Murray Fraser

Murray Fraser (1937 – March 12, 1997) was a Canadian academic and University president.

Born in Liverpool, Fraser was raised in Nova Scotia. He received undergraduate degrees in arts and law from Dalhousie University and a master's in law from the University of London in the United Kingdom. He was made a Queen's Counsel in Nova Scotia in 1979. He taught law at Queen's University, Dalhousie University, University of Victoria and University of Calgary. He was the founding dean of the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. He was later appointed vice-president, academic of the University of Victoria. From 1988 to 1996, he was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary.^[1]

He received honorary degrees from Dalhousie, the University of Victoria and the Memorial University of Newfoundland.^[1]

He died in 1997, of heart failure, at the age of 59.^[1]

==References==I first met Murray Fraser when he was working with me at radio station CFCY in Charlottetown during his summer vacation. He was a teenager and I will always remember his smile and his kind personality. A short time before his death, I was required to conduct an approval on a property in Halifax, part of his moter's estate. He arrived from somewhere not knowing I was his old work mate. The many years changed me but his smile was still there. When he reakized who I was we spent some time dreaming of another world. He said he really wanted to be a radio announcer but his dad wanted him to enter academia and later if he still yearned for radio he could do it. He never looked back. Murray Fraser was the most honest, obliging person I ever met and he deserved all he received. His children, his widow and all his friends were fortunate in knowing him as I am. He was taken much to soon. I thank the lord for allowing me to meet him before his demise. Lorne Perry