List of Université de Montréal people
Encyclopedia
Rectors
| Years in office | Principal |
|---|---|
| 1920–1923 | Mgr Monseigneur Monseigneur is an honorific in the French language. It has occasional English use as well, as it may be a title before the name of a French prelate, a member of a royal family or other dignitary. Also it is sometimes used as a name for a Frenchman who has a position on the court.Monsignor is both... Georges Gauthier Georges Gauthier Georges Gauthier was a French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.... |
| 1923–1934 | Mgr André-Vincent-Joseph Piette |
| 1934–1955 | Mgr Olivier Maurault |
| 1955–1965 | Mgr Irénée Lussier |
| 1965–1975 | Roger Gaudry Roger Gaudry Roger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and former rector of the Université de Montréal.... |
| 1975–1985 | Paul Lacoste Paul Lacoste (academic) Paul Lacoste, is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and academic administrator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943 and a Master of Arts degree in 1946 from the Université de Montréal. From 1946 to 1947, he attended the University of Chicago and in 1948 received a... |
| 1985–1993 | Gilles Cloutier Gilles Cloutier Gilles George Cloutier, is a Canadian physicist and former director of the Alberta Research Council.Born in Quebec City, he was educated at Université Laval and McGill University... |
| 1993–1998 | René Simard |
| 1998–2005 | Robert Lacroix Robert Lacroix Robert Lacroix, CM, OQ, FRSC is a professor of economics at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Canada.After finishing his Ph.D. in economics at Leuven, in Belgium, in 1970, he became professor at the Department of Economics of the Université de Montréal... |
| 2005–2010 | Luc Vinet Luc Vinet Luc Vinet is a Canadian physicist and former rector of the Université de Montréal.-Biography:Born in Montreal, Vinet holds a doctorate from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and a PhD from the Université de Montréal, both in theoretical physics... |
| 2010 - current | Guy Breton Guy Breton Guy Breton is a radiologist and academic administrator. In 2010, he was named rector of the Université de Montréal.... |
Faculty
- Marcel BoyerMarcel BoyerMarcel Boyer is the Bell Canada Professor of industrial economics at the Université de Montréal, CIRANO research Fellow and also vice-president and chief economist at the Montreal Economic Institute. He holds a Ph.D...
, professors of industrial economics - Stéphane DionStéphane DionStéphane Maurice Dion, PC, MP is a Canadian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent–Cartierville in Montreal since 1996. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008...
, former professor of political science, leader of the Liberal Party of CanadaLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
(2006–2008) - David FeuerwerkerDavid Feuerwerker- Born in Geneva :He was born on October 2, 1912, at 11 Rue du Mont-Blanc, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was the seventh of eleven children. His father Jacob Feuerwerker was born in Sighet, now Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramureş, then Hungary, now Rumania...
, former professor of sociology (1966–1968) and founder of the department of Jewish studiesJewish studiesJewish studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history , religious studies, archeology, sociology, languages , political science, area studies, women's studies, and ethnic studies... - Lionel GroulxLionel GroulxLionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield...
, former professor of history - Hubert LacroixHubert LacroixHubert T. Lacroix is a Canadian lawyer and the President and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation , the national public radio and television broadcaster....
, associate professor at the Faculty of Law - Jean-Daniel LafondJean-Daniel LafondJean-Daniel Lafond CC is a French-born Canadian filmmaker, and the husband to the former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the Viceregal Consort of Canada during her service.-Biography:...
, former professor and current Viceregal consort of CanadaViceregal consort of CanadaThe viceregal consort of Canada is the spouse of the serving governor general of Canada, assisting the viceroy with ceremonial and charitable work, accompanying him or her to official state occasions, and occasionally undertaking philanthropic work of their own...
. - Jean-François LiséeJean-François LiséeJean-François Lisée is a Québécois political analyst, journalist, author, intellectual and well-known sovereigntist thinker. He has been special advisor to Parti Québécois Premiers of Quebec Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard. He is presently Executive Director of the Centre d'études et de...
