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James MacGregor
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Structural engineering, reinforced concrete, structural stability
Deceased Date: 2015-01-28
Dr. MacGregor taught at the University of Alberta from 1960 to 1993. During this period he has gained an international reputation for his research into structural engineering and he has been prominent in professional and university affairs. Dr. MacGregor has published extensively, particularly with respect to the behaviour of concrete structures and his research has had substantial impact on professional practice throughout the world, particularly in the design of reinforced concrete columns and the design of prestressed concrete for shear. Recent research has led to a better understanding of the behaviour of concrete containments for nuclear power plants. The engineering profession in both Canada and abroad has relied extensively on Dr. MacGregor's skills in transforming research results into design codes in order to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Dr. J. Ross Mackay
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Permafrost, ice wedges, pingos, massive ice, ice segregation
John Ross Mackay is an outstanding Canadian geographer who has done extensive work in the Arctic. The four main fields of geography which have engaged his interest are the Canadian Arctic, cartographic methods, physiography, and southeast Asia. During the war he was stationed at Darwin, Australia, where he was Senior Intelligence Officer. Dr. Mackay's ability in his chosen field is indicated by the fact that he is Past President of the Canadian Assocaition of Geographers and Past Vice-President of Pacific Coast Geographers, and is a Fellow of these and several other societies. He is currently Professor and Acting Chairman of the Division of Geography at the University of British Columbia.
In the past 40 years following my election, I have devoted all of my time to permafrost and no longer work in cartographs and southeast Asia.
Dr. Norman MacKenzie
Affiliation: Queen's University
Deceased Date: 2004-03-01
B.A. (Rhodes, 1934), M.A. (Rhodes, 1935), Ph.D.(London, 1940). Came to Canada in 1965. He has taught at Rhodes, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Natal, Rhodesia, Laurentian, and since 1966 has been Professor of English at Queen's University. He is one of the world's leading authorities on the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, being largely responsible for establishing the definitive text of this poet's works. He is also known for his writings on Irish literature, particularly Yeats. He is the author or editor of seven books and some twenty articles or chapters in books. He has had a most distinguished career on three continents as a teacher, scholar and administrator.
William Mackey
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: Politique linguistique, bilinguisme, géolinguistique, sociolinguistique, didactique de langues
Deceased Date: 2015-03-14
Auteur bilingue d'ouvrages et d'articles consacrés à divers aspects de la linguistique, William Mackey occupe au Canada, dans sa spécialité, une situation de premier plan, non seulement par la qualité de son enseignement, la valeur et l'originalité internationalement reconnues de ses écrits, mais aussi par la fonction de consultant qu'il exerce depuis longtemps auprès des instances fédérales et provinciales
sur les problèmes linguistiques du Canada.
Son rayonnement scientifique à l'étranger est attesté par son active participation aux congrès internationaux. M. Mackey écrit le français aussi bien que l'anglais avec une précision et une élégance que nombre d'unilingues pourraient lui envier.
Dr. Peter Macklem
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Mechanics of breathing, thermodynamics of living organisms
Deceased Date: 2011-02-11
There is virtually no aspect of respiratory mechanics to which Dr. Macklem has not made a fundamental contribution. Of particular importance is his work on airways dynamics and small airways disease. Indeed, the very concept of 'disease of the small airways' stems from the logical sequence of his systematic investigations. In addition, he has pioneered the notion that the inspiratory muscles may fail in much the same manner as the myocardium. This has led to an expolsion of interest into an important but previously neglected area of respiratoy physiopathology. Dr. Macklem's work has been most influential not only in Canada but throughout the world.
Dr. D. MacLean
Affiliation: McMaster University
Deceased Date: 2003-08-19
Dr. David MacLean is one of Canada's leading chemists in the field of natural products. His studies, in the 1950's, on the structure of annotinine set the stage for an intensive program of research on the lycopodium alkaloids in a number of laboratories, of which his own has continued to be in the forefront. Recognizing the potential of the mass spectrometer in the elucidation of chemical structure, he pioneered in its use in Canada and he is recognized as an important contributor to the field. For the past five years, he has been an effective leader as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry.
Dr. Lloyd MacLean
Affiliation: McGill University
Deceased Date: 2015-01-14
This surgeon has consistently applied physiological principles and advances in basic science to the needs of surgical patients. Most notable have been the investigations in shock and in organ transplantation. In the studies on shock he established the hemodynamic characteristics of septic or endotoxin shock in experimental animals. Hemodynamic findings in a large group of patients with all forms of shcok have been reported. These have led to the recognition of the importance of basing treatment on these measurements at the bedside, in many centers throughout the world, and by the surgical teams in Viet Nam. The studies on cellular problems of septic shock have led to development of new techniques and concepts which assist greatly in patient care.
His work in transplantation concerns basic principles of organ preservation, mechanisms of rejection, prediction of ideal transplant partners, and a careful system of follow-up of transplanted patients to guide further treatment and policies in this rapidly changing field.
MacLean has been the guest speaker on these two general topics at many international symposia in Europe, America and South Africa. He has been heavily involved in undergraduate and graduate teaching, and in the administration of a research facility grant support of which has grown from $50,000 per annum to $500,000 per anum over the past seven years.