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{{Infobox University |
image = [[Image:MacU.png|The coat of McMaster University]] |
name = McMaster University |
motto = ΤΑ·ΠΑΝΤΑ·ΕΝ·ΧΡΙΣΤΩΙ·ΣΥΝΕΣΤΗΚΕΝ <br>("All things cohere in Christ") |
established = 1887 |
type = [[Public university|Public]] |
president = [[Peter George (professor)|Peter J. George]]|
chancellor = [[Lynton Ronald 'Red' Wilson|Lynton Wilson O.C.]] |
city = {{flag icon|Canada}} [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]|
state = [[Ontario|ON]]|
country = [[Canada]] |
coor = {{coord|43|15|48|N|79|55|8|W|display=inline,title}} |
undergrad = 20,600 full-time, 3,836 part-time |
postgrad = 2,901 |
faculty = 1,434 |
free_label = Library |
free = 2,000,000 + volumes<ref name="Maclibrary">{{cite web | title = Libraries & Collections | url = http://library.mcmaster.ca/about/libcollections.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-24 }}</ref>
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]], 1.2 km² (300 acres) |
|affiliations = [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]], [[Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada|AUCC]], [[International Association of Universities|IAU]], [[Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)|G13]], [[Council of Ontario Universities|COU]], [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada|ATS]], [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]], [[Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate|CUSID]], [[Fields Institute]]
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mascot = Marauders [[Image:Macmarauder.png|45px|]]
| colours = [[Maroon (color)|Maroon]] and [[Gray (color)|Grey]] {{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#808080}}
| endowment = [[Canadian dollar|$]]498.5 million<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/bms/pdf/mac-2007fs.pdf Annual Financial Report] (Page 7) [Accessed [[1 November]] [[2007]]]</ref>
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website = [http://www.mcmaster.ca www.mcmaster.ca]
}}
'''McMaster University''' is a research-intensive university located in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], [[Canada]], with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/bms/pdf/mac-2008fs.pdf Page 6, McMaster University Annual Financial Report 2007/08]</ref>

McMaster, commonly known as “Mac”, comprises six faculties: Science, Health Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business. The campus is located on 300 acres (1.2 km²) of land in the residential neighbourhood of [[Westdale, Ontario|Westdale]] adjacent to Hamilton's [[Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario|Royal Botanical Gardens]]. Hamilton is the 4th largest city in Ontario, and the ninth largest in Canada. {{buzzword}}McMaster University is the major knowledge generator in the Hamilton region, providing both the human capital and the research output necessary to fuel the region's economy.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/opr/fastfacts/ McMaster Fast Facts]</ref>

McMaster University ranks as the 89th university worldwide and the fourth in Canada (second in the Province of Ontario) in the 2008 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]<ref>[http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/Top500_EN(by%20rank).pdf Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2008 world rankings]</ref> and is placed as the 117th university worldwide in the 2008 ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' rankings.<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=243&pubCode=1 THES 2008 Rankings]</ref> It received an 'A-' grade in the ''[[Globe and Mail]]'' University Report Card for overall quality of education.<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/series/urc/wrap.html?tb=t&nl=3&ss=2&ql=2&s=1 Globe and Mail University Report Card]</ref>

==History==
[[Image:WilliamMcMaster.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[William McMaster]], the founder of McMaster University]]

McMaster University of [[Hamilton, Ontario]] was founded in 1887 through a merger of Toronto Baptist College and Woodstock College (a Baptist preparatory school).<ref name="CE">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002311 Canadian Encyclopedia]</ref>

Senator [[William McMaster]], the first president of the [[Canadian Bank of Commerce]], founded the university bearing his name in 1887.<ref name="CE" /> It was sponsored by the [[Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec]] as a sectarian undergraduate institution for its clergy and adherents. It began operating three years later, and graduated its first students in 1894.

The university was originally located in [[Toronto]] and nearly became federated with the [[University of Toronto]] as [[Trinity College (U of T)|Trinity College]] and [[Victoria College (U of T)|Victoria College]] were (Victoria moved from [[Cobourg, Ontario|Cobourg]] in the process).

