Norman MacKenzie
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Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie, C.C., C.M.G., M.M., C.D., LL.D., Q.C., F.R.S.C., (January 5, 1894 - January 26, 1986) was a Canadian author, lawyer, professor and member of the Senate.
He was born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. He fought during World War I. He studied law at Dalhousie, Harvard and 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.
He was a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969 representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia.
In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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