Background
Anderson, John Murray was born on September 3, 1926 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Murray Alexander and Eleanor Montgomery (Valentine) Anderson.
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John Murray Anderson
Edit ProfileOperations Executive university president
Education
B.Sc.F., U. Toronto, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, University Toronto, 1958; Doctor of Laws, St. Thomas U., 1974; Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie U., 1979; D.Ped., U. Maine, Orono, 1976.
Career
Assistant professor, U. N.B., Canada, 1958-1963;
associate professor, Carleton U., 1963-1967;
director, Fisheries Research Board Canada Biological Station, St. Andrews, N.B., 1967-1972;
director general, Canadian Research and Development, Fisheries and Marine Service, Department Environment, Ottawa, Ontario, 1972-1973;
president, U. N.B., 1973-1979;
president, J.M. Anderson Consultants Inc., since 1980;
vice president operations, Atlantic Salmon Federation, 1984-1996. President, Chairman, Board Of Directors Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B., 1973-1977, board directors, since 1985, Chairman, Board Of Directors, since 1995. Board of Governors Rothesay (N.B.) Collegiate School, 1976, Kenya Technology Teachers College, Nairobi, 1977-1979;chairman Association Atlantic Universities, 1978-1979.
Vice president Biological Council Canada, 1977-1979. Member Science Council of Canada, 1988-1992.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors International Atlantic Salmon Foundation, 1979-1983, J.R. Bradfield Education Fund, Noranda, 1979-1986, Aquaculture Association, N.B., since 1981. President, chairman of the board of trustees Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center, Inc., 1982-1984. Chairman of the board of trustees Mackenzie King Scholarship Trust, since 1986.
Trustee Nature Trust N.B., Inc., 1987-1991. Vice president Atlantic Aquaculture Fair, 1993, president, 1994. Fellow Royal Canada Geographic Society.
Member Institute Canada Bankers (governor 1974-1979), Canada Society Zoologists (president 1973-1974), Aquaculture Association Canada (president 1984-1985), Association Universities and Colls. Canada (director 1975-1979, chairman McCain Scholarship Group since 1997), Sigma Chi.
Connections
Married Eileen Anne McFaul, November 3, 1951 (deceased November 1983). Children: Nancy, Susan, Peter, Katherine. Married Sylvia Richard, May 10, 1986.
