Table of contents
- Council
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Members
- AOE - Members - Audrey McFarlane
- AOE - Members - Honourable Claudette Tardif
- AOE - Members - James Angus Watt
- AOE - Members - James Carter
- AOE - Members - Joe Lukacs
- AOE - Members - Max Foran
- AOE - Members - Stella Thompson
- AOE - Members - The Right Honourable Stephen J. Harper
- AOE - Members - Rosella Bjornson
- AOE - Members - Gary W. Bowie Ph.D., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Wayne Chiu CM, ICD.D
- AOE - Members - Anne Fanning Binder CM, MD, FRCPC
- AOE - Members - Barry Bultz PhD
- AOE - Members - k.d. lang OC
- AOE - Members - David Bissett LLB, CFA, BBA (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - David Manz PhD, P.Eng
- AOE - Members - J. Stephens Allan FCA, ICD.D
- AOE - Members - Linda Hughes LLD (Hon), D.Litt (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Jack C. Donald BBA (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Marie L. Gordon K.C.
- AOE - Members - Sheldon Kennedy OC, OM, LLD
- AOE - Members - Solomon J. Rolingher QC, JD
- AOE - Members – Sharon Dawn Carry MCS, B.App.Sc. (Hon), BBA (Hon), B.Ed.
- AOE - Members - Allan Wachowich QC, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dennis M. Erker MSM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Douglas Eaglesham CD
- AOE - Members - Leroy Little Bear JD, DAS (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Rev. James L. Holland OMI
- AOE - Members - Tony Cashman CD
- AOE - Members - F. Morris Flewwelling CM, BA (Hon), B.Ed.
- AOE - Members - Fil Fraser CM, DLitt (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Michael Massey B.Mus, Dip.V.
- AOE - Members - Ralph Young MSM, P.Eng., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Robert Hironaka PhD, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Roger Gibbins PhD, FRSC LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Steve E. Hrudey D.Sc., FRSC, FCAE, FSRA, FEC, FGC (Hon), P.Eng, D.Sc (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Colin Glassco MBA
- AOE - Members - Douglas O. Goss QC
- AOE - Members - Patricia Blocksom K.C.
- AOE - Members - Paulette Patterson
- AOE - Members - R.C. (Reg) Basken
- AOE - Members - Roger C. Jackson OC, PhD, D.Sc. (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Stan G.P. Grad Eng, B.Sc. (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Vivian Manasc AAA, MBA, FRAIC
- AOE - Members - David P. Werklund LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Philip John Currie PhD, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - George W. Govier OC ScD PEng FCIM LLD (Hon) ScD (Hon) D.Eng (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Irving Kipnes B.Sc. LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Jacob H. Masliyah OC, PhD, FRSC, FCAE, FCIC, P.Eng., NAE, DSc. (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Julia Hamilton B.Ed., BA
- AOE - Members - Martin Cohos B.Arch., LLD (Hon), P.Eng. (Applied, Hon), FRAIC
- AOE - Members - Shirley Penner M.Mus, ARCT
- AOE - Members - Bill Yuill LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Bruce W. Hogle CM
- AOE - Members - Frits Pannekoek PhD, D.Litt. et Phil. (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Griffin Lloyd PEng, PGeol
- AOE - Members - James A. Marshall
- AOE - Members - Ralph Philip Klein
- AOE - Members - Shirzad Ahmed BA, LLB
- AOE - Members - Wilton Littlechild IPC, CM, FP, QC, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Clare Drake BPE, B.Ed., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Ernest Preston Manning CC
- AOE - Members - HCol (Ret’d) Frederick P. Mannix OC, CD, LLD (Hon), Bcomm
- AOE - Members - Henry J. Bergen CM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Hon. A. Anne McLellan PC, OC, LLM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Janice Eisenhauer BA (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Janice McTighe
- AOE - Members - Walter Paszkowski
- AOE - Members - Catherine M. Roozen BComm LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Helen Hays CM, MD, FCFP, CCFP
- AOE - Members - Eric Rajah
- AOE - Members - Her Honour, the Honourable Lois Mitchell
- AOE - Members - Louise Annette Miller CM, MBA
- AOE - Members - Lt. General Donald C. Laubman DFC, CD
- AOE - Members - Reinhard Mühlenfeld
- AOE - Members - Ron Southern CC, CBE, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - William H. Bowes
- AOE - Members - Allan P. Markin B.Sc., P.Eng., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Aritha van Herk MA
- AOE - Members - Dr. Howard V. Gimbel M.D., F.R.C.S.C.
- AOE - Members - Evelyn L. Buckley RN, DD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Robert. C. Westbury CM PhD LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Sister Helen Hengel M Ed.
- AOE - Members - William H. Wilson OMM CStJ CD
- AOE - Members - William J. Mooney B.Sc.
