# List of University of Waterloo people

The University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a comprehensive public university that was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles. It has grown into an institution of more than 42,000 students, faculty, and staff. The school is notable for being the first accredited university in North America to create a Faculty of Mathematics, which is now the world's largest, and to have the largest cooperative education program in the world. The school is also known for having more companies formed by its faculty, students, and alumni than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the "MIT of the North".
The list includes notable faculty, alumni, staff, and former university presidents. The enrollment for 2020 was 36,057 undergraduate and 6,231 graduate students, with 1,350 faculty members and 2,596 staff. About 221,000 people have graduated from the university, and now reside in over 150 countries.

## Alumni and faculty

    Fields with a "—" have unknown values.

### Alumni

| Name | Degree | Discipline | Known for |
| V. K. Aatre | Graduate | Electrical engineering | Scientist and former head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Michael H. Albert | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Rhodes Scholar, associate professor at University of Otago |
| Celeste Anderson | Undergraduate | Computer Science | King of the Nerds winner, competitive gamer |
| Gordon Stewart Anderson | Undergraduate | — | Writer |
| Mohammad H. Ansari | Graduate | Physics | Fundamental quantum theory research |
| Andy Anstett | Graduate | Politics | Ministry of Municipal Affairs |
| Paul Antrobus | Graduate | Psychology | Principal at Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India) and Psychology Professor at University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada) |
| Omer Arbel | Undergraduate | Environmental studies | Designer, sculptor, creative director of Bocci |
| Karen Autio | Undergraduate | Mathematics and computer science | Writer of children's fiction |
| Calvin Ayre | Undergraduate | Science and Business | Bodog founder |
| Ricardo Baeza-Yates | Graduate | Computer science | Director of Yahoo! Research labs |
| Bill Ballinger | Undergraduate | Political science | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Lisa Feldman Barrett | Graduate | Psychology | Northeastern University professor |
| Romesh Batra | Graduate | Mechanical engineering | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University professor |
| Keith Beavers | Undergraduate | Kinesiology | Competed in swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
| Gordon Bell | Undergraduate | Computer science | QNX co-creator |
| David Berman | Undergraduate | Computer science | Fellow of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada |
| Peter Besler | Undergraduate | Chemistry | Investment banker |
| Art Binkowski | Undergraduate | Psychology | Heavyweight boxer |
| Don Boudria | Undergraduate | Politics | Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister |
| Marie Bountrogianni | Undergraduate | Arts | Member of Ontario Parliament, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University |
| Mark Bourrie | Undergraduate | History | Lawyer, author, and winner of the RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction |
| Gail Bowen | Graduate | English | Playwright and writer of mystery novels |
| Brad Bradford | Graduate | Planning | Toronto City Councillor |
| Mike Bradley | Undergraduate | Athletics | Canadian Football League running back |
| Peter Braid | Undergraduate | International relations | Member of Parliament |
| Andrew Brandt | Undergraduate | Business | Former Canadian cabinet minister |
| Fiona Brinkman | Undergraduate | Biochemistry | Associate professor at Simon Fraser University |
| Alison Brooks | Undergraduate | Architecture | Stirling Prize Award-winning Architect |
| Edward Burger | Graduate | Mathematics | Professor at Williams College |
| Amanda Burk | Undergraduate | Fine Arts | Artist, associate professor at Nipissing University |
| Vitalik Buterin | Dropout | Computer science | Co-founder of Ethereum, co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine |
| Wayne Cao | Undergraduate | Computer science | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Colin Carrie | Undergraduate | Politics | Member of Parliament |
| Jeromy Carriere | Undergraduate | Computer science | Computer architect |
| Bardish Chagger | Undergraduate | Science | Member of Parliament |
| David Cheriton | Graduate | Mathematics | Stanford University professor and Granite Systems co-founder |
| Václav Chvátal | Graduate | Mathematics | Canada Research Chair in Combinatorial Optimization and former professor at McGill and Stanford |
| Ian Clark | Graduate | Earth science | Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa |
| George Elliott Clarke | Undergraduate | Entertainment | Poet and playwright; Governor General's Award for poetry recipient |
| Rod Coutts | Undergraduate | Electrical Engineering | Founder of Teklogix; namesake of the Rod Coutts Engineering Lecture Building at University of Waterloo |
| Clifford Cunningham | Undergraduate | Physics & Classical studies | Astronomer |
| Julie E. Czerneda | Undergraduate | Literature | Science fiction and fantasy author |
| Heather Dale | Undergraduate | Entertainment | Celtic singer |
| Liane Davey | Graduate | Industrial/Organizational Psychology | Leadership consultant, public speaker, and New York Times bestselling author |
| Erik Demaine | Graduate | Computer science | Youngest professor ever at MIT |
