray
* John Murrell

## 2001

* Louis Armand Desrochers
* Colonel (ret.) Donald Stewart Ethell

## 2000

* Jenny Belzberg
* Dr. Chester R. Cunningham
* Lois Hole (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell

## 1999

* Donald R. Getty
* Stanley G. Reynolds
* Dr. Shirley Marie Stinson

## 1998

* Harley N. Hotchkiss
* June L. Lore
* Sandy A. Mactaggart
* Dr. Donald R. Stanley

## 1997

* Ian Malcolm Macdonald
* Arthur Ryan Smith

## 1996

* Bud Olson (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. A. Ernest Pallister
* Dr. John Snow

## 1995

* Dr. Stanley A. Milner
* Dr. Francis G. Winspear

## 1994

* Dr. Helen I. Huston

## 1993

* Dr. Thomas B. Banks
* Dr. Robert B. Church

## 1992

* Dr. Howard V. Gimbel

## 1991

* Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern
* Gordon Towers (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)

## 1990

* Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor
* Dr. Raymond Lemieux

## 1989

* Hon. Peter Lougheed
* Dr. Maxwell W. Ward

## 1988

* Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns
* Margaret Southern

## 1987

* Dr. C. Fred Bentley
* Dr. James H. Gray

## 1986

* Dr. John C. Callaghan
* Leonard K. Haney
* Herbert T. Hargrave
* Dr. Esther Robins

## 1985

* Helen Hunley (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Dr. David S. R. Leighton
* Dr. G. Richard A. Rice
* Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart

## 1984

* Dr. Alexander Johnston
* Hon. Ronald Martland

## 1983

* The Right Honourable C. Joseph Clark
* Dr. Mary Percy Jackson* (died 2000).
* Chester Ronning* (died 1984).

## 1982

* J. W. Grant MacEwan
* Walter H. Johns

## 1981

* Frank C. Lynch-Staunton (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
* Hon. Ernest C. Manning