, visiting scholar (2001–2002), political advisor and current executive director for the Center for International StudiesCenter for International StudiesThe Centre for International Studies at the Université de Montréal , known as Cérium, is a research centre whose specialization is international studies...
. - Michel SeymourMichel SeymourMichel Seymour is a Québécois philosopher and professor at the Université de Montréal, where he has been teaching analytical philosophy since 1990.-Biography:After hhhhhhaving obtained a Ph.D...
, professor of philosophy. - James R. TaylorJames R. TaylorJames Renwick Taylor is Professor Emeritus at the of the Université de Montréal, which he founded in the early 1970s.Drawing from research in fields such as organizational psychology James Renwick Taylor (born in 1928) is Professor Emeritus at the of the Université de Montréal, which he founded...
, professor emeritus at the department of communication. - Jocelyn FaubertJocelyn FaubertProf. Jocelyn Faubert is a psychophysicist best known for his work in the fields of visual perception, vision of the elderly, and neuropsychology. Professor Faubert holds the NSERC-Essilor Industrial Research Chair in Visual Perception and Presbyopia. He is the director of the Laboratory of...
, professor in the School of Optometry, Director of the Psychophysics and Visual Perception Laboratory. - Dale C. ThomsonDale C. ThomsonDale Cairns Thomson Ph.D. DFC was a professor and departmental director at the Université de Montréal, professor and Vice-Principal of McGill University and a professor of international relations and Director of the Center of Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced...
, former professor and departmental director, who also served as professor and Vice-Principal of McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
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Academics, scientists and scholars
- Ishfaq AhmadIshfaq AhmadIshfaq Ahmad , D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, and well-known educationist and academic from Pakistan...
, nuclear physicist and one of the pioneers of the Pakistani nuclear program - André BarbeauAndré BarbeauAndré Barbeau, OC, MSRC was a French Canadian neurologist. He was known for his research into Parkinson's disease and Friedreich's ataxia and taurine research....
, neurologist - Armand FrappierArmand FrappierArmand Frappier, was a physician, microbiologist and expert on tuberculosis from Quebec, Canada....
, physician and microbiologist - André LussierAndre LussierAndré Lussier, physician, rheumatologist, and Professor Emeritus of the School of Medicine of the University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He was born in 1933 in Sherbrooke and died in 2009 in Sherbrooke. He completed his classical studies and Baccalauréat ès-art at the Séminaire Oblat de Chambly...
, pioneer of clinical and scientific rheumatologyRheumatologyRheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists...
in Canada - Hubert ReevesHubert Reeves-External links: *...
, astrophysicist
Business and media
- Philippe de Gaspé BeaubienPhilippe de Gaspé BeaubienPhilippe de Gaspé Beaubien, OC is a Canadian media proprietor, who was chairman and CEO of Telemedia. He founded the company in 1968, and went on to acquire a number of radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, and launched magazines such as Canadian Living, Harrowsmith and the Canadian editions of...
, CEO of TelemediaTelemediaTelemedia was a Canadian media company, which had holdings in radio, television and magazine publishing.The company was launched in 1968 by Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s.... - Louis R. ChênevertLouis R. ChênevertLouis R. Chênevert is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. He was elected to be UTC's CEO in succession of George David and has assumed that role effective April 9, 2008...
, CEO of United Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in the United Technologies Building in Hartford, Connecticut... - Pierre-Karl Péladeau, CEO of QuebecorQuebecorQuebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
Law
- Louise ArbourLouise ArbourLouise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1999–2004), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2004–2008) - Maurice ArchambaultMaurice ArchambaultMaurice Archambault, P.C.S., Q.C. was a Canadian lawyer and judge.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the son of Sylvani Archambault and Emma Beaudry, Maurice attended the Seminary of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1929 to 1935...
, lawyer and judge - Michel BastaracheMichel BastaracheJ. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1997–2008) - Marie DeschampsMarie DeschampsMarie Deschamps is a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.-Education:She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974 and completing a Masters in 1983 at McGill.-Career:...
, Supreme Court of Canada Justice (2002–present) - Antonio LamerAntonio LamerJoseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Personal life:...
, Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice (1990–2000) - Herbert MarxHerbert Marx (politician)Herbert Marx is a Canadian lawyer, university law professor, politician, and judge.The Honourable Herbert Marx was born in Montreal in 1932. He graduated from Baron Byng High School made famous by the writer Mordecai Richler in his novels as Fletcher's Field High School...
, lawyer, university law professor, politician, and judge
Politics and government
- Stéphanie Allard-GomezStéphanie Allard-GomezStéphanie Allard-Gomez is a current Canadian diplomat. She is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to El Salvador since July 13, 2006. She graduated from the University of Montreal in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and has become a career diplomat for Canada.-External links:* *...
, diplomat - Vincent AuclairVincent AuclairVincent Auclair is a Quebec politician and notary. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Vimont in the Laval region...
, MNA for the Vimont riding - Jean-Martin AussantJean-Martin AussantJean-Martin Aussant is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He has represented Nicolet-Yamaska in the National Assembly of Quebec since 2008, first as a member of the Parti Québécois and currently as leader of his own party, Option nationale....
, MNA for the Nicolet-Yamaska riding - Raymond BachandRaymond BachandRaymond Bachand is a politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He is the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus. He is also the current minister of Finances and Revenue in the cabinet of Premier of...
, politician and finance minister of the Quebec Liberal Party - Line BeauchampLine BeauchampLine Beauchamp is a Quebec politician. She is the current Quebec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Montreal riding of Bourassa-Sauvé as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party...
, politician and member of the Quebec Liberal Party - Denise BeaudoinDenise BeaudoinDenise Beaudoin is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. She was first elected to represent the riding of Mirabel in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 provincial election, but was defeated in the 2007 provincial election by François Desrochers of the Action démocratique du...
, politician and member of the Parti Québécois - Ahmed BenbitourAhmed BenbitourAhmed Benbitour is an Algerian politician who was Prime Minister of Algeria from 1999 to 2000.Born at Metlilli, Ghardaïa, Benbitour graduated from Université de Montréal in 1984 with a Ph.D. in Economics. He now lives in London, England....
, Algerian politician - Josephat T. BenoitJosephat T. BenoitJosephat T. Benoit was the 41st mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire from 1944 to 1961. A New Deal Democrat, he held that office for a record nine consecutive terms.-Early life and career:...
, nine-term Mayor of Manchester, New HampshireManchester, New HampshireManchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which... - Jean-Jacques BertrandJean-Jacques BertrandJean-Jacques Bertrand was the 21st Premier of Quebec, Canada, from October 2, 1968 to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party.-Member of the legislature:...
, Premier of Quebec (1968–1970) - André BoisclairAndré BoisclairAndré Boisclair is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and separatist party in Quebec....
, leader of the Parti Québécois (2005–2007) - Robert BourassaRobert BourassaJean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...
, Premier of Quebec (1970–1976, 1985–1994) - Maurice DuplessisMaurice DuplessisMaurice Le Noblet Duplessis served as the 16th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party, he rose to power after exposing the misconduct and patronage of Liberal Premier Louis-Alexandre...
, Premier of Quebec (1936–1939, 1944–1959) - Lomer GouinLomer GouinSir Jean Lomer Gouin, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician.-Biography:He was born in Grondines, Quebec and served as 13th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.On May 24, 1888, he married...
, Premier of Quebec (1905–1920) - Michaëlle JeanMichaëlle JeanMichaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....
, journalist, Governor General of Canada - Daniel Johnson, Jr., Premier of Quebec (1994)
- Daniel Johnson, Sr., Premier of Quebec (1966–1968)
- Pierre-Marc JohnsonPierre-Marc JohnsonPierre-Marc Johnson, , is a Quebec lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th Premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985.- Early background :...
, Premier of Quebec (1985) - Amir KhadirAmir KhadirAmir Khadir is a politician in the National Assembly of Quebec , Canada for the electoral district of Mercier, and currently the male spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, a sovereignist and left-wing political party which was created by the merger of the Union des Forces Progressistes and Option...