The first degrees were awarded in 1894.<ref name="CE" /> Local boosters in Hamilton offered large donations of money and land to McMaster to relocate rather than federate, and the move was accomplished in 1930. Originally situated in Toronto, the university was relocated in Hamilton in 1930.<ref name="CE" />

University Hall, one of the original campus buildings, houses a bust of Senator McMaster. McMaster Hall, the original Toronto building, located at the northern part of the University of Toronto St. George campus on [[Bloor Street|Bloor Street West]], now houses the [[Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)|Royal Conservatory of Music]].<ref name="CE" />

During and immediately after the [[Second World War]], McMaster experienced an explosion of growth in scientific research and student enrollment under [[Harry Thode|H.G. Thode]]. This placed a strain on the finances of what was still a denominational [[Baptist]] institution. Consequently, in 1957, the [[McMaster Divinity College]] was incorporated to continue the university's religious traditions, while the university itself became a secular public institution. McMaster University became a private non-denominational institution in 1957.<ref name="CE" /> McMaster University was established by the McMaster University Act 1957 which was amended in 1976. <ref name="ACT">[http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/bylaws/McMasterAct_760607.pdf McMaster University Act]</ref>
===Fight Song===
Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as [[commencement]] and [[convocation]], and athletic games are: 'The Alma Mater Song' (1935) with words by Mrs A.A. Burridge and music by Hugh Brearly; 'The McMaster March,' with words by Claire Senior Burke et al and music by Arthur Burridge; 'My Mac' (1982) with words and music by Fred Moyes.<ref name="EM">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000759SUBReadings Encyclopedia of Music]</ref>

==Campus==
{{wide image|Pan-IMGP0137-IMGP0142-mod-and-crop.JPG|1300px|Panoramic view of McMaster University from the Southwest}}
McMaster's main campus is bordered to the north by [[Cootes Paradise]], an extensive natural [[marshland]], to the east and west by residential neighbourhoods and to its south by Main Street West, a major artery of Hamilton. Its northern boundaries are a popular destination for hikers and joggers who make use of the many trails that connect the campus to the [[Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario|RBG]]'s lands. Its geographical coordinates are {{coord|43|15|45|N|79|55|21|W|region:CA_type:edu}}.
[[Image:Gargoyle on Hamilton Hall at McMaster University.jpg|right|thumb|180px|A [[gargoyle]], reflecting the gothic design choice]]
The buildings and facilities represent the ongoing development that has been happening on McMaster grounds since it purchased the property from the city of [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] in 1928. Its six original [[Gothic architecture|gothic]]-style buildings are now flanked by over 50 structures built predominantly during booms in the early 1970s and the late 1990s to present.

Perhaps the most distinctive component of the campus skyline is that of the McMaster University Medical Centre, a multi-use research hospital that ranks among the largest public buildings in Canada.<ref>[http://www.foresters.biz/newsroom/newsdetail.asp?PageName=2006_07_KidsClassicGolfers.htm&Printable=True Largest Pediatric Academic Health Sciences centres in Canada]</ref> It is connected to the Life Sciences building and the recently completed (2004) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning & Discovery which houses many well-funded research groups in areas of [[genetics]], [[infectious diseases]] and several specific conditions.

The [[McMaster Nuclear Reactor]] (MNR) completed in 1959 was the first university-based research reactor in the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] and today is the only Canadian medium flux reactor in a university environment.<ref name="mnr">[http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/mnr/Main-Page/Frameset-homepage.htm McMaster Nuclear Reactor]</ref> It is a "pool-type" reactor with a core of enriched uranium fuel moderated and cooled by light water. The MNR, provides wide range of irradiation, laboratory and holding facilities which include: A cyclotron, an accelerator, a small-angle neutron-scattering detector and wide-angle neutron scattering facilities.

===Satellite Campuses===

Recently, McMaster has begun spreading physically beyond its inflexible West Hamilton borders into other areas in the region.
[[Image:Conhall.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Archway of University Hall, displays the unique Gothic Architecture Style]]
====Downtown Hamilton====

In 2002 the McMaster's Centre for Continuing Education was relocated to the former Hamilton-Wentworth courthouse building on Main Street East. The CCE offers a variety of certificate/diploma programs as well as personal/professional development programs and strives to uphold McMaster's tradition of inspiring leadership and discovery.

