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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =[[The Honourable]]
| name             = Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|CMG|MM|CD|QC|FRSC}}
| image            = Norman MacKenzie.jpg
| imagesize        =
| office1           = Third [[List of presidents of the University of British Columbia|President]] of the [[University of British Columbia]]
| term_start1       = 1944
| term_end1         = 1962
|predecessor1 = [[Leonard Klinck]]
|successor1   = [[John B. Macdonald]]
| office2           = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for University-Point Grey, British Columbia
| appointed2        = [[Lester B. Pearson]]
| term_start2       = February 24, 1966
| term_end2         = January 5, 1969
| order3       = 7th
| title3      = President of the<br />[[University of New Brunswick]]
| term_start3       = 1940
| term_end3         = 1944
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1894|01|05}}
| birth_place      = [[Pugwash, Nova Scotia|Pugwash]], [[Nova Scotia]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1986|01|26|1894|01|05}}
| death_place      =
| nationality      = [[Canadian]]
| spouse           = born Margaret Thomas
| party            = [[Independent Liberal]]
| relations        =
| children         = 3
| residence        =
| alma_mater       =
| occupation       = 
[[Lawyer]], [[Chancellor (education)#University president|University president]], [[Canadian Senator|Senator]]
| profession       =
| religion         =
| awards           = [[Military Medal]]<br>[[Canadian Forces' Decoration]]
}}
'''Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|CMG|MM|CD|QC|FRSC}} (January 5, 1894{{spaced ndash}}January 26, 1986) was President of the [[University of New Brunswick]] from 1940 to 1944, President of the [[University of British Columbia]] from 1944 to 1962, and a [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] from 1966 to 1969.

==Biography==
[[File:Norman MacKenzie and Sherwood Lett examining Roll of Service - Canada - 1955.jpg|thumb|left|photograph of Norman MacKenzie (University of British Columbia President) and [[Sherwood Lett]] (U.B.C. Chancellor) viewing the Roll of Service in the War Memorial Gymnasium during [[Remembrance Day]] ceremonies. In 1955]]
He was born in [[Pugwash, Nova Scotia]]. He fought during [[World War I]]. He studied law at [[Dalhousie University|Dalhousie]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] Universities. In 1927, he went to the [[University of Toronto]], where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the [[University of New Brunswick]] in 1940. He was president of the [[University of British Columbia]] from 1944 to 1962. In 1959 he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the University of British Columbia's Faculty Club <ref>UBC Archives Photograph (Image #UBC 1.1/2640-2), also available as a postcard from UBC</ref>

After his retirement from UBC he was appointed as a member of the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] 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 [[Order of Canada]].

He was a founder of the [[Canadian International Council|Canadian Institute of International Affairs]] in 1928. Now known as the [[Canadian International Council]].<ref>Canadian International Council internet page on history https://thecic.org/about-old/history/</ref>

He was one of the five members of [[The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences]] chaired by Vincent Massey that held hearings across Canada from 1949–51, otherwise known as the [[Massey Commission]].

[[File:Norman A.M. MacKenzie (UBC sculpture).jpg|thumb|left|Sculpture on the [[University of British Columbia]] campus]]
He was an original member of the [[Canada Council]] (The Canadian Council for the Arts). Its founding by the government was a recommendation of the Massey Commission.<ref>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</ref>

Amongst many other initiatives at UBC, he founded the [[UBC Department of Asian Studies]] 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 ''[[Pacific Affairs]]'' 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).

==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/mackenzi.html|title=University of British Columbia Norman A.M. Mackenzie fonds|accessdate=February 24, 2006}}
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2976|2=Norman MacKenzie}}

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