Ralph McKenzie

{{Short description|American mathematician}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Ralph McKenzie

| image = Ralph McKenzie 2004 (re-scanned).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|20}}

| birth_place = Cisco, Texas

| nationality = American

| fields = Mathematics, logic, Algebra

| workplaces = Vanderbilt University, University of California, Berkeley

| alma_mater = University of Colorado Boulder

| doctoral_advisor = James Donald Monk

| doctoral_students = Richard Laver

}}

Ralph Nelson Whitfield McKenzie (born October 20, 1941) is an American mathematician, logician, and universal algebraist.{{cite web|url=http://as.vanderbilt.edu/math/bio/ralph-mckenzie|title= Ralph McKenzie |work=Vanderbilt University, Department of Mathematics|access-date=25 March 2016}} He received his doctorate from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1967.[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=12312 Ralph McKenzie - The Mathematics Genealogy Project]

He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2016-04-27.