====Burlington====

In 2004 McMaster University announced that in partnership with the neighbouring city of [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]], it would be constructing a new arts & technology intensive campus in that city. Plans call for a small initial cohort to be admitted in 2007 in leased space and the University hopes to have an enrolment at the Burlington campus of nearly 5000 students by 2020. The Burlington campus concept is contingent on provincial government approval, not yet sought, of the academic programmes and the necessary funding.

The proposed campus has proven controversial and the plan has been opposed by many deans and other faculty members. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} The McMaster Students Union has serious reservations with the project and may openly oppose the project dependent upon either a fall vote in the student representative assembly or a general referendum.

====Kitchener-Waterloo & the Niagara Regions====

The new McMaster [[Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine]] would be expanded and constructed in [[Kitchener, Ontario]], sharing the health science campus with the [[University of Waterloo]]. The other expansion of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is in the Niagara region of the Golden Horseshoe.

====Research Park====

Announced in 2005, McMaster has purchased a large industrial park three kilometres east of its main Hamilton campus that will be redeveloped to contain an array of research facilities for the development of advanced manufacturing and materials, biotechnology, automotive and nanotechnology.
In July 2005 it was announced that [[CANMET]], a federal government materials research laboratory, would be relocated from its [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]] centre to Hamilton, helping spear-head the development of the [http://www.mcmasterinnovationpark.ca/ McMaster Innovation Park].<ref>[http://www.mcmasterinnovationpark.ca/ McMaster Innovation Park]</ref>

A predicted $60 million in partner funding is expected to establish the new laboratory by 2008.

==Academics==
===Research===
McMaster has been particularly renowned for its academic strengths, most notably in the fields of [[McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences|Health Sciences]] and [[McMaster Faculty of Engineering|Engineering]].<ref>[http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/research/intro.htm McMaster Engineering]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/vpacademic/IHWG_memo.cfm McMaster Health Science Academic Strengths]</ref> The university has been named Canada's most innovative medical-doctoral university eight times in the past 11 years by ''[[Maclean's]]'' in its annual ranking of Canadian universities.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/opr/courier/nov2000/news.html McMaster news]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/ua/opr/fastfacts/ McMaster Fast Facts]</ref>

In 2008, according to the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), McMaster is ranked 48th in the world for scientific papers in [[clinical medicine]].<ref name="RK">[http://ranking.heeact.edu.tw/en-us/2008%20by%20Fields/Domain/MED HEEACT 2008]</ref>

[[Image:Nuclear reactor.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[McMaster Nuclear Reactor]]. Above: construction began in 1957, completed in 1959.<br>
Below: Reactor in 2004.]]
McMaster earned the designation of research university of the Year in 2004 based on its ability to attract and capitalize on its research income.<ref>[http://www.researchinfosource.com/RUY/2004/ResearchUniversityofYearTableFinal.pdf Research Infosource Inc 2004]</ref> Its research activities exceed those of universities twice its size and no Canadian university receives a higher proportion of research funding relative to its operating budget than McMaster.<ref name="mnr" />

In 2006, McMaster was ranked first by research intensity of $308,300 [[Canadian Dollar|CAD]] per full time faculty.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/opr/fast_facts/main/about.html Research@McMaster]</ref>

Engineering students can choose to specialize in the following disciplines: [[Chemical Engineering]], [[Civil Engineering]], [[Computer Engineering]], [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Engineering Physics]], [[Materials Science and Engineering]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Software Engineering]]. <ref>[http://www.cemf.ca/Engineering/UniversityList.htm Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation - University List<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> McMaster launched Canada's first school of computational engineering and science in 2005 dedicated in developing expertise in the third wave of scientific research involving stimulation, modeling and optimization. The new school brings together 50 faculty from engineering, science, business and health science to collaboratively conduct research and advance education.<ref> [http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/news/newsitems/compengschool.htm Canada's first school of Computational Engineering and Science]</ref>

The university's health sciences reputation started with the foundation of its medical school &ndash; with non-traditional small-group [[problem-based learning]] tutorials since adopted by other programs &ndash; in the 1960s. However, it quickly grew with programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy, midwifery, and other allied fields. A portion of [[Albert Einstein]]'s brain is preserved and held for medical research at the McMaster brain bank. Researchers there have identified differences in his brain that may relate to his genius for spatial and mathematical thinking.<ref>[http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/pubrel/einstein.htm Einstein's Brain]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/371698.stm BBC News Einstein's Brain]</ref>

