Background
Horowitz, Myer was born on December 27, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Philip and Fanny Cotler Horowitz.
professor Vice-President Dean of the Faculty of Education
Horowitz, Myer was born on December 27, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Philip and Fanny Cotler Horowitz.
Bachelor, Sir George Williams U., 1956; Master of Education, U. Alberta, 1959; Doctor of Education, Stanford University, 1965; Doctor of Laws (honorary), McGill University, 1979; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Concordia U., 1982; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Athabasca U., 1989; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University B.C., 1990; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Alberta, 1990.
Horowitz taught for eight years in Montreal before accepting a position as a professor in the Faculty of Education at McGill University. He left McGill in 1969 to Alberta, where he accepted a position of Chair of the University of Alberta's Department of Elementary Education. He would later go on to serve various other academic positions in the University of Alberta: Dean of the Faculty of Education (1972–1975) and Vice-President (Academic) (1975–1979).
Horowitz became the ninth president of the University of Alberta on August 1, 1979, succeeding Harry Gunning. He became known for his advocation for widely accessible early childhood services - something that he continued to fight for after his retirement as president in 1989, fighting against the Alberta government's decision to reduce funding for kindergartens. He was succeeded as president by Paul Davenport.
He became the Professor Emeritus of Education in 1989 and President Emeritus in 1999 in the U of A. He moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1998 and became the adjunct professor of Education at the University of Victoria. The Myer Horowitz Theatre on the University of Alberta Campus is named in his honour.
He is currently a member of the faculty involved with the University of Victoria's Centre for Youth and Society and Centre for Early Childhood Research and Policy.
Married Barbara Rosen, 1956. Children: Carol Anne, Deborah Ellen.