John B. Macdonald

'''John Barfoot Macdonald''' (February 23, 1918 – December 24, 2014) was a Canadian academic.<ref name="ubcreports">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2007/07oct04/macdonald.html |title=UBC Reports |access-date=2011-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321163741/http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2007/07oct04/macdonald.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="archives">[http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/u_arch/macdonaldjb.html UBC Archives]</ref><ref name="past">{{Cite web |url=http://president.ubc.ca/past-presidents/#Macdonald |title=Past Presidents |access-date=2011-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026024854/http://president.ubc.ca/past-presidents/#Macdonald |archive-date=2012-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography== Macdonald was born on February 23, 1918, in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="archives"/> In 1942, he graduated in Dental Surgery from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="archives"/><ref name="past"/> During the [[Second World War]], he served in the Dental Corps. He received an M.S. in [[bacteriology]] from the [[University of Illinois]] in 1948 and a PhD from [[Columbia University]] in 1953.<ref name="archives"/><ref name="past"/> In 1949, he started teaching at the [[University of Toronto]], then at [[Harvard University]] from 1956, up until 1962, when he became President of the [[University of British Columbia]] until 1967.<ref name="archives"/>

His 1962 report, ''Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future'', led to the establishment of [[Simon Fraser University]] and the [[University of Victoria]].<ref name="archives"/><ref name="past"/> He also paved the way for the establishment of the [[National Sciences and Engineering Council]], the [[Humanities and Social Sciences Council]] and the [[Medical Research Council (UK)|Medical Research Council]]. In the 1970s, he served as CEO of the [[Council of Ontario Universities]].<ref name="archives"/><ref name="past"/>

He received [[honorary degree]]s from Harvard University, the [[University of Manitoba]], Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, [[Wilfrid Laurier University]], [[Brock University]], the [[University of Western Ontario]], the [[University of Windsor]] and the University of Toronto.<ref name="archives"/> He was also named to the [[Order of Canada]].<ref name="archives"/>

Macdonald died on December 23, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=John B. Macdonald obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=173602720|accessdate=22 February 2015|agency=Toronto Star|date=26 December 2014}}</ref>

==Bibliography== *''Chances and Choices: A Memoir'' (2001)

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