| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie | |
| Office1: | Third President of the University of British Columbia |
| Term Start1: | 1944 |
| Term End1: | 1962 |
| Predecessor1: | Leonard Klinck |
| Successor1: | John B. Macdonald |
| Office2: | Senator for University-Point Grey, British Columbia |
| Appointed2: | Lester B. Pearson |
| Term Start2: | February 24, 1966 |
| Term End2: | January 5, 1969 |
| Order3: | 7th |
| Title3: | President of the University of New Brunswick |
| Term Start3: | 1940 |
| Term End3: | 1944 |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Pugwash, Nova Scotia |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Spouse: | born Margaret Thomas |
| Party: | Independent Liberal |
| Children: | 3 |
| Occupation: | Lawyer,University president,Senator |
| Awards: | Military Medal Canadian Forces' Decoration |
Norman Archibald Macrae (N.A.M.) MacKenzie, (January 5, 1894January 26, 1986) was President of the University of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1944, President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969.
He was born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. He fought during World War I. He studied law at Dalhousie, Harvard and Cambridge Universities. In 1927, he went to the University of Toronto, where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940. He was president of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962. In 1959 he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the University of British Columbia's Faculty Club [1]
After his retirement from UBC he was appointed as a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969 representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia. He. sat as an Independent Liberal Senator.
In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
He was a founder of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in 1928. Now known as the Canadian International Council.[2]
He was one of the five members of The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences chaired by Vincent Massey that held hearings across Canada from 1949-51, otherwise known as the Massey Commission.
He was an original member of the Canada Council (The Canadian Council for the Arts). Its founding by the government was a recommendation of the Massey Commission.[3]
Amongst many other initiatives at UBC, he founded the UBC Department of Asian Studies when he brought William L. Holland after the dissolution of the Institute for Pacific Relations (IPR) to UBC in 1961 together with the former IPR journal Pacific Affairs which UBC continues to publish.
He and his wife, born Margaret Thomas (1903–1987), had three children: Bridget Mackenzie (?-present), Susan Mackenzie (1928– 2011), and Patrick Thomas Mackenzie (1932-Jan 23 2006).