| Dan Dodge | Undergraduate | Computer science | QNX co-creator |
| Andrew Drummond | Undergraduate | Arts | Frances Hodgkins Fellow |
| Richard Ducharme | Undergraduate | Civil engineering | General Manager of Transportation for Edmonton |
| Tom Duff | Undergraduate | Computer science | Computer scientist |
| Garfield Dunlop | Undergraduate | Politics | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| David Eby | Undergraduate | English | Premier of British Columbia |
| Fred Eisenberger | Undergraduate | — | Politician |
| Jon Evans | Undergraduate | Engineering | Arthur Ellis Awards winner |
| Anne Fleming | Undergraduate | English | Fiction writer |
| Joe Fontana | Undergraduate | Chemistry | Member of Parliament |
| John Friedlander | Graduate | Mathematics | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and American Mathematical Society and winner of the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize |
| Curwin Friesen | Undergraduate | Economics | Chief executive officer of Friesens |
| James Alan Gardner | Graduate | Mathematics | Science fiction author |
| J. Alan George | Graduate | Computer science | Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics |
| Garth A. Gibson | Undergraduate | Computer Science | Computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University |
| Brad Goddard | Undergraduate | Theatre | Actor |
| W. G. Godfrey | Graduate | Canadian history | Canadian historian |
| Gaston Gonnet | Graduate | Computer science | Computer scientist and entrepreneur |
| Gary Goodyear | Undergraduate | Politics | Canadian Member of Parliament |
| Rick Green | Undergraduate | Entertainment | Comedian and member of The Frantics |
| Chris Hadfield | Graduate | Mechanical engineering | Astronaut |
| Fariborz Haghighat | Graduate | System Design Engineering | Professor at the Concordia University |
| Ann Hansen | Undergraduate | — | Urban guerrilla |
| Dianne Haskett | Undergraduate | Arts | Mayor of London, Ontario |
| Deen Hergott | Undergraduate | — | Chess International Master |
| Cyd Ho | Undergraduate | Politics | Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
| Glenn Howard | Undergraduate | Environmental studies | Three-time World Curling Champion |
| Kimmo Innanen | Graduate | Mathematics | Astronomer and professor |
| David Johnson | Graduate | Mathematics | Mayor of East York, Ontario |
| Rupi Kaur | Undergraduate | English | Poet, illustrator, and author; best known for her debut book, Milk and Honey |
| Humayun Akhtar Khan | Undergraduate | Business mathematics | Commerce Minister of Pakistan |
| Arounna Khounnoraj | Graduate | Fine arts | Multi-disciplinary artist, teacher, author and co-founder of Bookhou |
| Don Knight | Undergraduate | Accounting | Former member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Tony Knowles | Graduate | Physical chemistry | President of the British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| Michelle Lam | Graduate/undergraduate | Accounting | Founder and CEO of True & Co., a direct-to-consumer digital intimate apparel brand, headquartered in San Francisco, California |
| Steven Lee | Undergraduate | Science | Founder of Visibly/Opternative, CEO of VisionPros |
| Mike Lazaridis | Undergraduate | Electrical engineering | Research in Motion founder |
| William Lawrence Kocay | Graduate | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics |
| Serge LeClerc | Undergraduate | Sociology | Co-author of Untwisted |
| William C. Leggett | Graduate | Zoology | Principal of Queen's University |
| Martha Lenio | Undergraduate | Mechanical Engineering | Commander of the NASA human performance study Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) |
| Rasmus Lerdorf | Undergraduate | Systems Design Engineering | PHP creator |
| David X Li | Graduate | Actuarial science | Pioneer of Gaussian copula pricing models for collateralized debt obligations |
| Michael Lysko | | — | Former Canadian Football League commissioner |
| Rob MacIsaac | Undergraduate | Economics | Former Mayor of Burlington, Ontario; President of Hamilton Health Sciences |
| Manas K. Mandal | Graduate | Biology | Director of the Defence Institute of Psychological Research |
| Scott Manning | Undergraduate | — | Stunt pilot and CFL veteran |
| Peter Masak | Undergraduate | Mechanical engineering | Glider pilot |
| Ingrid Mattson | Undergraduate | — | Islamic Society of North America president |
| Konris Maynard | Undergraduate | — | Winner of the Saint Kitts and Nevis National Calypso Show |
| E. J. McGuire | Graduate | Psychology | Former director of the NHL Central Scouting Services |
| David I. McKay | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Current President & CEO of Royal Bank of Canada |
| Peter McLaren | Undergraduate | English literature | Critical pedagogy |
| Nenad Medić | Undergraduate | — | Professional poker player |
| Stella Meghie | Undergraduate | — | Film director and screenwriter |
| James G. Mitchell | Undergraduate | Computer science | Computer scientist |
| Parker Mitchell | Undergraduate | — | Engineers Without Borders co-founder |
| Faron Moller | Graduate | Computer science | Computer scientist |
| David Morrell | Undergraduate | Arts | Novelist for First Blood and the creator of the character John Rambo.; the book was adapted into the 1982 film of the same name |
| Michele Mosca | Undergraduate | Computer science | Co-founder of the IQC and the PITP |
| Heather Moyse | Undergraduate | Kinesiology | Two-time Olympic gold medalist in bobsleigh; represented Canada's national rugby team at both the 2006 and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup |
