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...didn't. Too young for World War II and too old for Vietnam, McArthur was lucky. In fact, luck--in the sense of being in the right place at the right time--has played a defining role in the life of John McArthur...
Since that autumn morning more than half a century ago, little in McArthur's life has been planned. Had it been, it is unlikely the former schoolboy from Canada would today enjoy the understated elegance of the first floor corner office of the Business School's Morgan Hall...
From that office, McArthur plays a critical, if often behind-the-scenes role on campus, exercising what observers say is the power to determine the success or failure of the University's upcoming $2 billion capital campaign and President Neil L. Rudenstine's efforts at increased Interfaculty cooperation...
Growing up in the 1930s and 1940s in a small town on the outskirts of Vancouver, the three McArthur children did not know luxury. Their father worked as a grain inspector for the Canadian government. Their mother stayed home to raise the family...
...Between grade 12 and grade 13, one of the family members in the family that owned this place called me in and talked to me about going to university, which I hadn't thought about doing," McArthur recalls...