Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie, (January 5, 1894January 26, 1986) was President of the

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from 1940 to 1944, President of the

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from 1944 to 1962, and a

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from 1966 to 1969.

Biography

Norman MacKenzie and Sherwood Lett examining Roll of Service - Canada - 1955

He was born in

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. He fought during

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. He studied law at Dalhousie,

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and

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Universities. In 1927, he went to the

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, where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the

in 1940. He was president of the

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

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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

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. He was a founder of the

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in 1928. Now known as the

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. He was one of the five members of

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chaired by Vincent Massey that held hearings across Canada from 1949–51, otherwise known as the

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. He was an original member of the

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(The Canadian Council for the Arts). Its founding by the government was a recommendation of the Massey Commission.Mackenzie served on the Canadian Council after its founding for the full six years permitted. Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources: Senate Debates https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_SOC2701_01/1176 Amongst many other initiatives at UBC, he founded the

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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 ''

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'' 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).

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