Tim Steeves on piano Bob Hallett - musician Andy Jones - comedian Séan McCann - musician Fergus O'Byrne - musician Shelley Posen - folklorist and singer-songwriter Erin Power - musician, The Swinging Belles Laura Winter - musician, The Swinging Belles Science Carolyn Relf - geologist Sports Brad Gushue - Olympic gold medallist (curling) Mark Nichols - Olympic gold medallist (curling) Medicine Dr. Norman R.C. Campbell – Professor of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Calgary Ranjit Chandra - Former professor of Medicine, forced to resign after allegations of scientific misconduct and data fabrication Jawahar Kalra – physician, clinical researcher, and academic Crime Shirley Turner – Murderer whose murder of her son Zachary gave rise to the movie Dear Zachary Notable faculty, past and present University Research Professors (Note: "University Research Professor" is the name for MUN's highest academic honour. One can be a full professor, even conducting research, at the university without being a "University Research Professor.") Ian Jordaan - engineer and world expert on design of offshore structures in harsh environments Harold Williams - geologist and world expert on the tectonics of mountain belts Other faculty Jean Briggs - anthropologist and expert on Inuit languages Lindsay Cahill - chemist John Frederick Dewey - structural geologist. Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the United States National Academy of Sciences; Wollaston Medal & Penrose Medal recipient. Donald Hillman - paediatrician and professor of pediatrics best known for working in Third World countries in international child health and development Francesca M. Kerton - chemist Elliott Leyton - renowned for studies of serial murderers Elizabeth Miller - 19th century British Gothic literature Ward Neale - geologist Robert Paine - Anthropologist studying the Inuit and Saami peoples. Patrick Parfrey - nephrologist and clinical epidemiologist Augustus Rowe - former Minister of Health of Newfoundland and Labrador; former chairman of Memorial University's Department of Family Medicine Rhodes Scholars Sean Connors - 1987 - physician Robert Joy - actor Moses Morgan - 1938 Rex Murphy - 1968 - TV commentator Fabian O'Dea - 1939 Laura Pittman - 2013 - engineer Bill Rowe - 1964 Danny Williams - 1969 - Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Honorary degree recipients Sarah Anala - Canadian social worker Anne, Princess Royal - member of the Canadian Royal family Lloyd Axworthy - Canadian politician Jean Chrétien - 20th Prime Minister of Canada Bob Cole -