Born in Nova Scotia, Larry MacKenzie left behind World War I trenches for a law career. P.B. Waite's The Lord of Point Grey: Larry MacKenzie of UBC (UBC Press, 1987 $21.95) recalls MacKenzie's subsequent career as UBC president for 18 years, the second longest term in the university's history. MacKenzie established such faculties as law, medicine and education, and boasted that he never turned away a qualified student.

[BCBW 2003] "Biography" "Law" "Education"

Reviews of the author's work by BC Studies:
Lord of Point Grey: Larry MacKenzie of UBC