| Walt Neubrand | Undergraduate | — | Keeper of the Stanley Cup |
| Kevin O'Leary | Undergraduate | Environmental studies | Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality |
| Paul van Oorschot | Graduate | Cryptography | Carleton University professor |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Undergraduate | Electrical engineering | Venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor and the founder and CEO of Social Capital |
| Steve Paul-Ambrose | Undergraduate | Science and Business | Poker player |
| Cole Pearn | Graduate | Mechanical engineering | NASCAR crew chief |
| Jean Poirier | Undergraduate | Environmental studies | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Yuri Quintana | Graduate | Engineering | Chief Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School |
| Karen Redman | Undergraduate | Politics | Canadian Member of Parliament |
| William Reeves | Undergraduate | Entertainment | Academy Award recipient for Toy Story |
| John Reimer | Undergraduate | Education | Member of Parliament |
| Neil Robertson | Graduate | Mathematics | Professor at the Ohio State University |
| Robert Rosehart | Graduate | Engineering | President of Wilfrid Laurier University |
| George Roter | Undergraduate | Engineering | Co-CEO of Engineers Without Borders (Canada) |
| Bimal Kumar Roy | Graduate | Mathematics | Cryptologist |
| Sandra Sabatini | Graduate | English literature | Writer |
| Khaled Al Sabawi | Undergraduate | Computer science | Canadian entrepreneur; named one of the "World's Top Energy Entrepreneurs" by Global Post in 2010 |
| Reihaneh Safavi-Naini | Graduate | Cryptography | University of Wollongong professor |
| George Samis | Graduate | Political science | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Liz Sandals | Graduate | Mathematics | Member of Ontario Parliament |
| Prem Saran Satsangi | Graduate | Electrical engineering | Spiritual leader of Radhasoami faith, Dayalbagh, chairman (ACE), Dayalbagh Educational Institute, ex-vice-chancellor of Dayalbagh Educational Institute, dean (academics) at IIT Delhi, system scientist, physicist |
| Jonathan Schaeffer | Graduate | Researcher | Professor at the University of Alberta |
| Beckie Scott | Undergraduate | English | Olympic gold medalist, the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing; Officer of the Order of Canada and Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency |
| Jonathan Seet | Undergraduate | | Singer-songwriter; released albums Melatonin and Arousal Disasters |
| Hersh Shefrin | Graduate | Mathematics | Behavioral finance |
| Ron Sider | Undergraduate | Theology | Founder of Evangelicals for Social Action |
| Bruce Smith | Undergraduate | Arts | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| James K. A. Smith | Undergraduate | Philosophy | Associate professor of philosophy at Calvin College |
| Steve Smith | Undergraduate | Entertainment | Actor in The Red Green Show |
| Moustafa Aly Soliman | Graduate | Chemical Engineering | Pioneered the use of sulfur compounds in thermochemical cycles for hydrogen production and the use of nano-palladium to catalyze partial oxidation of ethane to acetic acid |
| Kevin Strain | Graduate/undergraduate | Accounting | President & CEO of Sun Life Financial |
| Thomas Strothotte | Graduate | Computer science | Rector of the University of Rostock |
| John Sullivan | Undergraduate | — | Canadian Football League player |
| Vahid Tarokh | Graduate | Engineering | Professor at Harvard University |
| Andrew Telegdi | Undergraduate | Politics | Canadian Member of Parliament |
| Brad Templeton | Undergraduate | Software | Software engineer and entrepreneur |
| Disguised Toast | Undergraduate | Computer Science/Mathematics | Gamer, influencer |
| Carsten Thomassen | Graduate | Mathematics | Professor of graph theory at the Technical University of Denmark |
| Susan Tighe | Graduate | Civil engineering | Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Pavement and Infrastructure Management |
| Claire J. Tomlin | Undergraduate | Science | Researcher |
| Douglas N. Walton | Undergraduate | Arts | Author on argumentation, logical fallacies, and informal logic |
| Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Undergraduate | Political science | Manitoba cabinet minister |
| Elizabeth Weir | Undergraduate | Political science | Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party |
| David A. Weitz | Undergraduate | Physics | Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Materials Research Science & Engineering Center |
| Chris Williams | Undergraduate | Fine arts | Animator, film director, screenwriter, and voice actor |
| Jeff Wincott | Undergraduate | Kinesiology | Actor and athlete |
| Elizabeth Witmer | Graduate | Politics | Member of Ontario provincial parliament |
| Alexander Wong | Graduate/undergraduate | Computer Science | Scientist |
| Bob Wong | Undergraduate | Science | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Ardeth Wood | Graduate | Philosophy | Died in a forcible drowning; the two-year search for her killer was one of the largest manhunts in Canada |
| Steven Woods | Graduate/undergraduate | Mathematics | Founder of Quack.com |
| John Wynne | Undergraduate | Sports | Ice hockey defenceman |
| Tim Wynne-Jones | Undergraduate | Literature | Author of children's literature |
| Fangjin Yang | Undergraduate | Electrical engineering | Co-founder and CEO of Imply; co-creator of Druid |
| Catalina Yue | Undergraduate | Arts | Miss Universe Canada |
| Matei Zaharia | Undergraduate | Computer science | Co-founder and CTO of Databricks, creator of Apache Spark, and co-creator of Apache Mesos |

