Murray George Ross, OC OOnt (April 12, 1910 – July 20, 2000) was a Canadian sociologist, author, and academic administrator.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of James Alway Ross and Sarah Agnes Kay,[1] Ross received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology from Acadia University in 1936.
[2] In 1951, Ross was appointed an associate professor of Social Work at the University of Toronto.
In 1959, he was appointed President of York University and served until 1970 when he became a professor of Social Science.
[2] In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of his innovative leadership in the field of higher education".