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Type of entity
Person
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MacNeil, Malcolm F.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1896-1971
History
Malcolm F. MacNeil was born ca. 1896 at Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia. He was orphaned at an early age and in his teens he moved to Boston, Mass. He married Margaret Andrews and had three children: Helen, Mary Lou, and Norman. He became a businessman and eventually was named chairman of Ark-Les Switch Corp. He became a trustee of Lawrence Academy in Groton, CT and was named to the board of governors of St. Francis Xavier University. Throughout his life he was involved in numerous philanthropic projects. He received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from St. F. X. University and was knighted in 1956 as a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher for his fundraising and charitable works. MacNeil died 1 December 1971.