McMaster University

McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 16,771 full-time and 3,599 part-time students (as of 2004).

Notable Alumni

• Lincoln Alexander - former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Julia Alleyne - medical doctor of Sport CARE
• Ronald Ames - actor
• Syl Apps - athlete
• Leonard Blum - award-winning screenwriter
• Roberta Bondar - Canadian astronaut
• Harold Brathwaite - award-winning educator, director of education for Peel Region school board
• Barbara Buchner - scientist
• John Candy - actor
• Muriel Spurgeon Carder - first woman ordained in the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
• Paul Dingledine - first Canadian ambassador in Iran
• Jay Firestone - chair and CEO of CanWest Entertainment
• John Frid - actor
• Daniel Goldberg - actor, screenwriter, producer
• Doug Henning - stage magician
• Eric Hoskins - public health specialist, one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"
• Russ Jackson - educator, administrator and broadcaster
• Jean-Paul Lam - economist
• Gary Lautens - legendary Canadian newspaper humorist
• Michael Lee-Chin - businessman
• Eugene Levy - actor
• Karen Maidment - executive vice-president and CRO, Bank of Montreal
• John Mighton - mathematician
• Bob Munro - founded Mathare Youth Sports Association in Africa
• Heather Munroe-Blum - vice-chancellor and principal of McGill University
• Samantha Nutt - founder and executive director of War Child Canada
• Ivan Reitman - film producer and director
• Myron Scholes - economist, Nobel Prize winner
• William Shaw - co-developed IMAX film system
• Martin Short - actor, writer, producer
• Geraldine King Tam - world-renowned botanical artist
• David Thomas - actor, writer