, MNA and spokesperson for Québec solidaireQuébec SolidaireQuébec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led... - Bernard LandryBernard LandryBernard Landry, is a Quebec lawyer, teacher, politician, who served as the 28th Premier of Quebec , leader of the Opposition and leader of the Parti Québécois .-Personal:...
, Premier of Quebec (2001–2003) - Camille LaurinCamille LaurinCamille Laurin was a psychiatrist and Parti Québécois politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. MNA member for the riding of Bourget, he is considered the father of Quebec's language law known informally as "Bill 101".-Biography:Born in Charlemagne, Quebec, Laurin obtained a degree in...
, psychiatrist and Quebec politician - Denis LazureDenis LazureDenis Lazure was a Canadian politician and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1984 and from 1989 to 1996. -Background:...
, psychiatrist and Quebec politician - Georges-Émile LapalmeGeorges-Émile LapalmeGeorges-Émile Lapalme was a politician in Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.-Background:...
, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (1950–1958) - Elsie LefebvreElsie LefebvreElsie Lefebvre is a Quebec politician. She was the Member of the National Assembly for the Laurier-Dorion riding from 2004 to 2007, and currently serves on Montreal City Council. She is trilingual, speaking French, Spanish and English.-Background:Lefebvre has been involved in politics, with the...
, MNA for the Laurier-Dorion riding - Jacques ParizeauJacques ParizeauJacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...
, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996) - Paul SauvéPaul SauvéJoseph-Mignault-Paul Sauvé was a Quebec lawyer, World War II veteran and politician. He was the first Quebec Premier to be born in the 20th century.-Life:...
, Premier of Quebec (1959–1960) - Pierre Eliott TrudeauPierre TrudeauJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
, Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984)
Arts, music and film
- Anne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie AlonzoAnne-Marie Alonzo, CM was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher.Born in Alexandria, Egypt, she immigrated to Quebec when she was twelve...
, playwright, poet and critic - Hubert AquinHubert AquinHubert Aquin was a novelist, political activist, essayist, filmmaker and editor....
, novelist and filmmaker - Denys ArcandDenys ArcandGeorges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...
, filmmaker - Angèle Bassolé-OuédraogoAngèle Bassolé-OuédraogoAngèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo is an Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist. She was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and raised in Burkina Faso, and was educated at the University of Ouagadougou...
, poet and journalist - Yves BeaucheminYves BeaucheminYves Beauchemin is a Quebec novelist.Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval...
, novelist - Dédé FortinDédé FortinAndré "Dédé" Fortin was the leader and singer of the Québecois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.-Early life:...
, singer - Blanche Lamontagne-BeauregardBlanche Lamontagne-BeauregardBlanche Lamontagne-Beauregard was a Canadian poet, and the first published female poet of the Québec region of Canada. She is also the first woman to have faced literary criticism without using a pseudonym....
, first published female poet in Quebec
Others
- Marguerite AndersenMarguerite AndersenMarguerite Andersen Ph.D is a primarily francophone writer and educator who is currently based in Toronto, Canada where she is a teacher at the Toronto Linden School....
, writer and educator - Mohamed Diriye AbdullahiMohamed Diriye AbdullahiMohamed Diriye Abdullahi is a Somali-Canadian scholar, linguist, writer and translator.-Biography:Formerly a journalist in his native Somalia, Abdullahi emigrated to Canada, where he earned a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the Université de Montréal in Montreal...
, linguist and translator - Maxime ArseneauMaxime ArseneauMaxime Arseneau is a radio host and teacher and former Quebec politician. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He represents the Parti Québécois and was a former minister in the cabinets of Former Premiers Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry...
, radio host - Abderraouf JdeyAbderraouf JdeyA Canadian citizen, Abderraouf bin Habib bin Yousef Jdey was found swearing to die as a shaheed on a series of videotapes found in the rubble of Mohammed Atef's house in Afghanistan...
, alleged terrorist - Isabelle MercierIsabelle MercierIsabelle Mercier is a professional poker player.Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child, but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months...
, professional poker player - Lucille Teasdale-CortiLucille Teasdale-CortiLucille Teasdale-Corti, was a Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who worked in Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.-Early life in Canada:...
, surgeon and international humanitarian aid worker