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Honourary Degrees - Addresses - N.A.M. MacKenzie
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1960 (Creation)
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1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
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N.A.M. Mackenzie, president, University of British Columbia, and honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaking from podium during Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium.
Bio/Historical Note: Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie was born in 1894 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia and received his early education in Pictou Academy. While in his teens, MacKenzie joined his older brothers in Saskatchewan, and for five years lived on a homestead near Qu’Appelle. Going overseas in World War I, he twice earned the Military Medal and then returned to Halifax for his Arts and Laws degrees at Dalhousie, followed by postgraduate years at Harvard and Cambridge. Later MacKenzie served for two years in Geneva as Legal Adviser with the International Labor Office. In 1927 he went to the University of Toronto, where he taught law for thirteen years. MacKenzie became president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940. MacKenzie 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. MacKenzie was a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969, representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia. In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. MacKenzie died in 1986.
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Photographer: Gibson
Other terms: Copyright: University of Saskatchewan.