Fred R. MacKinnon
Dr. MacKinnon graduated from Mount Allison University with first-class honours in mathematics and went on to graduate study in mathematics at Harvard and in social policy administration at the University of Chicago. Among many other awards and distinctions, he holds honorary doctorates from Dalhousie, Mount Allison and Saint Francis Xavier universities. On his retirement as Deputy Minister of Community Services, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.