Sandy Mactaggart
| Sandy A. Mactaggart | |
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| Chancellor of the University of Alberta | |
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In office 1990–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Tevie Miller |
| Succeeded by | Lou Hyndman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 11, 1928 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Cécile Erickson |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Alastair "Sandy" Auld Mactaggart (born March 11, 1928) is a Scottish-born Canadian retired educator and philanthropist.
Mactaggart was born in Glasgow, Scotland. After being evacuated to Canada during World War II in the late 1930s, he attended schooling at Lakefield College School in Ontario, and at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut, United States. Mactaggart later attended Harvard University, studying architecture and graduating cum laude in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts. He would go on to attend Harvard Business School, receiving a degree in business administration in 1952. That same year he would move to Edmonton, Alberta with Harvard dorm-mate Jean de La Bruyere to found Maclab Enterprises ("Mac"taggart/"La B"ruyere), a property development company. He would also involve himself in the local arts and culture scenes of Edmonton, one of the co-founders the Citadel Theatre in 1965, and a founder of the Edmonton Art Gallery.
He is also involved with his alma mater, Harvard, serving on the Harvard Resources Committee and in the leadership of the Harvard Alumni Association as well as the directorship of Harvard Clubs in Canada. He has also served as treasurer of the American University of Beirut, president of the C.D. Howe Institute and Chief Executives Organization, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Royal Society of Canada.
Mactaggart served on the University of Alberta Board of Governors from 1983 to 1994, on the school's Real Estate Advisory Committee, and as chairman of the University of Alberta Foundation from 1989 to 1994. He was chancellor of the university from 1990 to 1994. During his term as chancellor, he oversaw a period of changes in government funding, and introduced the concept of visiting committees of community leaders invited to tour the campus, a concept he had become aware of via his alma mater, Harvard.
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