### Faculty

| Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for | Notes |
| Gordon Agnew | Professor | Cryptography | Professor | |
| George Alfred Barnard | Lecturer | Mathematics | Statistics and quality control | |
| Walter Benz | Professor | Mathematics | Geometer | |
| Vijay Bhargava | Professor | Electrical engineering | Professor at the University of British Columbia | |
| Jonathan Borwein | Researcher | Mathematics | Mathematics researcher | |
| Phelim Boyle | Chairman | — | J Page R Wadsworth chairman at the University of Waterloo | |
| Tim Bray | Manager | — | Software developer and entrepreneur | |
| Thomas Brzustowski | Professor | Mechanical engineering | Engineer, academic, and civil servant | |
| Arthur Carty | Professor | Chemistry | National Science Advisor to the Government of Canada | |
| Ken Coates | Dean | History | Dean of the Faculty of Arts | |
| C. B. Collins | Professor | Mathematics | Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas | |
| Gordon Cormack | Professor | Computer science | Dynamic Markov Compression co-creator | |
| David G. Cory | Professor | Chemistry | Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing | |
| Douglas E. Cowan | Professor | Religious studies | Professor at the University of Waterloo | |
| Purdy Crawford | Governor | — | Governor of the University of Waterloo | |
| Paul H. Cress | Lecturer | Computer science | WATFIV creator | |
| Kenneth Davidson | Professor | Mathematics | Fields Institute director | |
| Jon Dellandrea | Professor | Literature | Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Oxford | |
| Jack Edmonds | Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | |
| Mohamed Elmasry | Professor | Engineering | Writer for The Globe and Mail | |
| John R. English | Professor | Politics | Liberal Member of Parliament for Kitchener | |
| Carla Fehr | Professor | Philosophy | | |
| Eugene Forsey | Professor | History | Member of the Canadian Senate | |
| Bertram Fraser-Reid | Professor | Chemistry | 2007 Musgrave gold medal winner from the Institute of Jamaica | |
| Keith Geddes | Professor | Mathematics | Maple co-creator | |
| Ian Goldberg | Professor | Cryptography | Radialpoint chief scientist | |
| Ian Goulden | Dean | Mathematics | Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics | |
| Art Green | Professor | Arts | Professor at the University of Waterloo | |
| Richard Gwyn | Chancellor | — | Chancellor of St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo | |
| Peter L. Hammer | Professor | Mathematics | Operations research and applied discrete mathematics | |
| Hiroshi Haruki | Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | |
| Geraldine Heaney | Coach | — | Head coach for the University of Waterloo women's hockey team | |
| Ric Holt | Professor | Computer science | Turing creator | |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon | Professor | Environmental studies | Professor at the University of Waterloo | |
| Harold Horwood | Writer | — | Novelist and non-fiction writer | |
| David M. Jackson | Professor | Mathematics | Professor of combinatorics and optimization | |
| James Jupp | Professor | Political science | Political scientist and author | |
| James J. Kay | Associate professor | Ecology | Associate professor of environment and research studies | |
| Bryce Kendrick | Assistant professor | Biology | Assistant professor at the University of Waterloo | |
| Murray S. Klamkin | Professor | Mathematics | Mathematician | |
| Tuffy Knight | Coach | — | Football coach at the University of Waterloo | |
| Neal Koblitz | Professor | Cryptography | Professor at the University of Washington | |
| Maurice Kugler | Professor | Anthropology | Social anthropology | |
| Ziva Kunda | Professor | Arts | Psychologist | |
| Anita Layton | Professor | Applied Mathematics | Researcher and professor | |
| Anthony James Leggett | Researcher | Physics | Physics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | |
| Melvin J. Lerner | Professor | Psychology | Just-world phenomenon | - |
| Robert J. LeRoy | Professor | Chemistry | Chemist | |
| Kenneth D. Mackenzie | Professor | Mathematics | Author of Organizational Hologram | |
