Few university presidents could be considered 'to the mannerborn.' Larry MacKenzie was the exception. He discovered this talentwhen president of the University of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1944. Hebecame president of the University of British Columbia in 1944 andserved for eighteen years. Although UBC's present eminence owesmuch to many people, as biographer P.B. Waite points out, 'it isbasically Larry MacKenzie's creation.'
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