McMaster has had a [[McMaster Nuclear Reactor|nuclear reactor]]<ref name="mnr" /> (MNR)
since 1959 for nuclear science and engineering research. The strength of nuclear science at McMaster under the presidency of Dr. [[Harry Thode|H.G. Thode]], was augmented in 1968 by the construction of a 10MV Model FN Tandem [[particle accelerator]]. Along with this was added the 3MV Model KN single-ended accelerator in the same year. Being primarily, in the early days, a nuclear structure laboratory, the academic direction of the laboratory fell to the [[Physics]] Department. During the next 28 years, the nuclear research effort was tremendous with hundreds of graduate students trained and many publications generated.

McMaster is the only medical doctoral university in Canada to offer [[Nuclear Engineering]] at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

The average entering grade for an undergraduate student is 85% in 2008.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/opr/fast_facts/main/about.html McMaster Fast Facts]</ref>

===School of Business===
[[Image:Degroote.png|thumb|250px|right|DeGroote School of Business]]
In addition, McMaster's [[DeGroote School of Business]] has gathered both national and worldwide recognition as it was accredited by the [[AACSB]] in 2006. Less than 10 percent of business schools worldwide have earned this accreditation.<ref>[http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=19987 AACSB Accreditation]</ref>

The DeGroote School of Business also houses the [http://gtf.mcmaster.ca/ Allen H. Gould Trading Floor], a state-of-the-art educational tool that enables students to experience the relationships and interactions of the financial markets. It is one of the first such facilities in North America, and one of only 30 in the world.<ref>[http://gtf.mcmaster.ca/ Allen H. Gould Trading Floor]</ref>

A recent $105 million [[Canadian dollar|CAD]] donation was given to McMaster's medical program from [[billionaire]] [[Michael DeGroote|Michael G. DeGroote]]. It is the largest single cash gift in Canadian history<ref>[http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/pubrel/degroote.htm Largest Cash Gift in Canadian History]</ref> and will be used to upgrade the current medical school, called the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. He is also a benefactor to McMaster's [[DeGroote School of Business|business school]] the DeGroote School of Business.

===Arts===
The [http://www.mcmaster.ca/museum McMaster Museum of Art] houses six thousand works of art, including those bequeathed by [[Herman Levy]].
The McMaster University Library system consists of four libraries. The Mills Memorial Library for humanities and social sciences. It houses the papers of [[Bertrand Russell]] and other major collections. Innis Library, located in Kenneth Taylor Hall for Business. [[Harry Thode|H.G. Thode]] Library of Science & Engineering and Health Sciences Library.
The University Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries. The collection contains more than 2 million volumes, 1,423,102 microform items, 174,956 non-print items and {{convert|11041|ft|m}} of archival material. Current periodical titles number about 11,880. (1997)

The [[McMaster Arts and Science]] is an exclusive program at McMaster, admitting only 60 first year students per year, with a total size of about 250.

===Indigenous Studies===
McMaster offers an Indigenous Studies programme independent of other faculties. Available courses range from the languages of [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]], [[Cayuga language|Cayuga]] and [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] to contemporary Indigenous issues and literature.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/indigenous/default.htm Indigenous Studies Programme, McMaster University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Nobel Laureates==
* Dr. [[Bertram Brockhouse]], co-winner of the 1994 [[Nobel Prize]] for Physics
* Dr. [[Myron Scholes]], recipient of the 1997 [[Nobel Prize]] for Economics
* Dr. [[James Orbinski]], recipient of the 1999 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] on behalf of [[Médecins Sans Frontières]]

