Colin B. Mackay
Colin B. Mackay | |
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President of the University of New Brunswick | |
In office 1953–1969 | |
Preceded by | (acting) |
Succeeded by | James Owen Dineen |
Personal details | |
Born | Rothesay, New Brunswick | July 26, 1920
Died | November 27, 2003 | (aged 83)
Colin Bridges Mackay, OC QC (July 26, 1920 – November 27, 2003) was president of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from 1953 to 1969.
Mackay oversaw the expansion of the university from a small college to a regional institution, including a fivefold increase in enrollment, and major construction of residences, academic and multipurpose buildings.
In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his services to education".[1]
Upon his death on November 27, 2003, at the age of 83, a bequest of $6-million was left to the Law Library at University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and the scholarship and bursary programme at University of New Brunswick Saint John.
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