Colin Bridges Mackay, (July 26, 1920 – November 27, 2003) was president of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from 1953 to 1969.

Mackay oversaw the expansion of the university from a small college to a regional institution, including a fivefold increase in enrollment, and major construction of residences, academic and multipurpose buildings.

Colin B. Mackay

In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his services to education".

Colin B. Mackay

Upon his death on November 27, 2003, at the age of 83, a bequest of $6-million was left to the Law Library at University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and the scholarship and bursary programme at University of New Brunswick Saint John.

Colin B. Mackay

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External links

UNB Alumni News: Mourning Dr. Colin B. Mackay

Canadian university and college chief executives

Officers of the Order of Canada

1920 births

2003 deaths