Editing University of Waterloo (section)

== Notable alumni and faculty ==
{{Main|List of University of Waterloo people}}
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File:David Johnston 2011-12-01.jpg|[[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]], [[List of Governors General of Canada|28th]] [[Governor General of Canada]]
File:Rmundell.jpg|[[Robert Mundell]], [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]] in [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|economics]]
File:Donna Strickland, OSA Holiday Party 2012.jpg|[[Donna Strickland]], Nobel laureate in [[Nobel Prize in Physics|physics]]
File:Chris Hadfield 2011.jpg|[[Chris Hadfield]], retired Canadian astronaut.
File:Mr Mike Lazaridis OC FRS.jpg|[[Mike Lazaridis]], founder of [[BlackBerry Limited]].
File:Kevin O'Leary 2012.jpg|[[Kevin O'Leary]], Canadian businessman, author, politician, and television personality.
File:Chamath Palihapitiya 2016 Dialog (cropped).jpg|[[Chamath Palihapitiya]], CEO of [[Social Capital (venture capital)|Social Capital]] and minority owner of the [[Golden State Warriors]].
File:Beckie Scott.jpg|[[Beckie Scott]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist in [[Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit|cross-country skiing]].
File:Rupi Kaur by Baljit Singh.jpg|[[Rupi Kaur]], popular Canadian poet and author of ''[[Milk and Honey (poetry collection)|Milk and Honey]]''. 
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Over 221,000 people have graduated from the university, and now reside in over 150 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Waterloo facts |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/alumni/about-us |website=About Waterloo |date=21 February 2012 |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> Waterloo graduates have accumulated a number of awards, such as [[George Elliott Clarke]], recipient of the [[Governor General's Award]]; [[William Reeves (animator)|William Reeves]], recipient of an [[Academy Award]], and a number of [[Rhodes Scholarships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=970|title=Academy Awards to four UW grads|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=23 March 1998|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.athabascau.ca/cll/writers/english/writers/geclarke/geclarke.php|title=George Elliott Clarke|publisher=Athabasca University|date=23 March 2011|access-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207145202/http://www2.athabascau.ca/cll/writers/english/writers/geclarke/geclarke.php|archive-date=7 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=2516|title=Rhodes Scholarship for UW student|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=3 December 2000|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> Two members of the university have received the [[Nobel Prize]]. In 1999, [[Robert Mundell]] was awarded the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] for his work in monetary dynamics and [[optimum currency areas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iao/nobel2009/mundell_bio.pdf|title=Biography – Robert A. Mundell|publisher=The Hong Kong Polytechnic University|access-date=6 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402074623/http://www.polyu.edu.hk/iao/nobel2009/mundell_bio.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2012}}</ref> In 2018, university faculty member [[Donna Strickland]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for her work in [[Laser science|laser physics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nobel-prize-physics-canadian-donna-strickland-1.4846644|title=Canadian becomes 1st woman in 55 years to win Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with 2 others|publisher=CBC News|date=2 October 2018|access-date=2 October 2018|language=en-CA}}</ref> Other notable awards and positions bestowed on people affiliated with the university includes two Canada Excellence Research Chair laureates, five [[Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize|Killam Prize]] winners, 74 [[Canada Research Chair]]s, and 83 Fellows to the [[Royal Society of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Waterloo facts|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/about/who-we-are/facts|date=2012-04-05|website=About Waterloo|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>

A number of business leaders have worked or studied at Waterloo. Examples include [[David I. McKay]], president and CEO of the [[Royal Bank of Canada]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/executive-biographies/david-i-mckay.html|title=David McKay|publisher=Royal Bank of Canada|access-date=28 May 2020|date=2019|website=www.rbc.com}}</ref> [[Kevin O’Leary]], founder of [[SoftKey]],<ref name=alumcbc>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/10-influential-people-who-went-to-the-university-of-waterloo-1.2819597|title=10 influential people who went to the University of Waterloo|last=Bellemare|first=Andrea|publisher=CBC News|date=4 November 2014|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> [[John Baker (entrepreneur)|John Baker]], founder of [[Desire2Learn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/608196--market-still-growing-desire2learn-founder-says|title=Market still growing, Desire2Learn founder says|work=The Record|publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd.|date=12 October 2011|access-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014035905/http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/608196--market-still-growing-desire2learn-founder-says|archive-date=14 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[David Cheriton]], co-founder and chief scientist of [[Arista Networks]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aristanetworks.com/en/company/management|title=Senior Management|publisher=Arista Networks|year=2012|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> [[Mike Lazaridis]], co-founder and former co-CEO of Research in Motion (now [[BlackBerry Limited|BlackBerry Ltd]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mike-lazaridis-of-rim-1.1251395|title=Mike Lazaridis of RIM|publisher=CBC News|date=23 January 2012|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> [[Prem Watsa]], chairman of [[Fairfax Financial]] and a former chancellor of the university,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=5000|title=Fairfax's Prem Watsa to serve as 9th chancellor of the University of Waterloo|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=19 September 2008|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> [[Steven Woods]], co-founder of [[NeoEdge Networks]] and [[Quack.com]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=29626100&privcapId=27919409&previousCapId=433017&previousTitle=UWINK%20INC|title=Steven Woods Ph.d.|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|year=2012|access-date=28 January 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and co-founders of [[Waterloo Maple]], [[Keith Geddes]] and [[Gaston Gonnet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~kogeddes/|title=Keith O Geddes|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> Gonnet was also the co-founder of [[OpenText]] Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/gonnet/|title=Gaston H. Gonnet|publisher=ETH Zurich|date=13 November 2002|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> Several faculty members and students have also gained local and national prominence in government. [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]], the former president of Waterloo, served as the 28th [[Governor General of Canada]] from 2010 to 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13874|title=Governor General David Johnston|publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>

