Few university presidents could be considered 'to the manner
born.' Larry MacKenzie was the exception. He discovered this talent
when president of the University of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1944. He
became president of the University of British Columbia in 1944 and
served for eighteen years. Although UBC's present eminence owes
much to many people, as biographer P.B. Waite points out, 'it is
basically Larry MacKenzie's creation.'