Colin B. Mackay

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.

External links

• UNB Alumni News: Mourning Dr. Colin B. Mackay

References

1. ^ http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1058

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Name	Mackay, Colin
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Date of birth	July 26,1920
Place of birth	Rothesay, New Brunswick
Date of death	November 27, 2003
Place of death	Rothesay, New Brunswick