Jack Mackenzie

Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, CC, CMG, MC, FRS, FRSC (July 10, 1888 – February 26, 1984) was a Canadian civil engineer, chancellor of Carleton University, president of the National Research Council, first president of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, first president of Atomic Energy Control Board and instrumental in the development of science and engineering education in Canada. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, the youngest of six children of James and Janet MacKenzie. He attended Milltown High School, then completed a Bachelor of Engineering at Dalhousie University in 1909. In 1912 he was hired to develop an engineering program at the University of Saskatchewan. He served in the Canadian Forces during World War I. After the war he...