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McMaster University''' is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/opr/fast_facts/main/studentEnrolment.html McMaster University Office of Public Relations]</ref>
'''McMaster University''' is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], [[Canada]], with an enrollment of approximately 19,113 full-time undergraduate students and 2,739 postgraduate students (preliminary numbers for 2007-08).<ref>[http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/opr/fast_facts/main/studentEnrolment.html McMaster University Office of Public Relations]</ref>


McMaster, or '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]]. McMaster ranks as the 87<sup>th</sup> university worldwide and the 4<sup>th</sup> in Canada (2nd in the Province of Ontario) in the 2007 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]<ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007FullListByRank.pdf Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2007 world rankings]</ref> and is placed 100<sup>th</sup> university worldwide in the 2007 ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' rankings.<ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/top_200_universities/ THES 2007 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>
McMaster, or '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]]. McMaster ranks as the 87<sup>th</sup> university worldwide and the 4<sup>th</sup> in Canada (2nd in the Province of Ontario) in the 2007 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]<ref>[http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARWU2007FullListByRank.pdf Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2007 world rankings]</ref> and is placed 100<sup>th</sup> university worldwide in the 2007 ''[[Times Higher Education Supplement]]'' rankings.<ref>[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/top_200_universities/ THES 2007 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>

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McMaster redirects here; for others, see McMaster (disambiguation).
McMaster University
The coat of McMaster University
Mottoτα παντα εν χριστωι συνεστηκεν
"All things cohere in Christ"
TypePublic
Established1887
Endowment$498.5 million[1]
ChancellorLynton Wilson O.C.
PresidentPeter J. George
Academic staff
1,173
Undergraduates19,113 full-time, 3,836 part-time
Postgraduates2,739
Location
Canada Hamilton
,
ON
,
Canada

43°15′48″N 79°55′8″W / 43.26333°N 79.91889°W / 43.26333; -79.91889
CampusUrban, 1.2 km² (300 acres)
Library2,000,000 + volumes[2]
ColoursMaroon and Grey    
AffiliationsACU, AUCC, IAU, G13, COU, ATS, CIS, CUSID, Fields Institute
MascotMarauders File:Macmarauder.png
Websitewww.mcmaster.ca

McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of approximately 19,113 full-time undergraduate students and 2,739 postgraduate students (preliminary numbers for 2007-08).[3]

McMaster, or '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 adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens. McMaster ranks as the 87th university worldwide and the 4th in Canada (2nd in the Province of Ontario) in the 2007 Academic Ranking of World Universities[4] and is placed 100th university worldwide in the 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement rankings.[5] It received an 'A-' grade in the Globe and Mail University Report Card for overall quality of education.[6]

History

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).[7]

Senator William McMaster, the first president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, founded the university bearing his name in 1887.[7] 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 and Victoria College were (Victoria moved from Cobourg in the process).

The first degrees were awarded in 1894.[7] 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.[7]

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 West, now houses the Royal Conservatory of Music.[7]

During and immediately after the Second World War, McMaster experienced an explosion of growth in scientific research and student enrollment under 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.[7]

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.[8]

Campus

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 RBG's lands. Its geographical coordinates are 43°15′45″N 79°55′21″W / 43.26250°N 79.92250°W / 43.26250; -79.92250.

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 in 1928. Its six original 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.

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, 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. [citation needed] 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 centre to Hamilton, helping spear-head the development of the McMaster research park.

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 health sciences and engineering.[11][12] 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.[13][14]

McMaster Nuclear Reactor. Above: construction began in 1957, completed in 1959.
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.[15] 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.[10]

In 2006, McMaster was ranked first by research intensity of $308,300 CAD per full time faculty.[16]

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. [17] 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.[18]

The university's health sciences reputation started with the foundation of its medical school – with non-traditional small-group problem-based learning tutorials since adopted by other programs – 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.[19][20]

McMaster has had a nuclear reactor[10] (MNR) since 1959 for nuclear science and engineering research. The strength of nuclear science at McMaster under the presidency of Dr. 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.