A number of the university's faculty and students have also gained prominence in the field of computing sciences. Examples include [[QNX]] operating systems co-creators [[Gordon Bell (QNX)|Gordon Bell]] and [[Dan Dodge]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/03/17/339245/index.htm|title=Heroes of Manufacturing These innovators sail against the prevailing winds, discovering whole new worlds in biotech and software.|work=CNN Money|publisher=Cable News Network|last=Bylinsky|first=Gene|date=17 March 2003|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> [[Rasmus Lerdorf]], the creator of the [[PHP]] scripting language,<ref>{{cite book|title=Open Source: Technology and Policy|last1=Deek|first1=Fadi P.|last2=McHugh|first2=James A. M.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2008|page=71|isbn=978-1-139-46873-2}}</ref> [[Matei Zaharia]], the creator of [[Apache Spark]], [[Gordon Cormack]], the co-creator of the [[Dynamic Markov compression]] algorithm,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cormack.uwaterloo.ca/cormack/|title=Gordon V. Cormack|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=28 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210131618/http://cormack.uwaterloo.ca/cormack/|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> [[Ric Holt]], co-creator of several programming languages, most notably [[Turing (programming language)|Turing]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/about/profile/holt.shtml|title=Richard Holt|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=4 January 2011|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref> [[Jack Edmonds]], a computer scientist, and developer of the [[Blossom algorithm]], and the [[Edmonds' algorithm]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The Envy of Excellence: Administrative Mobbing of High-achieving Professors|last=Westhues|first=Kenneth|year=2005|page=43|publisher=Tribunal for Academic Justice|isbn=0-7734-5979-0}}</ref> [[Vitalik Buterin]], the founder of [[Ethereum]], and [[W. T. Tutte|William Thomas Tutte]], a [[World War II]] codebreaker who cracked the Nazi high command's [[Lorenz cipher|Lorenz Cypher]].

Graduates from the university have also risen to prominence in other fields. [[Heather Moyse]], a graduate from the [[kinesiology]] program, is a prominent Canadian athlete and two-time Olympic bobsleigh gold medalist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/kinesiology/node/99|title=Heather Moyse|date=29 August 2012|work=Kinesiology|access-date=11 October 2017|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011235137/https://uwaterloo.ca/kinesiology/node/99|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moyse has represented Canada in international bobsleigh, rugby and track cycling competitions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics-sochi-old/moyse-switches-from-bobsleigh-to-track-cycling-1.1053174|title=Moyse switches from bobsleigh to track cycling|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> Graduate of the Rhetoric and Professional Writing program, [[Rupi Kaur]] is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] poet, writer, illustrator.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/news/english-alum-rupi-kaur-makes-top-seller-lists-poetry|title=English alum Rupi Kaur makes top seller lists with poetry collection {{!}} Arts|date=10 February 2016|work=Arts|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> Her book of poetry, [[Milk and Honey (poetry collection)|Milk and Honey]], has spent over a year on ''[[The New York Times]]''' bestsellers list, reaching No. 1 in January 2017.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sales-of-1-new-york-times-best-seller-milk-and-honey-by-rupi-kaur-reach-one-million-copies-300399800.html|title=Sales of No. 1 New York Times Best Seller Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Reach One Million Copies |author=Andrews McMeel Publishing|website=www.prnewswire.com|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref> [[George Elliott Clarke]], who served as the [[Poet Laureate of Toronto]] from 2012 to 2015 and as the 2016–2017 [[Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate]], graduated with an English degree.

On 2 October 2018, [[Donna Strickland]], an associate professor at the Physics and Astronomy Department, was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in physics. Strickland is the third woman to have ever been awarded the prize in physics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nobel Prize in physics awarded to UW's Donna Strickland |url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8939405-nobel-prize-in-physics-awarded-to-uw-s-donna-strickland/ |access-date=2 October 2018 |publisher=The Record}}</ref> This was the first Nobel prize for a member of the university's faculty.<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Waterloo prof awarded Nobel Prize for physics |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/10/02/canadian-donna-strickland-third-woman-to-win-nobel-physics-prize.html |work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> Strickland was honoured for being half of the team to discover [[chirped pulse amplification]], a technique that underpins today's short-pulse, high-intensity lasers.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Waterloo prof awarded Nobel Prize for physics |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/university-of-waterloo-prof-awarded-nobel-prize-for-physics-1.4117550 |website=CP24 |access-date=2 October 2018|date=2 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=University of Waterloo's Donna Strickland one of three scientists to win Nobel Prize in physics |url=https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/university-of-waterloo-s-donna-strickland-one-of-three-scientists-to-win-nobel-prize-in-physics-1.4117564 |website=CTV News Kitchener |publisher=CTV News |access-date=2 October 2018|date=2 October 2018}}</ref> ''[[Scientific American]]'' explained the practical aspects of the invention as it applies in the most noteworthy application: it allows for "ultrabrief, ultrasharp beams can be used to make extremely precise cuts, so their technique is now used in laser machining and enables doctors to perform millions of corrective" [[Laser eye surgery|laser eye surgeries]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Optical Tweezers' and Tools Used for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/optical-tweezers-and-tools-used-for-laser-eye-surgery-snag-physics-nobel1/ |magazine=Scientific American |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>