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==Notable people== ===Alumni=== {{col div}} * [[Lorne Abony]], businessman * [[Navdeep Bains]], [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]] for [[Mississauga—Malton (federal electoral district)|Mississauga—Malton]], and [[Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development]] * [[Melissa Bishop-Nriagu]], Canadian Olympian * [[James Bondy]], entertainer, co-star of ''[[Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jamesbondy.com/images/BIOtextpic.jpg |title=Bio |website=jamesbondy.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007173710/http://www.jamesbondy.com/images/BIOtextpic.jpg |access-date=2007-12-02|archive-date=2007-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Joe Bowen]], sportscaster, "The Voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/bios/bowen_joe/ |title=Joe Bowen Bio |publisher=sportsnet.ca |date=1951-04-05 |access-date=2011-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024163429/http://www.sportsnet.ca/bios/bowen_joe/ |archive-date=2011-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)|Patrick Brown]], former [[Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)|Leader of the Opposition in Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick Brown |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/patrick-brown |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> and Mayor of Brampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://servingbarrie.com/home/biography/ |title=Patrick Brown, MP - biography |access-date=2008-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915132409/http://servingbarrie.com/home/biography/ |archive-date=2008-09-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor of Brampton: Patrick Brown |url=http://www.brampton.ca/en/City-Hall/Mayor-Office/Pages/Welcome.aspx |publisher=City of Brampton |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * [[Warren Christie]], actor * [[Antoni Cimolino]], general director of the [[Stratford Festival]] * [[Joe Comuzzi]], former Member of Parliament and cabinet minister * [[Nicole Corriero]], all-time collegiate hockey record holder for most goals in a season (59 goals, tied with [[Mike Donnelly]]) * [[Murray Costello]], retired NHL player, president of Hockey Canada, inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame, the IIHF Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a recipient of the Order of Hockey in Canada.<ref name="Cleary">{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20131009/281822871518271|title=Costello enters Canada's Sports Hall of Fame|last=Cleary|first=Martin|date=2013-10-09|via=PressReader|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref><ref name="UWindsor">{{cite web|url=http://www1.uwindsor.ca/alumni/murray-costello-ba-59|title=Murray Costello BA '59|website=University of Windsor|publisher=Alumni Association|access-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321192527/http://www1.uwindsor.ca/alumni/murray-costello-ba-59|archive-date=2018-03-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Dean Del Mastro]], former Member of Parliament * [[Drew Dilkens]], mayor of [[Windsor, Ontario]] * [[Dwight Duncan]], former [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] and former [[Ministry of Finance (Ontario)|Minister of Finance]] * [[Colm Feore]], actor * [[Eddie Francis]], former mayor of [[Windsor, Ontario]] * [[Arjei Franklin]], receiver, [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]], CFL * [[Douglas Fregin]], co-founder of [[BlackBerry Limited]] * [[Stewart Friesen]], Racecar driver, [[NASCAR]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/urlsa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.nascar.com/drivers/stewart-friesen&ved=2ahUKEwiE497T78foAhWol3IEHU4cDyQQFjAgegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3Y_FFdDBhSGiSHk2bXMaaT |title=Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. |access-date=2023-04-10 }} {{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref> * [[Roger Gallaway]], former Member of Parliament * [[Kevin Hanchard]], actor * [[Mark Hominick]], UFC fighter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.realfightgear.com/index.php?mod=News&start=1560&col_sort=&op=cat&id=5|title=Real Fight Gear<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=28 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715161659/http://www.realfightgear.com/index.php?mod=News&start=1560&col_sort=&op=cat&id=5|archive-date=2011-07-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Marie Howe]], poet * [[Dario Hunter]], the first Muslim-born person to be ordained a rabbi.<ref name="ynet">{{cite news |title=NYC: Ex-Muslim to be ordained as rabbi|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4251324,00.html|work=YNetNews.com |date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=August 27, 2012 }}</ref> * [[Maureen Jennings]], novelist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Napier |first1=Jim |title=Maureen Jennings |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/maureen-jennings |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=14 May 2012}}</ref> * [[Ronalda Jones]], writer and actress<ref>"Fame eludes Ronalda Jones: Hit abroad, hard times at home". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 18, 1982.</ref> * [[Akshay Kumar]], Bollywood actor * [[Thomas LaSorda]], CEO of [[Chrysler|Chrysler Group]] * [[Joseph Lau]], Hong Kong billionaire businessman * [[Hilary M. Lips]], Emerita professor and research faculty in Psychology at [[Radford University]] * [[Frank Mahovlich]], [[NHL]] Hall-of-Famer and [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]] * [[Stephen Mandel]], Alberta Minister of Health and former mayor of [[Edmonton, Alberta]] * [[Dylan Mandlsohn]], stand-up comedian * [[Sergio Marchionne]], CEO of [[Fiat Chrysler Automobiles]], chairman of [[CNH Industrial]] and CEO of [[Ferrari]] * [[Joe Mimran]], Canadian fashion designer and entrepreneur, launched the Club Monaco and Joe Fresh brands * [[Thomas Moore (spiritual writer)|Thomas Moore]], author * [[Hodan Nalayeh]], media executive and entrepreneur * [[Rick Nicholls]], [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] for [[Chatham-Kent—Leamington (provincial