- AOE - Members - Bernadette McDonald BA, BM
- AOE - Members - Chief Victor S. Buffalo
- AOE - Members - Dr. David W. Schindler OC, D.Phil., FRSC, FRS
- AOE - Members - Reza Nasseri P.Eng.
- AOE - Members - Sister Rosaleen Zdunich B.Ed, M. Sc.
- AOE Members - Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern D.Sc., F.R.S.C.
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable Gordon Towers
- AOE - Members - Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman OC, B.Sc., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - David W. Leonard Ph.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor O.C., K.C., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Kenneth Sauer CM, CD, Ed.D, BAPE, BA (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Robert D. Steadward OC, PhD, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Alex Janvier CM, RCA, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Barrie Strafford FRCPSC, KSS, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Raymond Lemieux O.C., D.Sc., F.R.S
- AOE - Members - Gary William (Wilcox) McPherson CM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - JR Shaw OC, BA, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - The Honourable Peter Lougheed C.C., P.C., K.C.
- AOE - Members - Douglas H. Mitchell CM, QC, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns C.M.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Maxwell William Ward O.C., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Harold (Hal) Wyatt CM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Thomas J. Walsh CM, QC, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. C. Fred Bentley PhD
- AOE - Members - Margaret E. Southern L.V.O., C.M., B.P.E.
- AOE - Members - Patrick R. Nixon CM
- AOE - Members - Dr. James H. Gray CM, LLD
- AOE - Members - The Honourable Ronald Martland C.C., K.C., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Alexander Johnston M.Sc., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark PC, MP
- AOE - Members - Barbara Poole
- AOE - Members - Dr. Mary Percy Jackson O.C., Ch.B., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Alvin Gerald Libin OC, LLD
- AOE - Members - Dr. Chester A. Ronning OC, CC
- AOE - Members - Dr. John Carter Callaghan O.C., F.R.C.S.C.
- AOE - Members - Dr. David S. R. Leighton
- AOE - Members - Leonard Kane Haney C.M.
- AOE - Members - M. Ann McCaig B.Ed., LLD
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable Helen Hunley
- AOE - Members - Dr. Walter Hugh Johns O.C.
- AOE - Members - Eric Patrick Newell OC, M.Sc., LLD
- AOE - Members - Herbert Thomas Hargrave
- AOE - Members - Bryan Perkins B.Sc.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Esther Robins C.M., R.N., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart O.C., R.N., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Senator The Honourable Ernest Charles Manning CC, PC
- AOE - Members - The Honourable Dr. J. W. Grant MacEwan O.C., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. G. Richard A. Rice C.M., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - John Poole
- AOE - Members - Ron Sakamoto LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Thomas Benjamin Banks O.C., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Katie Ohe RCA, MFA (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Robert Bertram Church PhD
- AOE - Members - Dr. William A. Cochrane OC, MD, FRCPC, FACP, DABP, D.Sc. (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Malcolm S. Sissons BA
- AOE - Members - Bertha (Berdie) Fowler
- AOE - Members - Muriel Stanley Venne CM, BA (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Robert W. Chapman Sr.
- AOE - Members - Donald F. Mazankowski PC, OC, LLD
- AOE - Members - Dr. Gerald Warren Hankins MD, B.Sc., FRCS, FRCSC
- AOE - Members - Frances E. Wright BA, BJ, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Richard F. Haskayne OC, MD, PhD, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Audrey Attril Morrice LLD
- AOE - Members - Beckie Scott OC, MSM, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess OC, BA, DFA (Hon) LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. Steven Kyaw Htut Aung MD, PHD, OMD, FAAFP
- AOE - Members - Harry Hole B.Sc., P.Eng., FCAE, CD, LL.D (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Bonnie D. DuPont M.Ed., F.ICD.D., LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Elsie Kawulych B.Sc., H.Ec.
- AOE - Members - James Deverell Horsman CM, QC, LLD
- AOE - Members - James Kenneth Gray
- AOE - Members - James Simpson Palmer CM, QC, LLB
- AOE - Members - Louis Armand Desrochers CM, QC, LLD
- AOE - Members - Colonel (Retired) Donald Stewart Ethell OMM, MSC, CD
- AOE - Members - Dr. Robert E. Burrell MSC, PhD, FCAHS, FNAI
- AOE - Members - Hon. Samuel Sereth Lieberman CD, QC, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Jenny Belzberg CM
- AOE - Members - John Murrell
- AOE - Members - Leonard Peter Ratzlaff DMA
- AOE - Members - Ronald Neil Mannix B.Sc., H.Ec.
- AOE - Members - Donald Ross Getty OC, HBA
- AOE - Members - Dr. Chester R. Cunningham CM, LLD
- AOE - Members - Dr. Raymond V. Rajotte MSM, PhD, P.Eng., FRCPSC, FRCS
- AOE - Members - Father Charles Michael McCaffery M.Sc.
