predecessor successor birth_place title birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
john thomas ferguson linda hughes kamloops , british columbia chancellor of the university of alberta 16 december 1944 2004 eric newell
 2008 eric newell oil executive university of british columbia
eric newell

eric patrick newell , oc , aoe , -lrb- born december 16 , 1944 -rrb- was the seventeenth chancellor of the university of alberta , having previously served as chair of its board of governors .
he is a former chairman and ceo of the oil company syncrude .
in 1999 , he was made an officer of the order of canada for being an `` advocate of business and education partnerships '' and promoting `` employment and business opportunities for aboriginal people . ''
in 2004 , he was awarded the alberta order of excellence .
as an undergraduate he attended the university of british columbia , and is an alumnus of the theta chapter of sigma phi delta .