==Hospitals==
[[Image:McMasterUMedical.JPG|thumb|McMaster University Medical Centre]]
McMaster University is affiliated with eight teaching hospitals. Five of them compose the Hamilton Health Sciences.
*[http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/ Hamilton Health Sciences]:
**[http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&org_id=1&morg_id=0&gsec_id=729&item_id=729 Chedoke Hospital]
**[http://www.mcmasterchildrenshospital.ca/ Children's Hospital] [[McMaster Children's Hospital]]
**[[Hamilton General Hospital]]
**[http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&org_id=1&morg_id=0&gsec_id=739&item_id=739 Henderson Hospital]
**[http://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&org_id=1&morg_id=0&gsec_id=752&item_id=752 McMaster Medical Centre]
*[http://www.hrcc.on.ca/ Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre]
*[http://www.stjosham.on.ca/ St. Joseph's Healthcare]
*[http://www.stpetes.ca/ St. Peter's Health System]

==Sports==
The [[McMaster Marauders]] is the official mascot and sporting team for McMaster University and the university's colours have been maroon and grey since 1912.

The Mauraders have an extensive track record in both the [[Ontario University Athletics]] (OUA) and [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] (CIS) leagues spanning several decades. More recently, the team has shown itself as one of the strongest in Canada, earning four consecutive [[Yates Cup]] victories (2000-2003), led by coach [[Greg Marshall]]. Several athletes have been scouted from the McMaster fields to play for the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).

Alumnus [[Jesse Lumsden]] was signed as an undrafted free agent by the [[Seattle Seahawks]] in 2005, but was released shortly thereafter. Following his release he had a short tenure with the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. In January 2006, he was signed to play for the [[Washington Redskins]] and was later released only to play with the Tiger-Cats once again.

Men's football at McMaster is one of the school's most popular spectator sports, supported extensively by students, faculty and McMaster president [[Peter George (professor)|Peter J. George]]. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} The team formerly played its home games on Les Prince Field located on campus. However, this field was torn up for the development of the Athletic Complex, which included renovations to the Ivor Wynne Centre, and the additions of the David Braley Athletic Centre and the football stadium [[Ronald V. Joyce Stadium]] at Les Prince Field. May 12, 2008 marked the stadium's debut while hosting the CIS East-West Bowl, and September 13, 2008 saw the Marauder's first home game on campus in over 3 years during their home opener against the [[Ottawa Gee-Gees]].<ref>http://www.thespec.com/article/367485</ref>

The McMaster men's rugby team won gold in the OUA Championship over [[University of Western Ontario|Western]] in 2006, and over [[Queen's University|Queen's]] in 2008. This marks the fifth time in seven years for the Marauders to hoist the Turner Trophy and their sixth time overall since it's inauguration in 1923.<ref>http://oua.ca/sports/mrugby/pastchamps/</ref>

Intramural sports are widely participated in at Ivor Wynne Centre and David Braley Athletic Center as well. Unorganized sports such as ad hoc [[cricket]] games are often found in front of the science and engineering buildings.

In January 2006, Stefan Ptaszek was named as the new football head coach.

===Olympics===
McMaster University has graduated 35 Olympic athletes, produced 8 Olympic Coaches, 2 Olympic
Administrators and 2 Olympic Officials.

*'''McMaster Olympic Athletes''':