| Lorenzo Magnani | Researcher | Philosophy | Philosopher | |
| Charles Malik | Lecturer | Philosophy | Diplomat | |
| Lee Maracle | Professor | Canadian culture | First Nations poet and author | |
| Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara | Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist | |
| Alfred Menezes | Professor | Cryptography | Certicom research associate, MQV co-inventor | |
| Wendy Mitchinson | Chairman | History | Canada Research Chair in gender history and medicine history | |
| John Moffat | Professor | Physics | Professor emeritus at the University of Toronto | |
| Bruce Muirhead | Professor | Arts | Historian | |
| Robert Mundell | Chairman | Economics | Nobel laureate in economics (1999), known for the Mundell–Fleming model. Was the Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Waterloo, 1972–1974 | |
| Barton Myers | Professor | Architecture | President of Barton Myers Associates | |
| Robert Myers | Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist, Royal Society of Canada Fellow | |
| Jan Narveson | Professor | Arts | Philosopher | |
| Crispin Nash-Williams | Professor | Combinatorics | Mathematician | |
| Brian Orend | Professor | Arts | Philosopher | |
| Josef Paldus | Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo | |
| Joe Paopao | Coach | — | Offensive coordinator for the Waterloo Warriors | |
| François Paré | Chairman | French literature | Chair of French Studies | |
| Raj Pathria | Professor (retired) | Physics | Distinguished Professor Emeritus | |
| William Richard Peltier | Professor | Earth sciences | Physics professor at the University of Toronto | |
| Vladimir Platonov | Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics | |
| Victor Hugo Quintana | Professor (retired) | Engineering | Distinguished Professor Emeritus | |
| Ronald C. Read | Professor | Mathematics | Professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo | |
| A. James Reimer | Professor | Theology | Professor at Conrad Grebel University College at UW | |
| Giacinto Scoles | Professor | Chemistry | Molecular beam methods for studying weak van der Waals forces | |
| Adel Sedra | Dean | Engineering | Dean of the University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering | |
| Jeffrey Shallit | Professor | Computer science | Professor | |
| Gordon Slethaug | Professor | English | Professor of English at the University of Southern Denmark | |
| Lee Smolin | Professor | Physics | Theoretical physicist | |
| Paul G. Socken | Professor | Jewish studies | Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo | |
| Doug Stinson | Professor | Mathematics | Member of Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research | |
| Donna Strickland | Professor | Physics | Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, together with Gérard Mourou, for the practical implementation of chirped pulse amplification | |
| John Stubbs | Professor | History | President of Trent University and Simon Fraser University | |
| Paul Thagard | Professor | Arts | Philosopher and cognitive scientist | |
| Robert Tibshirani | Undergraduate | Mathematics | Stanford professor and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | |
| Mark Tilden | Professor | — | Robotics researcher | |
| Frank Tompa | Professor | Computer Science | Database researcher | |
| W. T. Tutte | Professor | Mathematics | World War II code breaker and founder of the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo | |
| Robert Jan van Pelt | Professor | History | Architectural historian | |
| Scott Vanstone | Professor | Cryptography | Certicom founder, MQV co-inventor | |
| Sally Weaver | Professor | Anthropology | Chair of Anthropology | |
| Paul S. Wesson | Professor | Physics | Professor of physics at the University of Waterloo | |
| Lynne Woolstencroft | Professor | Political science | Former mayor of Waterloo, Ontario | |
| Douglas T. Wright | Professor | Civil engineering | Civil engineer, UW President emeritus | |
| Karen Yeats | Professor/undergraduate | Mathematics | Mathematical physicist | |
| Mark Zanna | Professor | Arts | Social psychologist | |
| Anne Zeller | Professor | Anthropology | Chair of Anthropology | |

