Further developments within the university were made possible through the generosity of UNB's Chancellor and chief benefactor, Lord Beaverbrook. He financed the construction of several new buildings, including the gymnasium, the Lady Beaverbrook Residence, and an addition to the Bonar Law-Bennett Library in 1951. Together with Dr. Bailey, he built up the research collection in the library and thus provided a key impetus for the expansion of graduate studies at the university.
UNB experienced further growth under the direction of Colin B.
Mackay, President of the university from 1953-1969. To accommodate
the financial needs generated by a period of rapid expansionism,
Mackay orchestrated successful fund-raising campaigns with the
assistance of K.C. Irving and Lord Beaverbrook. During the nineteen
sixties, several studies on Canadian universities were written
which recognized the need to democratize the governing structures
of universities and to expand faculty and student participation in
the decision-making process. Dr. Bailey became actively involved in
the restructuring of the university as head of the Commission on
the Future of the University during the mid-sixties. UNB did not
remain immune to the growing radical student democracy movements
active in the United States during the Vietnam War, and Dr. Bailey
served as Vice-President (Academic) during the "Strax Affair"
student demonstrations of 1968-1969.