electoral district)|Chatham-Kent—Leamington]], [[Ontario]] * [[Rob Nicholson]], [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]] of Canada * [[Richard Peddie]], former president and CEO of [[Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.uwindsor.ca/ols/2013/speakers/richard-peddie-2013|title=Richard Peddie|access-date=2013-12-27|publisher=University of Windsor |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228064221/http://www1.uwindsor.ca/ols/2013/speakers/richard-peddie-2013|archive-date=2013-12-28}}</ref> * [[Joel Quenneville]], former coach of the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] of the NHL * [[Carlos Queiroz]], professional soccer manager * [[Father John Redmond Catholic Secondary School and Regional Arts Centre#Origins|John Redmond]] [[Congregation of St. Basil|C.S.B.]], Basilian priest, teacher, principal, athletic director and coach at [[Michael Power/St. Joseph High School]]. * [[Michael Rotenberg]], film and television producer * [[Lynsay Sands]], author<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Author Lynsay Sands |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/microsite/About.aspx?authorid=28916 |publisher=Harper Collins |access-date=2008-01-11}}</ref> * [[Douglas Stenton]] [[Order of Canada|OC]], archaeologist, former Director of Heritage for the Nunavut Department of Culture and Heritage * [[Amanda Tapping]], actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Paul |title=Amanda Tapping |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/amanda-tapping |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> * [[Anna Maria Tremonti]], CBC Radio and CBC Television reporter * [[Daniel Victor]], musician and founder of [[Neverending White Lights]] * [[Tessa Virtue]], professional ice dancer, most decorated figure skater in [[List of Olympic medalists in figure skating|Olympic history]] * [[Bob Weeks]], [[The Sports Network|TSN]] golf analyst, member of Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Canadian Curling Hall of Fame * [[Nigel Shawn Williams]], actor * [[Anna Mae Wills]], actress * [[Alexander Zonjic]], professional flutist * [[Stanley E. Zin]], William R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business, [[New York University]], and [[Frisch Medal]] winner {{col div end}} ===Faculty=== {{col div}} * [[Iain Baxter&]], Professor Emeritus School of Visual Arts, award-winning Canadian photographer, painter, sculptor, installation artist, and conceptual artist * [[Di Brandt]], former Professor and poet * [[Alan A. Brown]], Professor of Economics, founder of [[Omicron Delta Epsilon]] (ODE), international honor society in Economics *[[Tricia Carmichael]], Professor of Chemistry * [[John N. Deck]], former professor, Plotinus Scholar * [[Craig Fleisher]], Professor of Management and Windsor Research Leadership Chair, Odette School of Business, author of several key books on business and [[competitive intelligence]] * [[Alistair MacLeod]], Author, Arts Faculty Professor, and award-winning Canadian author * [[Howard McCurdy]], former professor, scientist, department head, first black tenured professor in Canada, politician, and scholar * [[Marshall McLuhan]], former professor, Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar * [[Eugene McNamara]], Professor Emeritus of English, writer, and poet, initiated the Creative Writing Program which has graduated a number of award-winning authors, former editor of the Windsor Review * [[Lakshman Marasinghe]], Professor Emeritus of Law, Chairman of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka * [[André Narbonne]], professor of English and writer * [[Joyce Carol Oates]], former visiting English Department Faculty member from 1968 to 1978 now at [[Princeton University]], American Author * [[Howard Pawley]] (retired), former [[Manitoba New Democratic Party|NDP]] [[Premier of Manitoba]] (1981–1988) * [[Ralph Simmonds]], judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia, once a professor of law at University of Windsor * [[Vern Stenlund]], Professor of Education, Coach men's hockey, former [[NHL]] player and co-author of hockey books with [[Bobby Orr]] {{col div end}} ===Presidents=== # [[Eugene Carlisle LeBel]], 1963–1964 # [[John Francis Leddy]], 1964–1978 # Mervyn Franklin, 1978–1984 # Ronald W. Ianni, 1984–1997 # Gordon W. Wood, 1997-1998 (Acting) # [[Ross H. Paul]], 1998–2008 # Alan Wildeman, 2008–2018 # Douglas Kneale, 2018-2019 (interim) # Robert Gordon, 2019–present ===Chancellors=== # [[Keiller Mackay]], 1964–1970<ref>{{cite web |title=Chancellors, Board Chairs, Presidents - Past and Present |url=https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/313/chancellors |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416115746/https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/313/chancellors |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=14 February 2021 |website= |publisher=University of Windsor}}</ref> # [[Lucien Lamoureu]], 1971–1977 # [[Richard Rohmer]]. 1978–1989 # [[William Somerville (chancellor)|William Somerville]], 1989–1993 # [[Charles Clark (chancellor)|Charles Clark]], 1993–1996 # [[Richard Rohmer]], 1996–1997 # [[Frederic Jackma]], 1997–2006 # [[Edward Lumley]], 2006–2019 # [[Mary Jo Haddad]], 2019–2025 # [[Dwight Duncan]], 2025–present<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilhelm |first1=Trevor |title=Dwight Duncan named new University of Windsor chancellor |url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/dwight-duncan-named-new-university-of-windsor-chancellor |website=Windsor Star |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref> ===Others=== [[Jennifer E. Jones]] was the university's chair of governors and she went on to be the first woman to lead [[Rotary International]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennifer E. Jones makes history, becomes first woman named Rotary president-nominee |url=https://www.rotary.org/en/jennifer-e-jones-makes-history-becomes-first-woman-named-rotary-president-nominee?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR13ZWqdqTlJseo3G46dpFLrIglqNA5z0blyd_IQ5W03fxPGqIxnkvt29mk_aem_O2pTxRA-_lmvUjm-QBDFtA |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.rotary.org |language=en}}</ref>
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