School of Business

File:Degroote.jpg
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.[21]

The DeGroote School of Business also houses the 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.[22]

A recent $105 million CAD donation was given to McMaster's medical program from billionaire Michael G. DeGroote. It is the largest single cash gift in Canadian history[23] 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 business school the DeGroote School of Business.

Arts

The 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. 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 11,041 linear feet 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, Cayuga and Ojibwe to contemporary Indigenous issues and literature.[24]

Nobel Laureates

Hospitals

File:McMasterUMedical.JPG
McMaster University Medical Centre

McMaster University is affiliated with eight teaching hospitals. Five of them compose the Hamilton Health Sciences.

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 J. George. [citation needed] 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 Ronald V. Joyce Stadium on the site of the former field. As of October 2006, construction on the two new structures is continuing, although some facilities in the Braley Centre are already open for use. Until the new stadium is completed, home games are played at Ivor Wynne Stadium.

The McMaster rugby team won gold in the OUA championship over Western in 2006.

Intramural sports are widely participated in at Ivor Wynne Centre 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:
  1. C.J. Sylvannus "Syl" Apps '36 (Athletics 1936 - Berlin)
  2. Grey McLeish '37 (Rowing 1936 - Berlin)
  3. Betty (Taylor) Campbell '37 (Athletics 1932 - Los Angeles, 1936 - Berlin)
  4. Catherine (Miller) Ray '38 Athletics 1940 - Tokyo / Helsinki - Cancelled Due to WWII)
  5. James Donald McFarlane '53 (Athletics 1952 - Helsinki)
  6. Barry Ager '62 (Basketball - Summer Olympics 1960 - Rome)
  7. Dr. Jack Gauldie '64 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich)
  8. Sara (Barber) Jenkins '64 (Swimming 1956 - Melbourne, 1960 - Rome)
  9. Fred Heese '65 (Canoe 1964 - Tokyo)
  10. Tony Powell '67 (Athletics 1972 - Munich)
  11. Marjorie Homer-Dixon '73 (Kayak 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
  12. Steven Mitruk '73 (Gymnastics 1968 - Mexico City, 1972 - Munich)
  13. David Hart '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
  14. Rick Puglise '74 (Waterpolo 1972 - Munich, 1976 - Montreal)
  15. Carol Love '75 (Rowing 1976 - Montreal)
  16. George Steplock '76 (Waterpolo - 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal)
  17. Paul Pottier '79 (Waterpolo 1976 - Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles)
  18. Craig Martin '82 (Football (Soccer) - 1984 - Los Angeles)
  19. Paula Schnurr '87 (Athletics 1992 Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
  20. Paul Ragusa '97 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
  21. Larry Cain '89 (Canoe 1988 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
  22. Andrea (Page) Steen '89 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
  23. Bill Trayling '89 (Canoe 1988 - Seoul - Alternate)
  24. Christopher Woodcroft '89 (Wrestling 1988 - Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona)
  25. Calum McNeil '91 (Wrestling - 1992 Barcelona - Competed for the United Kingdom)
  26. Mark Heese '92 (Beach Volleyball 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney, 2004 - Athens)
  27. Lawrence Holmes '92 (Wrestling 1984 - Los Angeles, 1988 - Seoul)
  28. Susan Palmer-Komar '92 (Cycling 1996 - Atlanta, 2004 - Athens)
  29. Greg Woodcroft '93 (Wrestling 1996 - Atlanta)
  30. Tim Bethune '95 (Athletics 1984 - Los Angeles)
  31. Gavin Maxwell '95 (Canoe 1996 - Atlanta)
  32. Alan Nolet '96 (Gymnastics 1988- Seoul, 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta)
  33. Janet Cook '02 (Swimming 2000 - Sydney - Alternate)
  34. Howard Dell '02 (Bobsleigh 1988 - Calgary)
  35. Joanne Malar '02 (Swimming 1992 - Barcelona, 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
  36. Adam van Koeverden '07 (Kayak 2004 - Athens, 2008 - Beijing)
  37. Chelsey Gotell '09 (Swimming 2004 - Athens, Paralympics)

