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Notable Alumni

The Â鶹AV Faculty of Engineering, along with the Schools of Architecture and Urban Planning, have a long legacy of fostering talent and shaping many notable engineers and architects. See below to discover some of our many noteworthy alumni.

Engineers

Richard Birdsall Rogers (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™1878)

Creator of the Peterborough Lift Lock
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George Hodgson (BEng' 1916)

Canadian Olympic swimmer and first Canadian to win two Olympic gold medals

Val Fitch (BEng'48, DSc'87)

American nuclear physicist and co-recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics

Livio De Simone (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™57)

Chairman and CEO of 3M Corporation
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Henry Mintzberg (BEng'61)

Acclaimed management thinker, author and iconoclast

Les Vadasz (BEng'61)

Founding member of Intel Corporation

Jake Eberts (BEng'62)

Award-winning movie producer and film financier

Dr. Andy Benedek (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™66)

Founder and CEO of ZENON Environmental Inc.

Dr. Taro Alepian (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™67)

Executive Vice-President of SNC-Lavalin Group

Dr. Michael Avedesian (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™69)

CEO of MAGNOLA Corporation

Lorne Trottier (BEng'70, MEng'73)

Leading philanthropist and co-founder of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd.

Dr. Axel Meisen (±Ê³ó¶Ù’70)

President, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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John Wills (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™75)

President, Plumbing Products Division of Masco Corporation, makers of Delta faucets

Dr. Peter Tsantrizos (²Ñ·¡²Ô²µâ€™81)

Founder of Pyrogenesis Inc.

Dr. Noubar Afeyan (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™83)

Founder and CEO of Applied Biosystems Inc.
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Julie Payette (BEng'86, DSc’03)

Former Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency and current Governor General of Canada.

Greg Vance (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™87)

Vice-President and partner at Procaps Ltd.

Laurent Levi (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™91)

Successful owner of AIREX Manufacturing Corp.

Motaz Kabbani (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™93)

Dancer and choreographer
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Matthew Collyer (MEng '96)

Skat musician of Planet Smashers and founder of Stomp Records

Dr. Jeffrey Karp (BEng'99)

Inventor of gecko-tape

Hicham Ratnani (µþ·¡²Ô²µâ€™08)

Co-founder and chief operating officer of Frank & Oak

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Architects

Arthur Erickson (µþ´¡°ù³¦³ó’50)

Renowned Canadian Architect and Urban Planner
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Moshe Safdie (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’61)

Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author.

Raymond Moriyama (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’57)

Notable Canadian architect of Japanese descent

Witold Rybczynski (²Ñ´¡°ù³¦³ó’72)

Canadian American architect, professor and writer

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