Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, (July 10, 1888 – February 26, 1984) was a

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civil

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, chancellor of

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, president of the

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, first president of

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, first president of

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and instrumental in the development of science and engineering education in Canada. He was born in

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, the youngest of six children of James and Janet MacKenzie. He attended Milltown High School, then completed a Bachelor of Engineering at

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in 1909. In 1912 he was hired to develop an engineering program at the

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. He served in the

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during

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(1915-1918). After the war he continued at the University of Saskatchewan until 1932, when he took a leave of absence to supervise public works projects. In 1939 he left Saskatchewan for Ottawa to become president of the

. In 1943 he received the Sir John Kennedy Medal. In 1949 he sat on the

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, the so-called "Massey Commission", one objective of which was developing Canada's system of publicly funded research. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the

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. He received honorary degrees from the

, the

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, the

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, the

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, Queen's University, and the

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. The Mackenzie Engineering Building at

is named in his honour. The high school in

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(formerly C.J. Mackenzie High School), is named in his honour.

References

External links

* canadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chalmers-jack-mackenzie Chalmers Jack Mackenzieat

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1888 births 1984 deaths Canadian civil engineers Chancellors of Carleton University Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of Canada Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Dalhousie University alumni 20th-century Canadian engineers University of Saskatchewan faculty Engineers from Ontario Engineers from New Brunswick {{Canada-scientist-stub