List of members of the Alberta Order of Excellence

The following is a full list of members of the Alberta Order of Excellence (AOE), both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.

2024
In 2024, 8 appointments were made.
 * Don Begg
 * Will Ferguson
 * Robert Foster
 * Catherine Fraser
 * Stephen Mandel
 * Kim Ruether
 * Nancy Southern
 * Garnette Sutherland

2023
In 2023, 8 appointments were made.


 * James Carter
 * Max Foran
 * Stephen Harper
 * Joe Lukacs
 * Audrey McFarlane
 * Claudette Tardif
 * Stella Thompson
 * James Angus Watt

2022
In 2022, 7 appointments were made.


 * Maureen Bianchini Purvis
 * Robert Brawn
 * M. Elizabeth Cannon
 * Eleanor Chiu
 * Cheryl Foggo
 * Art Froehlich
 * Cam Tait

2021
In 2021, 8 appointments were made.
 * Joan Donald, Red Deer
 * Cyril Kay, Edmonton
 * Murray McCann, Calgary
 * Barb Olson, Calgary
 * Merle Olson, Calgary
 * D. Gregory Powell, Calgary
 * Cor Van Raay, Lethbridge
 * Lena Heavy Shields-Russell, Blood Reserve

2020
Salma Lakhani was inducted to the AOE concurrent with her installation as lieutenant governor of Alberta.

7 other appointments were made in 2020.


 * JudyLynn Archer, Edmonton
 * Jim Boucher, Fort McKay
 * Charlie Fischer, Calgary
 * Frances Harley, Edmonton
 * John Mah, Edmonton
 * Holger Petersen, Edmonton
 * Ed Stelmach, Andrew

2019
In 2019, 8 appointment were made.
 * Robert Burrell
 * Bonnie DuPont
 * Katie Ohe
 * Ron Sakamoto
 * Beckie Scott
 * Malcolm Sissons
 * Muriel Stanley Venne
 * Frances Wright

2018
In 2018 eight appointments were made.


 * Reg Basken, Edmonton
 * Rosella Bjornson, Sherwood Park
 * Wayne Chiu, Calgary
 * k.d. lang, Calgary
 * David Manz, Calgary
 * Solomon Rolingher, Edmonton
 * Allan Wachowich, Edmonton
 * Ralph Young, Edmonton

2017
In 2017 eight appointments were made.


 * Steve Allan, Calgary
 * Gary Bowie, Lethbridge
 * Anne Fanning, Edmonton
 * Marie Gordon, Edmonton
 * Steve Hrudey, Canmore
 * James Holland, Edmonton
 * Vivian Manasc, Edmonton
 * David Werklund, Calgary

2016
In 2016 eight appointments were made.
 * Barry Bultz, Calgary
 * Linda Hughes, Edmonton
 * Sheldon Kennedy, Calgary
 * Leroy Little Bear, Lethbridge
 * Michael Massey, St. Albert
 * Paulette Patterson, Grande Prairie
 * Shirley Penner, Calgary
 * Bill Yuill, Medicine Hat

2015

 * Lois Mitchell
 * David Bissett
 * Jack Donald
 * Janice Eisenhauer
 * Dennis Erker
 * Fil Fraser
 * Stan Grad
 * Jacob Masliyah
 * Frits Pannekoek

2014

 * Sharon Carry, Calgary
 * Tony Cashman, Edmonton
 * Morris Flewwelling, Red Deer
 * Colin Glassco, Calgary
 * Julia Hamilton, Calgary
 * Willie Littlechild, Maskwacis
 * Fred Mannix, Calgary
 * Reinhard Muhlenfeld, Edmonton

2013

 * Douglas Eaglesham (community service/youth programs, military, politics)
 * Roger Gibbins (public service/public policy, advanced education)
 * Douglas O. Goss (business, community service)
 * George W. Govier (energy, engineering)
 * Jim Marshall (fine arts, culture/heritage)
 * Anne McLellan (politics, law, advanced education)
 * Catherine Roozen (business, health/community service)
 * Bill Wilson (military, community service)

2012

 * Robert Hironaka
 * Roger Jackson
 * Irving Kipnes
 * Griffin Lloyd
 * Preston Manning
 * Ronald Southern
 * Robert Westbury
 * Rosaleen Zdunich

