EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate as the College of Bytown. Not to be confused with Ottawa University in Kansas.

Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Founding Date:
1848

Motto:
Deus Scientiarum Dominus Est

Team:
Gee Gees

Enrollment:
32,000

Official Website:
http://www.uottawa.ca/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samantha Bee	Comic	25-Oct-1969		The Daily Show
Maxime Bernier	Politician	18-Jan-1963		Canadian Foreign Minister
Graydon Carter	Journalist	14-Jul-1949		Editor of Vanity Fair
Bob Chiarelli	Politician	24-Sep-1941		Mayor of Ottawa, 2001-06
Paul G. Desmarais	Business	4-Jan-1927	8-Oct-2013	CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Jean Douville	Business	c. 1943		Chairman of UAP, Inc.
Paul E. Gagné	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Avenor, 1991-97
Francis Cardinal George	Religion	16-Jan-1937	17-Apr-2015	Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, 1997-2014
Marie-Josée Kravis	Economist	11-Sep-1949		President of MoMA
John Manley	Politician	5-Jan-1950		Canadian Deputy PM, 2002-03
Dalton McGuinty	Politician	19-Jul-1955		Premier of Ontario
David McGuinty	Politician	25-Feb-1960		Canadian MP, Ottawa South
Allan Rock	Politician	30-Aug-1947		Canadian Ambassador to the UN, 2004-06
Roger L. Schwietz	Religion	3-Jul-1940		Catholic Archbishop of Anchorage
Carol Shields	Novelist	2-Jun-1935	16-Jul-2003	The Stone Diaries
Alex Trebek	Game Show Host	22-Jul-1940		Jeopardy
Gérald Tremblay	Politician	20-Sep-1942		Mayor of Montreal, 2002-12

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Geist	Blogger	11-Jul-1968		Internet law professor, University of Ottawa

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