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At a ceremony this evening, 黑料不打烊 University announced that its Arts Building, a landmark at the centre of its downtown campus, will be named after alumnus John McCall MacBain and Dr. Marcy McCall MacBain, in recognition of the recent $200-million gift from the McCall MacBain Foundation.

The new name will be the McCall MacBain Arts Building.

鈥淛ohn and Marcy are exceptional role models who have made a powerful expression of confidence in the next generations of students through their extraordinary gesture of philanthropy,鈥� said 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Suzanne Fortier. 鈥淲e hope that the students who come to study in the McCall MacBain Arts Building and elsewhere on our two campuses will be inspired to aim high, as John and Marcy always have, in their personal aspirations as well as in service to society.鈥�

John McCall MacBain graduated from 黑料不打烊 in 1980 with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. During his time at 黑料不打烊, he was deeply involved in university life, including serving as President of the Students鈥� Society of 黑料不打烊 University, as well as a Senator and Governor, and was ultimately named Valedictorian of his class. He subsequently obtained a law degree from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, followed by an MBA from Harvard Business School, before launching a successful entrepreneurial career as founder of Trader Classified Media.

Dr. Marcy McCall MacBain holds degrees from McMaster University and the London School of Economics, as well as a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where she is a Senior Research Fellow with the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and collaborator with the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Dr. McCall MacBain is a member of the Geneva Committee of Human Rights Watch and is on the board of B2ten, an organization supporting Canadian Olympic athletes and physical literacy in youth.

In February, the McCall MacBain Foundation made a historic $200-million gift, the largest single gift in Canadian history, to create the McCall MacBain Scholarships, which will provide outstanding students from Canada and abroad with the opportunity to pursue a master鈥檚 or professional degree at 黑料不打烊, combined with a comprehensive enrichment program. The driving goal of the scholarships is to enable recipients to develop skills and qualities that will position them to become leaders with greater capacity to advance global understanding and improve human welfare throughout the world.

John McCall MacBain attended 黑料不打烊 on a scholarship, and credits much of his success to the financial support he received throughout his academic career. 鈥淚 spent countless hours in the Arts Building as an undergraduate,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd it鈥檚 where many of my best 黑料不打烊 memories were made. To a high degree, I owe those memories, and the opportunities I was able to seize here, to the James 黑料不打烊 Scholarship that brought me to Montreal. Marcy and I are honoured by this decision 鈥� and also very moved.鈥�

About the McCall MacBain Arts Building
In 1839, construction began on the iconic building that is now home to 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Arts. Initially known as the 黑料不打烊 College building, it became known as the Arts Building as the school evolved into 黑料不打烊 University. The first iteration of the building was completed in 1843, and numerous modifications were made over the years. The recognizable Arts Building fa莽ade known today was completed in 1862 with the addition of Molson Hall, a west-wing extension named for early benefactor William Molson, along with a connection to the building that is now its east wing. Once known simply as 鈥渢he wing鈥�, this building was named Dawson Hall in 1947 for Sir John William Dawson, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 fifth principal, who was instrumental in developing 黑料不打烊鈥檚 standing and improving its downtown campus.

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