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Overview
Biographies of the members of the Alberta Order of Excellence have been reproduced from the programs used in the year each member was invested into the Alberta Order of Excellence.
List of abbreviations and post-nominals.
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Shirzad Ahmed (Inducted: 2009)
J. Stephens Allan (Inducted: 2017)
JudyLynn Archer (Inducted: 2020)
Dr. Steven Kyaw Htut Aung (Inducted: 2002)
Dr. Thomas Benjamin Banks (Inducted: 1993)
R.C. (Reg) Basken (Inducted: 2018)
Don Begg (Inducted: 2024)
Jenny Belzberg (Inducted: 2000)
Dr. C. Fred Bentley (Inducted: 1987)
Henry J. Bergen (Inducted: 2009)
Maureen Bianchini Purvis (Inducted: 2022)
David Bissett (Inducted: 2015)
Rosella Bjornson (Inducted: 2018)
Patricia Blocksom (Inducted: 2011)
Jim Boucher (Inducted: 2020)
William H. Bowes (Inducted: 2009)
Gary W. Bowie (Inducted: 2017)
Robert Brawn (Inducted: 2022)
Evelyn L. Buckley (Inducted: 2007)
Chief Victor S. Buffalo (Inducted: 2007)
Barry Bultz (Inducted: 2016)
Dr. Robert E. Burrell (Inducted: 2019)
Dr. John Carter Callaghan (Inducted: 1986)
Elizabeth Cannon (Inducted: 2022)
Sharon Dawn Carry (Inducted: 2014)
James Carter (Inducted: 2023)
Tony Cashman (Inducted: 2014)
Robert W. Chapman Sr. (Inducted: 2005)
Eleanor Chiu (Inducted: 2022)
Wayne Chiu (Inducted: 2018)
Dr. Robert Bertram Church (Inducted: 1993)
The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark (Inducted: 1983)
Dr. William A. Cochrane (Inducted: 2006)
Martin Cohos (Inducted: 2011)
Dr. Chester R. Cunningham (Inducted: 2000)
Dr. Philip John Currie (Inducted: 2010)
Louis Armand Desrochers (Inducted: 2001)
Jack C. Donald (Inducted: 2015)
Joan Donald (Inducted: 2021)
Clare Drake (Inducted: 2008)
Bonnie D. DuPont (Inducted: 2019)
The Honourable Lois E. Hole (Chancellor from 2000-2005)
Douglas Eaglesham (Inducted: 2013)
Janice Eisenhauer (Inducted: 2015)
Dennis M. Erker (Inducted: 2015)
Colonel (Retired) Donald Stewart Ethell (Inducted: 2001)
Anne Fanning Binder (Inducted: 2017)
Will Ferguson (Inducted: 2024)
Charlie Fischer (Inducted: 2020)
F. Morris Flewwelling (Inducted: 2014)
Cheryl Foggo (Inducted: 2022)
Max Foran (Inducted: 2023)
Robert Foster (Inducted: 2024)
Bertha (Berdie) Fowler (Inducted: 2006)
Fil Fraser (Inducted: 2015)
Catherine Fraser (Inducted: 2024)
Art Froehlich (Inducted: 2022)
Donald Ross Getty (Inducted: 1999)
Roger Gibbins (Inducted: 2013)
Dr. Howard V. Gimbel (Inducted: 1992)
Colin Glassco (Inducted: 2014)
Marie L. Gordon (Inducted: 2017)
Douglas O. Goss (Inducted: 2013)
George W. Govier (Inducted: 2013)
Stan G.P. Grad (Inducted: 2015)
Dr. James H. Gray (Inducted: 1987)
James Kenneth Gray (Inducted: 2002)
Julia Hamilton (Inducted: 2014)
Leonard Kane Haney (Inducted: 1986)
Dr. Gerald Warren Hankins (Inducted: 2005)
Herbert Thomas Hargrave (Inducted: 1986)
Dr. Frances Harley (Inducted: 2020)
The Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper (Inducted: 2023)
Richard F. Haskayne (Inducted: 2006)
Dr. Helen Hays (Inducted: 2008)
Sister Helen Hengel (Inducted: 2009)
Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess (Inducted: 2005)
Robert Hironaka (Inducted: 2012)
Bruce W. Hogle (Inducted: 2011)
Harry Hole (Inducted: 2006)
Rev. James L. Holland (Inducted: 2017)
James Deverell Horsman (Inducted: 2006)
Harley Norman Hotchkiss (Inducted: 1998)
Steve E. Hrudey (Inducted: 2017)
Linda Hughes (Inducted: 2016)
The Honourable Helen Hunley (Chancellor from 1985-1991)
Dr. Helen Isabel Huston (Inducted: 1994)
Dr. Mary Percy Jackson (Inducted: 1983)
Roger C. Jackson (Inducted: 2012)
Alex Janvier (Inducted: 2010)
Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns (Inducted: 1988)
Dr. Walter Hugh Johns (Inducted: 1982)
Dr. Alexander Johnston (Inducted: 1984)
Elsie Kawulych (Inducted: 2005)
Dr. Cyril Kay (Inducted: 2021)
Sheldon Kennedy (Inducted: 2016)
Irving Kipnes (Inducted: 2012)
Ralph Philip Klein (Inducted: 2010)
The Honourable Norman L. Kwong (Chancellor from 2005-2010)
Her Honour, the Honourable Salma Lakhani (Inducted: 2020)
k.d. lang (Inducted: 2018)
Lt. General Donald C. Laubman (Inducted: 2007)
Dr. David S. R. Leighton (Inducted: 1985)
Dr. Raymond Lemieux (Inducted: 1990)
David W. Leonard (Inducted: 2007)
Alvin Gerald Libin (Inducted: 2004)
Hon. Samuel Sereth Lieberman (Inducted: 2006)
Leroy Little Bear (Inducted: 2016)
Wilton Littlechild (Inducted: 2014)
Griffin Lloyd (Inducted: 2012)
June Louise Lore (Inducted: 1998)
The Honourable Peter Lougheed (Inducted: 1989)
Joe Lukacs (Inducted: 2023)
The Honourable Frank Lynch-Staunton (Chancellor from 1980-1985)
Ian Malcolm Macdonald (Inducted: 1997)
The Honourable Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan (Inducted: 1982)
Sandy Auld Mactaggart (Inducted: 1998)
John Mah (Inducted: 2020)
Vivian Manasc (Inducted: 2017)
Stephen Mandel (Inducted: 2024)
Senator The Honourable Ernest Charles Manning (Inducted: 1981)
Ernest Preston Manning (Inducted: 2012)
HCol (Ret’d) Frederick P. Mannix (Inducted: 2014)
Ronald Neil Mannix (Inducted: 2005)
David Manz (Inducted: 2018)
Allan P. Markin (Inducted: 2008)
James A. Marshall (Inducted: 2013)
The Honourable Ronald Martland (Inducted: 1984)
Jacob H. Masliyah (Inducted: 2015)
Michael Massey (Inducted: 2016)
Donald F. Mazankowski (Inducted: 2003)
Father Charles Michael McCaffery (Inducted: 2005)
M. Ann McCaig (Inducted: 2004)
Murray McCann (Inducted: 2021)
Bernadette McDonald (Inducted: 2009)
Audrey McFarlane (Inducted: 2023)
Hon. A. Anne McLellan (Inducted: 2013)
Gary William (Wilcox) McPherson (Inducted: 2007)
Janice McTighe (Inducted: 2010)
Louise Annette Miller (Inducted: 2010)
Dr. Stanley A. Milner (Inducted: 1995)
Douglas H. Mitchell (Inducted: 2007)
The Honourable Lois E. Mitchell (Chancellor from 2015-2020)