# [[Syl Apps|C.J. Sylvannus "Syl" Apps]] '36 (Athletics 1936 - Berlin)
# Grey McLeish '37 (Rowing 1936 - Berlin)
# Betty (Taylor) Campbell '37 (Athletics 1932 - Los Angeles, 1936 - Berlin)
# Catherine (Miller) Ray '38 Athletics 1940 - Tokyo / Helsinki - Cancelled Due to WWII)
# [[Don McFarlane|James Donald McFarlane]] '53 (Athletics 1952 - Helsinki)
# Barry Ager '62 (Basketball - Summer Olympics 1960 - Rome)
# Dr. Jack Gauldie '64 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich)
# Sara (Barber) Jenkins '64 (Swimming 1956 - Melbourne, 1960 - Rome)
# Fred Heese '65 (Canoe 1964 - Tokyo)
# Tony Powell '67 (Athletics 1972 - Munich)
# Marjorie Homer-Dixon '73 (Kayak 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
# Steven Mitruk '73 (Gymnastics 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
# David Hart '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
# Rick Puglise '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
# Carol Love '75 (Rowing 1976 - Montreal)
# George Steplock '76 (Waterpolo - 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal)
# Paul Pottier '79 (Waterpolo 1976 - Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles)
# [[Craig Martin]] '82 (Football (Soccer) - 1984 - Los Angeles)
# Paula Schnurr '87 (Athletics 1992 Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
# Paul Ragusa '97 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
# [[Larry Cain]] '89 (Canoe 1988 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
# Andrea (Page) Steen '89 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
# Bill Trayling '89 (Canoe 1988 - Seoul - Alternate)
# Christopher Woodcroft '89 (Wrestling 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
# Calum McNeil '91 (Wrestling - 1992 Barcelona - Competed for the United Kingdom)
# [[Mark Heese]] '92 (Beach Volleyball 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney, 2004 - Athens)
# Lawrence Holmes '92 (Wrestling 1984 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul)
# [[Sue Palmer-Komar|Susan Palmer-Komar]] '92 (Cycling 1996 - Atlanta, 2004 - Athens)
# Greg Woodcroft '93 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
# Tim Bethune '95 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
# Gavin Maxwell '95 (Canoe 1996 - Atlanta)
# Alan Nolet '96 (Gymnastics 1988- Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
# Janet Cook '02 (Swimming 2000 - Sydney - Alternate)
# Howard Dell '02 (Bobsleigh 1988 - Calgary)
# [[Joanne Malar]] '02 (Swimming 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
# [[Adam van Koeverden]] '07 (Kayak 2004 - Athens, 2008 - Beijing)
# Chelsey Gotell '09 (Swimming 2004 - Athens, 2008 - Beijing, Paralympics)

Note: Dr. [[Norman Lane (canoeist)|Norman Lane]] a McMaster Professor of Mathematics competed in two
Olympic Games (Canoe 1948 - London, 1952 - Helsinki**)

Coaches

# Fred Wach (Fencing - Unknown)
# Nick Cipriano (Wrestling - 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta)
# Dave O'Donnell (Fencing - 1988 - Seoul)
# Claus Wolter '80[http://godiplomats.cstv.com/sports/c-crew/mtt/wolter_claus00.html] (Rowing - 1988- Seoul)
# Andrew Cole (Swimming - 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
# Gaye Stratten (Swimming 1996 - Atlanta)
# Barry Shepley '86 (Triathlon - 2000 Sydney)
# Margot (Verlaan) Page '87 (Hockey - 2006 Turino)

Administrators

# Doug Howard (Wrestling - Manager - 1976 - Montreal)
# Martha (Arnott) Deacon '81 (Badminton - Team Leader - 2000 - Sydney)

Officials

# [[Ron Foxcroft|Dr. Ron Foxcroft]] '01 (Basketball - 1976 - Montreal)
# Janice Deakin '83 (Basketball - 1996 - Atlanta)

Most recently

In 2004, McMaster Kinesiology student [[Adam van Koeverden]] captured a bronze medal in the Men's K1, 1000 metre single [[kayak]] and gold medal in the kayak singles 500 metre at the [[Olympic Games]] in [[Athens, Greece]]. He won a bronze medal in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. He also won a silver medal in K1, 1000 metre at the World Championships in Gainesville, U.S. in September 2003.

==Theatre==

McMaster is home to two of the semi-professional acting companies in Ontario at the university level. [http://www.macthespians.com The McMaster Thespian Company], started in 2003, and [[McMaster Musical Theatre]], started in the 1960s, present productions annually involving student volunteer actors, musicians and crew. Their information can be found at their respective websites.

These groups, as well as the students in McMaster's Theatre and Film program, usually perform in the Robinson Memorial Theatre in Chester New Hall.

Since 1990, McMaster has also hosted the [http://www.summerdramafestival.com McMaster Summer Drama Festival], a collection of plays directed and performed by students and local community members.

==Student life==

[[Image:Iron Ring Clock.jpg|thumb|188px|right|The [[Iron Ring Clock]]]]Full-time undergraduate students belong to the [[McMaster Students Union]], which operates a pub called ''Quarters'', and publishes a broadsheet [[newspaper]] called ''[[The Silhouette]]''. It also funds scores of other clubs, associations and societies organized by academic department, ethnic origin or extracurricular interest. Part of a larger body of environmental groups on campus, McMaster is one of only two universities in Canada that has a bicycle [[cooperative]]. Other student groups on campus include the McMaster Association of Part-time Students, the Graduate Students Association, and [[MacInsiders]], an online student-run organization highlighting student life on campus.

