Harvey Weingarten (born June 24, 1952) is a Canadian academic. He served as president of the

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

from 2001 to 2009. He was previously the provost and Vice-president Academic of

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...

. He is a psychology and medical researcher, and alumnus of

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter granted by King George IV,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill Universit ...

and

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He was also a professor the McMaster's department of psychology and dean of the university's faculty of science. He was the first

Jew Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...

to serve as President of the University of Calgary.University's first Jewish president has big plans Kirshner, Sheldon. Canadian Jewish News on Mills, Ont28 June 2007: 31.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weingarten, Harvey 1943 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Academic staff of McMaster University McGill University alumni Academics from Montreal Academic staff of the University of Calgary Yale University alumni