Notable People
Queen's graduates have found success in a variety of fields, heading diverse institutions in the public and private sectors. There are currently over 131,000 alumni, living in 156 countries. Queen's faculty and graduates have won many awards including the Turing Award and the Victoria Cross. As of 2009, 56 Queen's students and graduates had been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship.
Notable politicians who were once Chancellor include Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada, and provincial premiers Peter Lougheed and Charles Avery Dunning. Many alumni have gained international prominence for serving in government, such as Prince Takamado, member of the Imperial House of Japan; and Kenneth O. Hall, formerly Governor General of Jamaica. Two Canadian premiers graduated from Queen's, William Aberhart, the 7th Premier of Alberta and Frank McKenna, the 27th Premier of New Brunswick. Sandford Fleming, an engineer and inventor who was known for proposing worldwide standard time zones also served as the Chancellor of Queen's.
Business leaders who studied at Queen's include Derek Burney, former chairman and CEO of Bell Canada, Donald J. Carty, chairman of Virgin America and Porter Airlines and former chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation, Earle McLaughlin, former president and CEO of Royal Bank of Canada, Gordon Nixon, president and CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada, and Elon and Kimbal Musk, founders of OneRiot, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. David A. Dodge, the former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the university's current chancellor is similarly a Queen's graduate.
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