Professor, author, historian — McMahon ‘did it all with ease’

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In 2007, he received an honorary doctorate of civil law from Assumption University.

McMahon began his long career in education at Assumption College School before being hired as an associate professor at the University of Windsor’s department of history on its founding in 1963.

He served in many senior administrative positions at the local university, including assistant to the dean of the faculty of arts and science and the first dean of students (1967 to 1980). He was assistant vice-president, student services, for four years and he retired in 1996 as assistant vice-president of alumni affairs.

He was the type of teacher who did his best to make sure students succeeded

McMahon established the Alumni Sports Hall of Fame in 1985 and was later inducted as founder.

“It’s just amazing. And he did it all with such ease,” Dorothy said. “He was the person that everybody would contact for any information about the University of Windsor, even after he retired.

“He was such a wonderful administrator. He was a wonderful professor,” Dorothy said. “He continually received, even after he retired, letters from alumni who had him as a teacher or previous high school students.

“He was very interested in youth. He was the type of teacher who did his best to make sure students succeeded in their studies and in their future goals.”

McMahon received many accolades and medals over the course of his life, including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, the Rev. E.C. LeBel award presented by Assumption University, and the Centennial Medal in 1967 for Air Cadet League of Canada service.