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SAR Dean Emeritus Makechnie dies at 98
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George Makechnie Photo by Kalman Zabarsky |
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George Makechnie (SED’29,’31, Hon.’79), dean emeritus of Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and BU historian, died in Peterborough, N.H., on March 22. He was 98.
Makechnie came to BU as a freshman in 1925, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the School of Education, and continued as an SED administrator and then faculty member; he was acting dean from 1943 to 1944. When Sargent College, a division of SED since 1929, became a separate college in 1945, he was named dean and served until his retirement in 1972. He was director of Sargent Camp, now the Sargent Center for Outdoor Education, from 1945 to 1952. Additionally he was acting dean of CFA from 1959 to 1961, was instrumental in founding the School of Nursing, was founder and director of the Howard Thurman Center, and in 1943 was founder and curriculum director of BU’s Civil Affairs Training School, funded by a government contract to educate senior army officers for the occupation of Germany. Author of three books and seven monographs on BU history, he was named University historian in 2001, 71 years after his first BU appointment. He was on campus virtually every workday from 1925 until he moved to Peterborough two years ago to be near one of his sons. Last year he wrote an article, on assignment, for Bostonia magazine and was an active advisor on a fundraising campaign for Sargent Center.
A full appreciation of his life will appear in the April 8 B.U. Bridge.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. at Marsh Chapel.
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March 2005
Boston University
Office of University Relations