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
"I like seeing something accomplished…I like to look 15 years ahead and target the future."
Dr. William Cochrane’s career has spanned the fields of medicine, biomedical research, education and business. His considerable facility in, and dedication to, each of these fields has produced lasting contributions to the health and well being of people across Canada.
William Arthur Cochrane was born in 1926 to Arthur and Olive Cochrane and grew up in Toronto’s working-class east end. He inherited a solid work ethic from both parents and a strong drive from his mother, who always emphasized the importance of education to both Bill and his brother, Ted.
Bill was a keen student who was inspired by his family’s doctor to pursue medical studies. He graduated from University of Toronto in 1949 and completed post-graduate work at leading medical schools in the United States and England before returning to Toronto to establish a private paediatrics practice. He specialized in treating difficult cases and also began research into carbohydrate disorders at Toronto’s Sick Kids Hospital. He soon decided to dedicate his full energies to research and teaching.
Dr. Cochrane and his wife, Phyllis, moved their young family to Halifax in 1958 where Bill established the first full-time medical research program in paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital and became Professor of Paediatrics at Dalhousie University. He divided his time between teaching medicine and conducting pioneering research into paediatric metabolic disorders. Dr. Cochrane also put his natural talents as a leader and businessman to work in the building and development of the I.W. Killam Hospital for Children in Halifax and began forming his own vision of how doctors should be trained.
He was given the opportunity to make that vision a reality in 1967 as founding Dean of Medicine for the University of Calgary. Dr. Cochrane happily took on the challenge of building a medical school from the ground up, instituting a new integrated and interdisciplinary approach to medical education that has since become the norm across Canada.
For the next 11 years, Dr. Cochrane served in a number of leadership roles at the University of Calgary, including Dean of Medicine, Professor of Paediatrics, President and Vice Chancellor. His time at the university was interrupted in 1973 for a brief secondment to the Alberta government where he served as deputy minister of Health.
In 1978, Dr. Cochrane took his career in a new direction when he returned to Ontario as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Connaught Laboratories. During his tenure with the company, Connaught became a major international developer of flu vaccines for the World Health Organization and other international health agencies. The company’s developments, which included insulin, plasma products and vaccines, served to improve the quality of life of people across Canada and around the world.
After 10 years at the helm of Connaught, Dr. Cochrane returned to Calgary where he took on new challenges as President of W.A. Cochrane and Associates. The move only strengthened his reputation as a leading force in the Canadian biotechnology and research communities. His unique blend of medical and entrepreneurial skills has helped many scientists move their biomedical research from the lab to commercial applications.
During his career, Dr. Cochrane has shared his leadership with a range of organizations, from the National Biotechnology Advisory Committee, the Alberta Research Council, the Alberta Economic Development Authority and the Alberta Science and Research Authority, to private sector ventures such as Vencap Equities Alberta, Oncolytics Biotech, Q.S.V. Biologics and Resverlogix Biotech Inc. His extensive contributions to the non-profit sector include service to the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities Foundation, the Canada/China Child Health Foundation, the Calgary Rotary Club and the Banff Centre.
Dr. Cochrane was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989. He holds many other honours, including a National Merit Award for his contribution to biotechnology in Canada, ASTech Foundation and BioAlberta awards for his contributions to Alberta’s science and technology sector and three honourary degrees from universities in Canada. In 1971, he was made an honourary Medicine Chief of the Stoney Nation of Morley, Alberta in recognition of his contributions to the health of Aboriginal people. In 2005, the Alberta Medical Association named Dr. Cochrane one of Alberta’s “Physicians of the Century.”
While some might see his careers as a doctor and entrepreneur as being disparate, Dr. Cochrane describes them as being dependant on one’s ability to “deal with people and keep the team balanced.” He adds that his greatest satisfaction comes from being connected to the success of others.
Dr. William Cochrane’s role in the successes of Canada’s medical, educational and biomedical communities is evident in the many schools, labs and businesses across the country that have benefited from his vision and leadership. He has a unique ability to envisage change and make it a reality and that skill has changed his province and his country for the better.