This page is a list of notable people connected to King's University College at the University of Western Ontario.
Notable alumni
Politics and government Vince Agro - former Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Giller Prize nominated author (BA 1962) Joe Ceci - Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Albertan Minister of Finance (BA 1980) Sheila Copps - former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Officer of the Order of Canada (BA 1974) Ed Corrigan - former London Ontario city councillor (BA 1977) John Cummins - former Member of Parliament, past leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party (BA 1966) Amir Farahi - Executive Director of the London Institute; political commentator (BA 2013) Peter Fragiskatos - Member of Parliament (BA 2004) Pat O'Brien - former Member of Parliament (BA 1971) Jake Skinner - London, Ontario School Board Trustee (BA) Karen Stintz - Toronto mayoral candidate (BA 1992) Sandy White - former London Ontario city councillor (BSW 1991, MSW 2008)
Sports, athletics Sandy Annunziata - Grey Cup-winning football player, former Fort Erie City Councillor (began degree in 1988, completed BA degree in 2004) Craig Butler - Canadian Football League player (BA 2013) Rory Connop - Canadian Football League player (BA 2015) Cody Deaner, real name Chris Grey - professional wrestler (BA 2005) Matt Dzieduszycki professional hockey player (attended 2002) David Lee - Grey Cup winning football defensive end (BA 2012) Vaughn Martin - NFL football player (attended 2009, did not graduate) Danny Syvret - NHL hockey player (attended 2004, did not graduate)
Arts and journalism Kelley Armstrong - Canadian fiction author Mary Intven-Wallace - children's author (BA 1973) Juggan Kazim, real name Mehr Bano - Pakistani-Canadian actress and television host John Melady - Canadian non-fiction author (BA 1962) Anne Marie Owens - editor of The National Post newspaper (BA 1986) Jennifer Robson - historical fiction author (BA 1992) Ed Struzik - Michener Award-winning journalist and novelist (BA 1977)
Religion and law enforcement
Archbishop of Toronto Thomas Cardinal Collins (Bachelor of Theology from St. Peters Seminary 1973) Robert Anthony Daniels - Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland Brian Joseph Dunn - Bishop of Antigonish, ex-officio Chancellor of St. Francis Xavier University (BA 1976, M.Div. 1979) William Terrence McGrattan - Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto (M.Div. 1987 from St. Peter's Seminary) Brent Shea - Deputy Chief of the London Ontario Police Department; Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (BA 1980)
Notable faculty Carol Hopkins - Professor of Social Work, Officer of the Order of Canada. Laurier LaPierre - professor during the early 1960s; later appointed to the Senate of Canada Dante Leonardon - 1990 Canadian Professor of the Year (now Professor Emeritus) Paul Werstine FRSC- Shakespeare expert, co-editor of Folger Shakespeare Library editions
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