University of Alberta: Alberta Order of Excellence

Achievements

Teaching Excellence
Research Excellence
Areas of Research Excellence
Volunteerism and Community Service
- External Awards
  - Alberta Order of Excellence
  - Order of Canada
- Students' Union Awards
Athletic Excellence
Alumni Excellence
Honorary Degrees

Alberta Order of Excellence

Established after the Alberta Order of Excellence Act received royal assent in the Alberta Legislature on November 16, 1979, the Alberta Order of Excellence is the highest honour the Province of Alberta can bestow on one of its citizens. The purpose of the Order, the first provincial honour in Canada, is to recognize Albertans who have made outstanding provincial, national, and international impact and who have served fellow Albertans with singular excellence and the greatest distinction.

The Alberta Order of Excellence has been presented to over 70 Albertans since its inception in 1979, including the following with a connection to the University of Alberta.

2006	Richard Haskayne, 1956 BCom, 1996 LLD (Honorary) Harry Hole, 1944 BSc (Eng) Raymond V. Rajotte, 1971 BSc (Eng), 1973 MSc, 1975 PhD Founder and director of the internationally renowned Islet Transplantation Group Matthew Warren Spence, OC, MD, 2006 LLD (Hon)
2005	Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess, OC, 2003 LLD (Hon) Ronald Neil Mannix, 1972 BComm Provided key support for the School of Business Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
2004	Eric Patrick Newelll Seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Alberta (2004–) John Poole*, 1937 BSc(Eng), 1987 LLD (Honorary)
2003	Donald F. Mazankowski Member of the University of Alberta's Board of Governors (1994–2000) Leonard Peter Ratzlaff Chair of the Music Department
2002	Steven Kyaw Htut Aung Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
2001	Louis Armand Desrochers Ninth Chancellor of the University of Alberta (1970–1974)
2000	Lois Elsa Hole* Sixteenth Chancellor of the University of Alberta (1998–2000) David Lorne John Tyrrell Medical Microbiology and Immunology
1999	Shirley M. Stinson† Nursing
1998	Sandy Auld Mactaggart Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Alberta (1990–1994) Chair of the Board of Governors (1993–1994) Donald Russell Stanley*, 1940 BSc (Eng), 1988 LLD (Honorary) Former president of the Alumni Association
1995	Stanley Albert Milner Chair of the Board of Governors (1991–1993) Francis George Winspear* School of Commerce
1994	Helen Isabel Huston, 1949 BSc, 1951 MD, 1985 LLD (Honorary)
1993	Robert (Bob) Bertram Church, 1962 BSc (Ag), 1963 MSc
1991	Norbert Rubin Morgenstern† Civil and Environmental Engineering
1990	Joseph Harvey Shoctor, 1945 BA, 1948 LLB, 1981 LLD (Honorary) Raymond Urgel Lemieux Chemistry
1989	The Honourable Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, QC Former Premier of the Province of Alberta (1971–1985) Former President of the Students' Union (1951–1952)
1988	Margaret Elizabeth Southern, 1953 BPE
1987	C. Fred Bentley, BSc (Ag), MSc (Soil Science) Dean, Faculty of Agriculture
1986	John Carter Callaghan Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery Head of the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
1983	The Right Honourable Charles Joseph (Joe) Clark, 1960 BA, 1973 MA Prime Minister of Canada (1979–1980)
1982	Walter Hugh Johns* Sixth President of the University of Alberta (1959–1969) The Honourable Dr John Walter (Grant) MacEwan, 1966 LLD (Hon) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
1981	Senator The Honourable Ernest Charles Manning, 1948 LLD (Hon) Premier of Alberta (1943–1968) Member of the Canadian Senate (1970–1983)

* indicates deceased
† indicates professor emeritus