The university's [[campus radio]] station is [[CFMU-FM|CFMU]], broadcasting at 93.3 [[FM radio|FM]].

McMaster's Student Centre contains the [[Iron Ring Clock]], designed and built by four Mechanical Engineering students as their final-year thesis project in 2003. Money for the [[clock]] was donated from a variety of local citizens and businesses. The clock contains what is believed to be the largest [[iron ring]] in the world as in integral part of the mechanism. {{Fact|date=February 2007}} The clock is located over the North entrance to the Student Centre, against a bank of windows which provide backlighting to the stained-glass University crest, the centrepiece of the clock.

Quarters is the first student-run on-campus nightclub. On Thursday and Saturday nights it can command long lineups as those are "party" nights at Mac. Quarters' predecessors were The Rathskeller ('The Rat') and The Downstairs John ('The John'), both of which existed for decades prior to their closure in the early 2000s. The space formerly occupied by the Rat is a vegetarian restaurant; the space formerly occupied by the John is a [[daycare]]. Other than Quarters, the only on-campus drinking establishment is The Phoenix, run by the graduate students association.

==Residence Life==
Currently McMaster has 12 smoke-free residence buildings totalling approximately 3,756 bedspaces.

In response to increasing number of students enrolling at MAC new residences are being constructed. The newest residence to be built is Les Prince Hall, just north of Hedden Hall. It is a large co-ed building completed in 2006. Prince was a long-serving hall master in the residence system, living with his family on campus until after his retirement in 1980.

Building choices include the traditional room and board style, furnished apartment style and suite-style.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/bates.html Bates Residence] - ''Furnished Apartments''
** Built in 1973, 504 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named to honour Marion Stillwell Bates, a distinguished dean of women from 1947 to 1965.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/brandon.html Brandon Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1970, 558 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named to commemorate the affiliation, from 1910 to 1938, of [[Brandon College|Manitoba's Brandon College]] with McMaster.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/edwards.html Edwards Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1930, 107 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Small
** Was a gift from Gordon C. Edwards, a long-time member of the University's Board of Governors, who desired that the hall be named in memory of his father.
** Originally a male-only dormitory.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/hedden.html Hedden Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1991, 425 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named in memory of Mike Hedden, who, as Vice-President Administration, played a pivotal role in the development of McMaster, including the planning and construction of most residences in the 1960s and 1970s.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/lesprince.html Les Prince Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 2006, 390 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named in honour of Dr. Leslie A. Prince, a former dedicated varsity coach, Director of Athletics, Dean of Men, and Dean of Students.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/marykeyes.html Mary E. Keyes] - ''Suite-Style''
** Built in 2003, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour Dr. Mary Keyes, a key figure in enhancing student life and student services at McMaster University as Professor of Kinesiology, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, and the Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/matthews.html Matthews Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1965, 278 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour Albert Matthews, an influential member of McMaster's Board of Governors for over forty years.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/mckay.html McKay Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1965, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named for Alexander McKay, one of McMaster's earliest professors and former Registrar, Dean, and Head of the University. Alexander McKay is also the Honorary President of the Ontario Classics Association.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/moulton.html Moulton Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1961, 234 bedspaces, Co-ed/Female based on demand - Size: Medium
** Named to recall Moulton College in Toronto, an institution that was associated with McMaster for more than sixty years following its founding by Susan Moulton McMaster, wife of Senator [[William McMaster]].
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/wallingford.html Wallingford Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1930, 74 bedspaces, Female only - Size: Small
** [[Wallingford|Wallingford, England]] was the birthplace of William Davies, benefactor in 1920 of as Wallingford Hall as a women's Residence during McMaster's years in [[Toronto]]. The present Wallingford Hall perpetuates the name.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/whidden.html Whidden Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1961, 333 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour [[Howard P. Whidden]], whose effective leadership of McMaster spanned the years of the University's complicated move from [[Toronto]] to Hamilton in 1930.
*[http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence_Admissions/Buildings/woodstock.html Woodstock Hall] - ''Traditional''
** Built in 1970, 293 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to recall the memory of Woodstock College, in [[Woodstock, Ontario]], a precursor of McMaster University.

