Notable Alumni
The McGill 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 (BEng’1878)Creator of the Peterborough Lift Lock |
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 (BEng’57)Chairman and CEO of 3M Corporation |
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 (BEng’66)Founder and CEO of ZENON Environmental Inc. |
Dr. Taro Alepian (BEng’67)Executive Vice-President of SNC-Lavalin Group |
Dr. Michael Avedesian (BEng’69)CEO of MAGNOLA Corporation |
Lorne Trottier (BEng'70, MEng'73)Leading philanthropist and co-founder of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. |
Dr. Axel Meisen (PhD’70)President, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
John Wills (BEng’75)President, Plumbing Products Division of Masco Corporation, makers of Delta faucets |
Dr. Peter Tsantrizos (MEng’81)Founder of Pyrogenesis Inc. |
Dr. Noubar Afeyan (BEng’83)Founder and CEO of Applied Biosystems Inc. |
Julie Payette (BEng'86, DSc’03)Former Chief Astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency and current Governor General of Canada. |
Greg Vance (BEng’87)Vice-President and partner at Procaps Ltd. |
Laurent Levi (BEng’91)Successful owner of AIREX Manufacturing Corp. |
Motaz Kabbani (BEng’93)Dancer and choreographer |
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 (BEng’08)Co-founder and chief operating officer of Frank & Oak |
Architects
Arthur Erickson (BArch’50)Renowned Canadian Architect and Urban Planner |
Moshe Safdie (MArch’61)Israeli-Canadian architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. |
Raymond Moriyama (MArch’57)Notable Canadian architect of Japanese descent |
Witold Rybczynski (MArch’72)Canadian American architect, professor and writer |