Norman MacKenzie (academic)
Canadian politician (1894-1986)
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.
Background
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.
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