William J. Mooney (Inducted: 2010)
Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern (Inducted: 1991)
Audrey Attril Morrice (Inducted: 2003)
Reinhard Mühlenfeld (Inducted: 2014)
John Murrell (Inducted: 2002)
Reza Nasseri (Inducted: 2010)
Eric Patrick Newell (Inducted: 2004)
Patrick R. Nixon (Inducted: 2007)
Katie Ohe (Inducted: 2019)
Dr. Barb Olson (Inducted: 2021)
The Honourable H.A. "Bud" Olson (Chancellor from 1996-2000)
Dr. Merle Olson (Inducted: 2021)
Dr. A. Ernest Pallister (Inducted: 1996)
James Simpson Palmer (Inducted: 2003)
Frits Pannekoek (Inducted: 2015)
Walter Paszkowski (Inducted: 2011)
Paulette Patterson (Inducted: 2016)
Shirley Penner (Inducted: 2016)
Bryan Perkins (Inducted: 2004)
Holger Petersen (Inducted: 2020)
Barbara Poole (Inducted: 2004)
John Poole (Inducted: 2004)
Dr. Greg Powell (Inducted: 2021)
Eric Rajah (Inducted: 2011)
Dr. Raymond V. Rajotte (Inducted: 2006)
Leonard Peter Ratzlaff (Inducted: 2003)
Stanley George Reynolds (Inducted: 1999)
Dr. G. Richard A. Rice (Inducted: 1985)
Dr. Esther Robins (Inducted: 1986)
Solomon J. Rolingher (Inducted: 2018)
Dr. Chester A. Ronning (Inducted: 1983)
Catherine M. Roozen (Inducted: 2013)
Kim Ruether (Inducted: 2024)
Ron Sakamoto (Inducted: 2019)
Kenneth Sauer (Inducted: 2009)
Dr. David W. Schindler (Inducted: 2008)
Beckie Scott (Inducted: 2019)
Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman (Inducted: 2008)
JR Shaw (Inducted: 2008)
Lena Heavy Shields-Russell (Inducted: 2021)
Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor (Inducted: 1990)
Malcolm S. Sissons (Inducted: 2019)
Arthur Ryan Smith (Inducted: 1997)
Dr. John Snow (Inducted: 1996)
Margaret E. Southern (Inducted: 1988)
Ron Southern (Inducted: 2012)
Nancy Southern (Inducted: 2024)
Dr. Matthew Warren Spence (Inducted: 2006)
Dr. Donald Russell Stanley (Inducted: 1998)
Robert D. Steadward (Inducted: 2010)
Ed Stelmach (Inducted: 2020)
Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart (Inducted: 1985)
Dr. Shirley M. Stinson (Inducted: 1999)
Barrie Strafford (Inducted: 2009)
Garnette Sutherland (Inducted: 2024)
Cam Tait (Inducted: 2022)
Honourable Claudette Tardif (Inducted: 2023)
Stella Thompson (Inducted: 2023)
The Honourable Gordon Towers (Chancellor from 1991-1996)
Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell (Inducted: 2000)
Ian Tyson (Inducted: 2006)
Aritha van Herk (Inducted: 2011)
Cor Van Raay (Inducted: 2021)
Muriel Stanley Venne (Inducted: 2019)
Allan Wachowich (Inducted: 2018)
Thomas J. Walsh (Inducted: 2008)
Dr. Maxwell William Ward (Inducted: 1989)
James Angus Watt (Inducted: 2023)
David P. Werklund (Inducted: 2017)
Robert. C. Westbury (Inducted: 2012)
William H. Wilson (Inducted: 2013)
Dr. Francis G. Winspear (Inducted: 1995)
Frances E. Wright (Inducted: 2019)
Harold (Hal) Wyatt (Inducted: 2009)
Ralph Young (Inducted: 2018)
Bill Yuill (Inducted: 2016)
Sister Rosaleen Zdunich (Inducted: 2012)