MacKenzie, Arthur Stanley

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MacKenzie, Arthur Stanley

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1865-1938

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Arthur Stanley MacKenzie was an important figure in education in Nova Scotia for over forty years. He was born in Pictou on 20 September 1865, the son of George Augustus and Catherine Denoon Mackenzie. He was educated in public schools in Pictou, New Glasgow and Halifax before studying at Dalhousie, where he won the George Munro Bursary and exhibition and the Sir William Young gold medal and honours in mathematics and mathematical physics; he received is B.A. at Dalhousie in 1885. He received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1894. In 1895 MacKenzie married Mary Lewis Taylor, of Indianapolis, who died one year later. MacKenzie subsequently raised their daughter, Marjorie, on his own.

MacKenzie taught at Yarmouth Seminary from 1885-1887. He was hired as a tutor in mathematics and physics at Dalhousie from 1887-1889 and then spent two years at Johns Hopkins as a scholar and teaching fellow. From 1891-1905 he taught physics at Bryn Mawr College and then returned to Dalhousie University as George Munro professor of physics. He was appointed university president in 1911, a position he held until his retirement in 1931.

MacKenzie was widely recognized for his research contributions. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, the American Physical Society, and the National Research Council of Canada. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Royal Society of Canada. He took an active role in his community, serving as president of both Ashburn Golf Club and the Halifax Curling Club. MacKenzie received an honorary degree from McGill University in 1921 and Dalhousie University in 1931. Arthur Stanley Mackenzie died in Halifax on 2 October 1938.

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Pelluet, Dixie (1896-1990)

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1931

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Dixie Pelluet was hired by President of Dalhousie Stanley MacKenzie as an assistant professor of biology in zoology in 1931.

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Dalhousie University. Office of the President (1838-)

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1911-1931

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Stanley Arthur Mackenzie was the fourth president of Dalhousie University, serving from 1911 to 1931.

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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Science. Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science (1922-)

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1905 - 1911

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Arthur Stanley Mackenzie was appointed George Munro Professor of Physics in 1905.

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