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'''Harvey Weingarten''' (born June 24 1952) is a Canadian academic. He served as president of the [[University of Calgary]] from 2001 to 2009. |
'''Harvey Weingarten''' (born June 24 1952) is a Canadian academic. He served as president of the [[University of Calgary]] from 2001 to 2009. When he left the presidency the University Alumni magazine capsulized his contributions this way: |
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“Harvey Weingarten … left the university a far better place than when he arrived almost nine years before. Under his leadership, the university increased access, invested in students, recruited world-class faculty and attracted record amounts of research revenue and philanthropic support. There were so many so-turnings as a result of the billion-dollar capital growth plan he launched that he kept a shovel on hand in his office. A relentless agent of change, he pushed for excellence across campus. Throughout it all, he never lost sight of the goal: do what’s best for students.” |
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He was previously the provost and Vice-President Academic of [[McMaster University]]. He is a psychology and medical researcher, and alumnus of [[McGill University]] and [[Yale University]]. He was also a professor the McMaster's department of psychology and dean of the university's faculty of science.<ref>Former McMaster academic named new president of University of Calgary |
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Canadian Press NewsWire [Toronto] 03 Apr 2001: n/a.</ref><ref>https://www.ucalgary.ca/president/former_presidents</ref> He was the first [[Jews|Jew]] to serve as President of the University of Calgary.<ref>University's first Jewish president has big plans |
Canadian Press NewsWire [Toronto] 03 Apr 2001: n/a.</ref><ref>https://www.ucalgary.ca/president/former_presidents</ref> He was the first [[Jews|Jew]] to serve as President of the University of Calgary.<ref>University's first Jewish president has big plans |
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Kirshner, Sheldon. Canadian Jewish News [Don Mills, Ont] 28 June 2007: 31.</ref> |
Kirshner, Sheldon. Canadian Jewish News [Don Mills, Ont] 28 June 2007: 31.</ref> |
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In 2010, Weingarten was appointed as President & CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (www.heqco.ca), a crown agency of the province of Ontario with a legislated mandate to provide evidence-based advice and policy recommendations to the government to improve the access, quality and accountability of its public postsecondary system. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 21:09, 18 January 2018
Harvey Weingarten | |
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President of the University of Calgary | |
In office 1988–1997 | |
Preceded by | Terry White |
Succeeded by | M. Elizabeth Cannon |
Personal details | |
Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 71–72) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Alma mater | McGill University Yale University |
Occupation | psychologist |
Harvey Weingarten (born June 24 1952) is a Canadian academic. He served as president of the University of Calgary from 2001 to 2009. When he left the presidency the University Alumni magazine capsulized his contributions this way:
“Harvey Weingarten … left the university a far better place than when he arrived almost nine years before. Under his leadership, the university increased access, invested in students, recruited world-class faculty and attracted record amounts of research revenue and philanthropic support. There were so many so-turnings as a result of the billion-dollar capital growth plan he launched that he kept a shovel on hand in his office. A relentless agent of change, he pushed for excellence across campus. Throughout it all, he never lost sight of the goal: do what’s best for students.”
He was previously the provost and Vice-President Academic of McMaster University. He is a psychology and medical researcher, and alumnus of McGill University and Yale University. He was also a professor the McMaster's department of psychology and dean of the university's faculty of science.[1][2] He was the first Jew to serve as President of the University of Calgary.[3]
In 2010, Weingarten was appointed as President & CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (www.heqco.ca), a crown agency of the province of Ontario with a legislated mandate to provide evidence-based advice and policy recommendations to the government to improve the access, quality and accountability of its public postsecondary system.
References
- ^ Former McMaster academic named new president of University of Calgary Canadian Press NewsWire [Toronto] 03 Apr 2001: n/a.
- ^ https://www.ucalgary.ca/president/former_presidents
- ^ University's first Jewish president has big plans Kirshner, Sheldon. Canadian Jewish News [Don Mills, Ont] 28 June 2007: 31.