## Administration
### Chancellors

| # | Name | Term |
| 1 | Dana Porter | 1960–1966 |
| 2 | Ira G. Needles | 1966–1975 |
| 3 | Carl Arthur Pollock | 1975–1978 |
| 4 | Josef Kates | 1979–1985 |
| 5 | J. Page Wadsworth | 1985–1991 |
| 6 | Sylvia Ostry | 1991–1997 |
| 7 | Val O'Donovan | 1997–2003 |
| 8 | Mike Lazaridis | 2003–2009 |
| 9 | Prem Watsa | 2009–2014 |
| 10 | Tom Jenkins | 2014–2018 |
| 11 | Dominic Barton | 2018–2024 |
| 12 | Jagdeep Singh Bachher | 2024–present |

### Presidents

| # | Name | Term | Note |
| 1 | Gerry Hagey | July 1, 1957 – January 31, 1969 | |
| | Howard Petch | February 1, 1969 – June 30, 1970 | President pro tem |
| 2 | Burt Matthews | July 1, 1970 – June 30, 1981 | |
| 3 | Douglas T. Wright | July 1, 1981 – April 14, 1993 | |
| 4 | James Downey | April 15, 1993 – May 31, 1999 | |
| 5 | David Lloyd Johnston | June 1, 1999 – September 30, 2010 | |
| 6 | Feridun Hamdullahpur | October 1, 2010 – June 30, 2021 | |
| 7 | Vivek Goel | July 1, 2021 – present | Current President |