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

Coaches

  1. Fred Wach (Fencing - Unknown)
  2. Nick Cipriano (Wrestling - 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta)
  3. Dave O'Donnell (Fencing - 1988 - Seoul)
  4. Claus Wolter '80[1] (Rowing - 1988- Seoul)
  5. Andrew Cole (Swimming - 1996 - Atlanta, 2000 - Sydney)
  6. Gaye Stratten (Swimming 1996 - Atlanta)
  7. Barry Shepley '86 (Triathlon - 2000 Sydney)
  8. Margot (Verlaan) Page '87 (Hockey - 2006 Turino)

Administrators

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

Officials

  1. Dr. Ron Foxcroft '01 (Basketball - 1976 - Montreal)
  2. 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. 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 McMaster Summer Drama Festival, a collection of plays directed and performed by students and local community members.

Student life

File:Iron Ring Clock.jpg
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, broadcasting at 93.3 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. [citation needed] 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.

  • 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.
  • Brandon Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1970, 558 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
    • Named to commemorate the affiliation, from 1910 to 1938, of Manitoba's Brandon College with McMaster.
  • 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.
  • 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 1970's.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Wallingford Hall - Traditional
    • Built in 1930, 74 bedspaces, Female only - Size: Small
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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) [2]. 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

Chancellors and Presidents

Chancellors

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.[25]

  1. 1888-1890 Malcolm MacVicar
  2. 1890-1892*
  3. 1892-1895 Theodore Harding Rand
  4. 1895-1905 Rev. Oates C.S. Wallace
  5. 1905-1911 Alexander C. McKay
  6. 1911-1922 Abraham L. McCrimmon
  7. 1922-1941 Howard P. Whidden
  8. 1941-1949 George P. Gilmour
  9. 1949-1950 George P. Gilmour - President and Chancellor
  10. 1950-1955 E. Carey Fox
  11. 1955-1960 Roy L. Kellock
  12. 1960-1965 Charles P. Fell
  13. 1965-1971 D. Argue C. Martin
  14. 1971-1977 Lawrence T. Pennell
  15. 1977-1986 H. Allan B. Leal
  16. 1986-1992 John H. Panabaker
  17. 1992-1998 James H. Taylor
  18. 1998-2007 Melvin M. Hawkrigg
  19. 2007-present Lynton Wilson O.C.

Presidents and Vice-Chancellors

  1. 1950-1961 George P. Gilmour
  2. 1961-1972 Henry G. Thode
  3. 1972-1980 Arthur N. Bourns
  4. 1980-1990 Alvin A. Lee
  5. 1990-1995 Geraldine A. Kenney-Wallace
  6. 1995-present Peter J. George

See also

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

  1. ^ Annual Financial Report (Page 7) [Accessed 1 November 2007]
  2. ^ "Libraries & Collections". Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  3. ^ McMaster University Office of Public Relations
  4. ^ Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2007 world rankings
  5. ^ THES 2007 Rankings
  6. ^ Globe and Mail University Report Card
  7. ^ a b c d e f Canadian Encyclopedia
  8. ^ Encyclopedia of Music
  9. ^ Largest Pediatric Academic Health Sciences centres in Canada
  10. ^ a b c McMaster Nuclear Reactor
  11. ^ McMaster Engineering
  12. ^ McMaster Health Science Academic Strengths
  13. ^ McMaster news
  14. ^ McMaster Fast Facts
  15. ^ Research Infosource Inc 2004
  16. ^ Research@McMaster
  17. ^ Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation - University List
  18. ^ Canada's first school of Computational Engineering and Science
  19. ^ Einstein's Brain
  20. ^ BBC News Einstein's Brain
  21. ^ AACSB Accreditation
  22. ^ Allen H. Gould Trading Floor
  23. ^ Largest Cash Gift in Canadian History
  24. ^ Indigenous Studies Programme, McMaster University
  25. ^ Governance
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