1905 and earlier

Sir William C. Macdonald

Sir William C. Macdonald

Canadian industrialist Sir William C. Macdonald, whose greatest cause was education, becomes one of McGill University’s greatest benefactors and the fourth Chancellor of the University (1914-1917). He dedicates himself to improving the quality of life in Quebec’s rural communities and to train rural leaders to meet the future needs of a nation.

Read  Sir William Macdonald: an unfinished portrait by McGill historian Stanley Frost