List of University of Waterloo people

List of University of Waterloo people

The University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a comprehensive public university that was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles.] [cite web|accessdate=2008-05-06|url=http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/newsNevents/newsNEvents.shtml|title= UW plans grand expansion of Canada's largest mathematics and computer science outreach program |publisher=University of Waterloo|date= ] and to have the largest co-op program in the world. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-14|url=http://communications.uwaterloo.ca/documents/positioningstatement2006.doc|title=50th Anniversary|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=2006-05-01] The school is also known for having more company spin-offs than any other Canadian university, and as such, the university has been called the "Silicon Valley of the North". [cite web|accessdate=2008-03-04|url=http://www.techtriangle.com/viewnews.cfm?newsid=462|title=Tech, health link proposed |publisher=Canada's Technology Triangle ]

The list is drawn from faculty, alumni, staff, and former University presidents. The enrollment for 2007 was 24,342 undergraduate and 3,636 graduate students, with 977 full-time faculty members and 2,251 staff. The school has approximately 135,000 alumni in 140 countries. A large number of the university's alumni were enrolled in the Faculty of Mathematics because it has become a "magnet for theoreticians and students alike". [cite web|accessdate=2008-05-06|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CEFDD1130F933A25756C0A9649C8B63|title= William Tutte, 84, Who Broke German Code |work=The New York Times|date=2002-05-10|author=Saxon, Wolfgang ]

Faculty and alumni

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