These have since become faculties and the schools of business and graduate studies: humanities, social sciences, science, engineering, business and health sciences.

In 1967 McMaster, with the exception of its Divinity College, was reorganized into divisions. Rapid growth during the 1960s was highlighted by the establishment of doctoral programs in humanities and social sciences, the organization of a business school and the planning of a college of health sciences.

The Baptist connection continued, however, through the incorporation and affiliation of McMaster Divinity College. In 1957, when it became evident that Baptist resources alone were insufficient, McMaster became a fully nondenominational private institution. A nuclear reactor was constructed on campus, the first such university facility in Canada. Under Thode's leadership, engineering and nuclear studies expanded. By this time doctoral programs in the sciences had either been implemented or were being planned. As a result, Hamilton College was established in 1948 as a nondenominational affiliate which would be eligible for governmental funding. Stimulated by scientific and technological demands, McMaster underwent a structural reorganization so that it might receive vital public aid, a process directed by George P. Thode for crucial wartime nuclear studies.

The war also led to the recruitment of the chemistry department's H.G. This arrangement honoured the traditional Baptist refusal to accept financial assistance from any public body.Īlthough WWII threatened enrolment, the demand for trained scientific personnel in industry and the armed forces prompted feverish activity in the university's laboratories. Whidden, a fresh start was made in nearby Hamilton, which offered an ample setting for McMaster's 500 students and considerable private support from its citizens. While in Toronto, McMaster had to overcome the opposition of theological conservatives to the instruction it presented. Aerial photograph (courtesy McMaster University).

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