Neil W. Macdonald was an accomplished writer. He published The League that Lasted and Saucy Jack: Alias Jack the Ripper. After graduating with honours from Duke of Connaught High School in New Westminster, BC, he earned bachelors (1958) and masters (1960) degrees in psychology from UBC, a masters in journalism (1967) from the University of Oregon, a PhD in mass communications (1966) from the University of Minnesota, and, late in life, a masters in physical education (1991) from UBC.
Neil was a true renaissance man. As a young man he was invited to a Pittsburgh Pirates training camp only to have his pro baseball dreams cut short by rheumatic fever. In college, he became a reporter, covering crime and then sports for the Vancouver Province and the Eugene Register-Guard, which he always said were the happiest days of his life, covering the BC Lions and sports across Oregon. He won a national award for an article in Old Oregon and later in life wrote book reviews for the Vancouver Sun and was a sports reporter for The Northern Light in Blaine, WA.
He became a psychology professor and taught briefly at St. Francis Xavier University, Laurentian University, BCIT, and for almost thirty years at Vancouver City College (VCC). For a time he taught at two colleges at once: VCC and Douglas College. Year after year he earned the highest possible student reviews for his entertaining lecturing style. He wrote, produced and hosted a cable television show on psychology in the 1970s that won a Canadian national cable award, and reported sports on the radio.
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Scot Macdonald is the author of five novels and four non-fiction books. His work has appeared in the Writers' Journal, Funds for Writers, and Animal Wellness, among many other magazines, websites and journals. He earned a degree in psychology and history from the University of British Columbia, a journalism degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and degrees in International Relations from the University of Southern California.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, daughter and spoiled wheaten Scottish terrier.
