Famous People with Name Macalister

John Kenneth Macalister            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Kenneth Macalister: was a Canadian hero of World War II.John Macalister graduated the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) and from the University of Toronto, then as a Rhodes Scholar studied at Oxford University. He was expanding his education further at the Institute of Corporate Law in Paris, France when World War II began in 1939. When he took the bar exam, Macalister placed first among over 150 candidates in the British Empire, . Macalister tried to join the infantry but his eyesight was such that he needed thick glasses and as such could not be placed on active duty. However, fluent in the French language, John Macalister volunteered for the Special Operations Executive F Section where as an agent in France, his thick glasses would actually add to his disguise.

Robert Stuart MacAlister            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Stuart MacAlister: was an oil-well-supplies salesman and a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1934 and 1939. In October 1940, MacAlister was chairman of the California State Democratic [Party] Federation.