2011

 * Patricia Blocksom
 * Martin Cohos
 * Bruce Hogle
 * Walter Paszkowski
 * Eric Rajah
 * Aritha van Herk

2010

 * Phil Currie – palaeontologist
 * Alex Janvier
 * Ralph Klein – Former premier
 * Janice McTighe
 * Louise Miller
 * William Mooney
 * Reza Nasseri (home builder)
 * Robert Steadward

2009

 * William (Bill) Bowes
 * Harry Hole;
 * Shirzad Ahmed
 * Brian Felesky, Q.C.
 * Michael John Frey

2008

 * Clare Drake
 * Dr. Helen Hays
 * Allan P. Markin
 * Dr. David W. Schindler
 * Daryl K. (Doc) Seaman
 * JR Shaw
 * Thomas J. Walsh

2007

 * Chief Victor Stanley Buffalo
 * Evelyn L. Buckley
 * Lt. General Donald C. Laubman
 * David W. Leonard
 * Gary William (Wilcox) McPherson
 * Douglas H. Mitchell
 * Patrick R. Nixon

2006

 * William (Bill) Cochrane
 * Bertha (Berdie) Fowler
 * Richard (Dick) Haskayne
 * Harry Hole
 * James (Jim) Horsman
 * Samuel (Sam) Lieberman
 * Raymond (Ray) Rajotte
 * Matthew Spence
 * Ian Tyson

2005

 * Robert W. Chapman Sr.
 * Dr. Gerald Hankins
 * Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Hess
 * Elsie Kawulych
 * Norman Kwong (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
 * Father Charles Michael McCaffrey
 * Ronald Mannix

2004

 * Alvin Gerald Libin
 * M. Ann McCaig
 * Eric Patrick Newell
 * Bryan Perkins
 * John & Barbara Poole

2003

 * Donald F. Mazankowski
 * Audrey Attril Morrice
 * Jim Simpson Palmer
 * Leonard Peter Ratzlaff

2002

 * Dr. Steven Aung
 * James. K. Gray
 * John Murrell

2001

 * Louis Armand Desrochers
 * Colonel (ret.) Donald Stewart Ethell

2000

 * Jenny Belzberg
 * Dr. Chester R. Cunningham
 * Lois Hole (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
 * Dr. D. Lorne J. Tyrrell

1999

 * Donald R. Getty
 * Stanley G. Reynolds
 * Dr. Shirley Marie Stinson

1998

 * Harley N. Hotchkiss
 * June L. Lore
 * Sandy A. Mactaggart
 * Dr. Donald R. Stanley

1997

 * Ian Malcolm Macdonald
 * Arthur Ryan Smith

1996

 * Bud Olson (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
 * Dr. A. Ernest Pallister
 * Dr. John Snow

1995

 * Dr. Stanley A. Milner
 * Dr. Francis G. Winspear

1994

 * Dr. Helen I. Huston

1993

 * Dr. Thomas B. Banks
 * Dr. Robert B. Church

1992

 * Dr. Howard V. Gimbel

1991

 * Dr. Norbert R. Morgenstern
 * Gordon Towers (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)

1990

 * Dr. Joseph H. Shoctor
 * Dr. Raymond Lemieux

1989

 * Hon. Peter Lougheed
 * Dr. Maxwell W. Ward

1988

 * Dr. Arthur T. Jenkyns
 * Margaret Southern

1987

 * Dr. C. Fred Bentley
 * Dr. James H. Gray

1986

 * Dr. John C. Callaghan
 * Leonard K. Haney
 * Herbert T. Hargrave
 * Dr. Esther Robins

1985

 * Helen Hunley (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
 * Dr. David S. R. Leighton
 * Dr. G. Richard A. Rice
 * Dr. Winnifred M. Stewart

1984

 * Dr. Alexander Johnston
 * Hon. Ronald Martland

1983

 * The Right Honourable C. Joseph Clark
 * Dr. Mary Percy Jackson* (died 2000).
 * Chester Ronning* (died 1984).

1982

 * J. W. Grant MacEwan
 * Walter H. Johns

1981

 * Frank C. Lynch-Staunton (as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta)
 * Hon. Ernest C. Manning