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Meighen to be chancellor of McGill
Michael Meighen ’53 was appointed as the 19th Chancellor of McGill University, it was announced January 17.
Michael Meighen ’53 was appointed as the 19th Chancellor of McGill University, it was announced January 17. He will succeed Chancellor Arnold Steinberg, whose current term will end on June 30, 2014.
Michael was born in 1939, son of lawyer and philanthropist Theodore Meighen and philanthropist Peggy deLancey Robinson, and the grandson of former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen. Following his father's death, Michael's mother was married to another Selwyn House Old Boy, Senator Hartland Molson '18.
Michael is a longtime friend, advisor and fundraiser for former Progressive Conservative leader and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who appointed him to the Senate in 1990 representing Ontario. Both he and Mulroney are lawyers at the law firm of Ogilvy Renault. They also attended law school together at Université Laval in Quebec City along with other prominent Canadian political leaders, including Lucien Bouchard. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from McGill University, where he became a member of the Scarlet Key Honor Society for his leadership. He also holds two honorary doctorates from the University of New Brunswick and Mount Allison University.
In addition to serving on the Deschênes Commission on War Criminals in the mid-1990s, Michael has served as a member of the McGill University Board of Governors, a director of the Cundill Funds, Sentry Select Capital Corp., and J.C. Clark Ltd. of Toronto. In January 2007, Meighen was appointed as a Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park by the Canadian Government.
He and his wife, Kelly Meighen (née Dillon), are major benefactors of the Stratford Festival. In 2004, he became Canadian chair of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, which promotes conservation efforts. He is past chair of the Stratford Festival, current chair of the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation and chancellor of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Michael ran unsuccessfully to represent Westmount in the Canadian House of Commons in 1972 and 1974.
While in the Senate, he was the only Conservative senator to vote in favour of same-sex marriage. He chaired or served on a number of high-level Senate committees until February 2007 when he and the chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, fellow moderate Tory Hugh Segal, were reportedly told to resign by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Michael and Kelly have three sons, Ted, Hugh and Max, and live in Toronto. n
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Michael was born in 1939, son of lawyer and philanthropist Theodore Meighen and philanthropist Peggy deLancey Robinson, and the grandson of former Prime Minister of Canada Arthur Meighen. Following his father's death, Michael's mother was married to another Selwyn House Old Boy, Senator Hartland Molson '18.
Michael is a longtime friend, advisor and fundraiser for former Progressive Conservative leader and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who appointed him to the Senate in 1990 representing Ontario. Both he and Mulroney are lawyers at the law firm of Ogilvy Renault. They also attended law school together at Université Laval in Quebec City along with other prominent Canadian political leaders, including Lucien Bouchard. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 from McGill University, where he became a member of the Scarlet Key Honor Society for his leadership. He also holds two honorary doctorates from the University of New Brunswick and Mount Allison University.
In addition to serving on the Deschênes Commission on War Criminals in the mid-1990s, Michael has served as a member of the McGill University Board of Governors, a director of the Cundill Funds, Sentry Select Capital Corp., and J.C. Clark Ltd. of Toronto. In January 2007, Meighen was appointed as a Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park by the Canadian Government.
He and his wife, Kelly Meighen (née Dillon), are major benefactors of the Stratford Festival. In 2004, he became Canadian chair of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, which promotes conservation efforts. He is past chair of the Stratford Festival, current chair of the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation and chancellor of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Michael ran unsuccessfully to represent Westmount in the Canadian House of Commons in 1972 and 1974.
While in the Senate, he was the only Conservative senator to vote in favour of same-sex marriage. He chaired or served on a number of high-level Senate committees until February 2007 when he and the chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, fellow moderate Tory Hugh Segal, were reportedly told to resign by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Michael and Kelly have three sons, Ted, Hugh and Max, and live in Toronto. n
