Colin Bridges Mackay, (July 26, 1920 – November 27, 2003) was president of the
University of New Brunswick in
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
,
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".
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.
References
External links
''UNB Alumni News'': Mourning Dr. Colin B. Mackay
Presidents of the University of New Brunswick
Officers of the Order of Canada
1920 births
2003 deaths
People from Rothesay, New Brunswick
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