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Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie, (January 5, 1894 – January 26, 1986) was President of the University of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1944, President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969.




Biography



He was born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. He fought during World War I. He studied law at Dalhousie, Harvard and Cambridge Universities. In 1927, he went to the University of Toronto, where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940. He was president of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962. In 1959 he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the University of British Columbia's Faculty Club
After his retirement from UBC he was appointed as a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969 representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia. He. sat as an Independent Liberal Senator.
In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
He was a founder of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in 1928. Now known as the Canadian International Council.
He was one of the five members of The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences chaired by Vincent Massey that held hearings across Canada from 1949-51, otherwise known as the Massey Commission.

He was an original member of the Canada Council (The Canadian Council for the Arts). Its founding by the government was a recommendation of the Massey Commission.
Amongst many other initiatives at UBC, he founded the UBC Department of Asian Studies when he brought William L. Holland after the dissolution of the Institute for Pacific Relations (IPR) to UBC in 1961 together with the former IPR journal Pacific Affairs which UBC continues to publish.
He and his wife, born Margaret Thomas (1903–1987), had three children: Bridget Mackenzie (?-present), Susan Mackenzie (1928– 2011), and Patrick Thomas Mackenzie (1932-Jan 23 2006).




References


"University of British Columbia Norman A.M. Mackenzie fonds". Retrieved February 24, 2006.




External links



Norman MacKenzie – Parliament of Canada biography

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