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable Norman L. Kwong
- AOE - Members - Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell MD, PhD, FRCP
- AOE - Members - Dr. Matthew Warren Spence OC, MD, PhD, LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Harley Norman Hotchkiss O.C., B.Sc. P.Geol., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Stanley George Reynolds CM
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable Lois E. Hole
- AOE - Members - Dr. Shirley M. Stinson MNA, EdD, LLD
- AOE - Members - Ian Malcolm Macdonald
- AOE - Members - Ian Tyson OC, D Litt (Hon), LLD (Hon)
- AOE - Members - June Louise Lore B.Sc.N.
- AOE - Members - Arthur Ryan Smith
- AOE - Members - Dr. A. Ernest Pallister O.C., B.Sc., P.Geoph., D.Sc. (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Sandy Auld Mactaggart O.C., M.B.A., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Donald Russell Stanley S.D., P.Eng., D.Sc. (Hon)
- AOE - Members - Dr. John Snow LL.D., R.C.A., A.S.A.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Stanley A. Milner B.Sc., LL.D.
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable H.A. "Bud" Olson
- AOE - Members - Dr. Francis G. Winspear O.C., F.C.A., LL.D.
- AOE - Members - Dr. Helen Isabel Huston O.C., M.D., LL.D.
- AOE - Former chancellor - The Honourable Frank Lynch-Staunton
- Abbreviations and post nominals
- AOE - Members - Salma Lakhani
- AOE - Members - Ed Stelmach
- AOE - Members - Lena Russell
- AOE - Members - Cam Tait
- AOE - Members - Cor Van Raay
- AOE - Members - Holger Petersen
- AOE - Members - Art Froehlich
- AOE - Members - Greg Powell
- AOE - Members - John Mah
- AOE - Members - Cheryl Foggo
- AOE - Members - Frances Harley
- AOE - Members - Merle Olson
- AOE - Members - Barb Olson
- AOE - Members - Charlie Fischer
- AOE - Members - Eleanor Chiu
- AOE - Members - Elizabeth Cannon
- AOE - Members - Jim Boucher
- AOE - Members - Murray McCann
- AOE - Members - Cyril Kay
- AOE - Members - JudyLynn Archer
- AOE - Members - Robert Brawn
- AOE - Members - Joan Donald
- AOE - Members - Maureen Bianchini Purvis
- History and investiture ceremony
- Nominate an Albertan
Louis Armand Desrochers was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1928. For his contributions to Alberta, to Canada and to the francophone community, he is credited with connecting Canadians and building national unity.
Born into the French language culture, Louis Desrochers learned early the value of both Canadian languages. He took his primary schooling in Quebec, then moved to Jasper, Alberta, with his widowed mother in 1939. With the move west, he was still able to continue his French education attending le Collège des Jésuites in Edmonton until 1942, and the Collège Saint-Jean d’Edmonton until 1947.
Beyond his commitment to the francophone community, Louis Desrochers also extended his skills to other organizations, such as the Edmonton Family Service Bureau. In a role that led to president of the organization, he helped to elevate the organization’s volunteer initiative to one that provided professionally operated services to a broader community base.
As an articulate and well-respected francophone, he was appointed by then Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to the Northwest Territories Council, serving from 1960 to 1963.
During decades of community service, he served as vice chairman of the advisory board of the Misericordia Hospital, member of the Canada Council, governor of the Glenbow-Alberta Institute and associate of the Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations. He also served as council member and second chairman of the Alberta Order of Excellence Council.
For five years Mr. Desrochers chaired the Board of Trustees of the Edmonton General Hospital (Grey Nuns) Foundation. He was the foundation’s first chair and established the fund development program for what Albertans now recognize as the Caritas Hospitals Foundation. Mr. Desrochers also serves as honourary chairman of the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Mr. Desrochers was invited to join the Trilateral Commission, an organization of world leaders and influential figures representing Europe, Japan and North America. He served on this commission from 1974 to 1981.
In 1972, he was one of the founding directors of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, an independent think tank on public policy. Mr. Desrochers subsequently served as vice chairman of the organization, which remains active today.
He has long-standing service on many corporate boards, including the Royal Trust Edmonton Advisory Board, MacLab Enterprises, Shaw Communications Inc., Royal Trustco Limited, Northern Transportation Company Limited, Canada West Insurance Company, and l’Assurance-vie Desjardins. He also acted as director of the Bank of Montreal and was one its longest serving directors. He continues as honourary director.
For his work within Alberta and Canada, Louis Desrochers received numerous honours. He was awarded an honourary doctor of laws degree from the University of Ottawa in 1971, and another from the University of Alberta in 1978. As well, he was awarded a doctor of science in education from Laval University in 1972. In 1994, Louis Armand Desrochers was inducted as a member of the Order of Canada.
Louis Desrochers married Marcelle Boutin in September 1953. The couple raised a family of four daughters and one son, all of whom are graduates of the Faculté Saint-Jean. The Desrochers live in Edmonton, where they enjoy the frequent company of their family, including 13 grandchildren.