The McMaster Residence System is composed of CAs (community advisors) who provide guidance and help the transition to university life for many first year students. CAs are highly trained Housing and Conference service employees and enforce policies which the university has put in place. CAs also provide programs for students that touch on one or more of its four pillars approach: Academic, Awareness, Social, and Wellness.
Residence Students are represented by the IRC (Inter Residence Council) [http://www.mcmaster.ca/irc]. Each building has 2 reps which program entertaining activities for students, facilitate social interaction, and represent student opinion to the upper administration.

==Notable Alumni and Faculty==

*[[List of McMaster University people|List of McMaster University People]]

==Chancellors and Presidents==
===Chancellors===
[[Image:448th Convocation of McMaster University.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Convocation at McMaster University]]
From 1888 to 1949, the head of McMaster was given the title Chancellor.

In 1949, George P. Gilmour became both President and Chancellor, and in 1950 his title changed to President and Vice-Chancellor. From that time onward, the University had both a Chancellor as well as a President and Vice-Chancellor.

(*)In the interval between the retirement of Chancellor MacVicar and the appointment of Chancellor Rand, the Faculties of Art and Theology were organized under the Chairmanship of Dr. Rand and Dr. Goodspeed, respectively.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/welcome/presidents.cfm Governance]</ref>

# 1888-1890 Malcolm MacVicar
# 1890-1892*
# 1892-1895 Theodore Harding Rand
# 1895-1905 Rev. Oates C.S. Wallace
# 1905-1911 Alexander C. McKay
# 1911-1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon
# 1922-1941 [[Howard P. Whidden]]
# 1941-1949 [[George Gilmour|George P. Gilmour]]
# 1949-1950 [[George Gilmour|George P. Gilmour]] - President and Chancellor
# 1950-1955 E. Carey Fox
# 1955-1960 [[Roy Kellock|Roy L. Kellock]]
# 1960-1965 Charles P. Fell
# 1965-1971 [[D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin|D. Argue C. Martin]]
# 1971-1977 [[Lawrence T. Pennell]]
# 1977-1986 [[Allan Leal|H. Allan B. Leal]]
# 1986-1992 John H. Panabaker
# 1992-1998 James H. Taylor
# 1998-2007 Melvin M. Hawkrigg
# 2007-present [[Lynton Ronald 'Red' Wilson|Lynton Wilson O.C.]]

===Presidents and Vice-Chancellors===

# 1950-1961 [[George Gilmour|George P. Gilmour]]
# 1961-1972 [[Harry Thode|Henry G. Thode]]
# 1972-1980 [[Arthur Bourns|Arthur N. Bourns]]
# 1980-1990 [[Alvin A. Lee]]
# 1990-1995 [[Geraldine Kenney-Wallace|Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace]]
# 1995-present [[Peter George (professor)|Peter J. George]]

==See also==
*[http://www.mcmaster.ca/mcmastercampaign/html/Video/video.html Campaign for McMaster - Video]
*[[Group of Thirteen (Canadian universities)]]
*[[List of colleges and universities named after people]]
*[[List of Ontario Universities]]
*[[Ontario Student Assistance Program]]

== References ==
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===Histories of the University===
* Charles M. Johnston 'McMaster University, Vol. 1: The Toronto Years' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
* Charles M. Johnston 'McMaster University, Vol. 2: The Early Years in Hamilton' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
* Herb Jenkins 'Combining Two Cultures: McMaster University's Arts And Science Programme' (University press of America, [[August 31]], [[2004]])
* Paul Axelrod 'Scholars and Dollars: Politics, Economics, and the Universities of Ontario 1945-1980' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, [[September 1]], [[1982]])
* W.S.W. McLay, C.W. New and G.P. Gilmour. 'McMaster University, 1890-1940' (Hamilton, 1940)

==Notes and References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mcmaster.ca McMaster University]
* [http://www.mcmaster.ca/academic/faculties.cfm McMaster University Departments & Faculties]
* [http://oisa.mcmaster.ca/ McMaster International Students Services]
* [http://www.mlr.ca/view_article.php?s=3049&l=2&id=1000 MLR.ca's unofficial 'Frosh Guide to Mac']

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