Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

To be invited to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada is considered the highest honour that can be attained by scholars, artists and scientists in this country. There are over 2000 fellows nationwide who have been peer-elected for their remarkable contributions to the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. Fellows of the Royal Society are considered to be the best in their field. 

Below is a listing of those who received fellowship while on faculty at Memorial:

2018 Trevor Bell University Research Professor, Department of Geography
2016 Nancy Dahn Distinguished University Professor, School of Music
2016 Timothy Steeves Distinguished University Professor, School of Music
2015 Azizur Rahman University Research Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied  Science (deceased)
2013 Barbara Neis Distinguised University Professor, Department of Sociology
2012 Carole Peterson University Research Professor, Department of Psychology
2012 Peter Pope University Research Professor, Department of Archaeology (deceased)
2011 Ian Jordaan Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
2011 Danny Summers University Research Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2010 Priscilla Renouf Professor, Department of Archaeology (deceased)
2009 John (Sean) Brosnan Distinguised University Professor, Department of Biochemistry
2009  Patrick Parfrey  Distinguised University Professor, Faculty of Medicine 
2008 David Bell University Research Professor, Department of Religious Studies
2008  Beverley Diamond  Professor Emeritus, School of Music 
2008 Gerald Pocius University Research Professor, Department of Folklore
2007 Vit Bubenik Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics
2006 Ronald Rompkey University Research Professor, Department of English Language and Literature (deceased)
2002 Jean Briggs Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology (deceased)
2001 Derek Nurse University Research Professor, Department of Linguistics
1999 Greg Kealey University Research Professor, Department of History
1997 John Hewson Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics (deceased)
1984 James Tuck Professor Emeritus, Department of Archaeology (deceased)
1983 Michael Rochester Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences
1982 Christopher Barnes Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences
1982 David Strong University Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences
1982 George Story Department of English Language and Literature (deceased)
1978 Robert Paine Department of Anthropology (deceased)
1972 Harold Williams Department of Earth Sciences (deceased)
1972 David Idler Director of the Marine Science Laboratory (deceased)