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Richard (Dick) Francis Haskayne, OC AOE is a Canadian businessman and Philanthropist. He was born on December 18, 1934 to Robert and Bertha Haskayne. He was raised in Gleichen, Alberta by his parents who were English immigrants and ran butcher shops in Gleichen and Bassano. He did Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta in 1956. Then, he moved to Calgary and married Lee Murray in 1958. In 1959, he became Chartered Accountant. He became President at Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas in 1980. He served as president and chief executive officer of Interhome Energy, Home Oil Company and Interprovincial Pipe Line Limited. He also remained member of 18 company boards. He worked as a chairman of board of Trans Alta Utilities, MacMillian Bloedell and Nova. Dick lost his wife due to ALS in 1993. His second marriage with Lois Heard in 1995, combining childre from the previous marriage, together gave him five children and eleven grandchildren. In 2001, the University of Calgary acknowledged Dick's leadership by creating the Richard F. Haskay]yne Chair in Accounting. The following year, the school's Faculty of Management was renamed as Haskayne School of Business. He was also honored with Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate citizenship in 2004. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editingwork8 (talk • contribs) 07:45, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

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Richard Haskayne OC ACE is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was born on December 18, 1934 to Robert and Bertha Haskayne. He was raised in Gleichen, Alberta by his parents who were English immigrants and ran butcher shops in Gleichen and Bassano.

He did Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta in 1956. Then, he moved to Calgary and married Lee Murray in 1958. In 1959, he became Chartered Accountant. He became President at Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas in 1980. He served as president and chief executive officer of Interhome Energy, Home Oil Company and Interprovincial Pipe Line Limited. He also remained member of 18 company boards. He worked as a chairman of board of Trans Alta Utilities, Mac Millan Bloedell and Nova Corporation. Dick lost his wife due to ALS in 1993. His marriage with Lois Heard (second wife) in 1995, combining children from the previous family, gave them five children and eleven grandchildren.

In 2001, the University of Calgary acknowledged Dick's leadership by creating the Richard F. Haskayne Chair in Accounting. The following year, the school's Faculty of Management was renamed as Haskayne School of Business. He was also honored with Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate citizenship in 2004.

He spent more than twenty years with Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas becoming president in 1980. He was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Interhome Energy Inc.

From 1992 to 1998, he was chairman of NOVA Corporation when the company merged with TransCanada Pipelines Limited. From 1990 to 1996, he was the chairman of the board of governors of the University of Calgary and is currently board chair emeritus. From 1996 to 1998, he was chairman of TransAlta Corporation. From 1996 to 1999, he was chairman of the board of MacMillan Bloedel Limited when it was acquired by Weyerhaeuser. In 1997, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for "his high ethical business standards" and for having "helped lead fund-raising campaigns for several organizations such as the University of Calgary and the United Way."

He retired from TransCanada Pipelines in 2005.He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (F.C.A.). He was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, the Calgary Business Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada. He sits on the board of directors for the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute. and a member of the Community and Partners Advisory Committee of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. In 2006, he received the Alberta Order of Excellence. Haskayne's memoir "Northern Tigers: Building Ethical Canadian Corporate Champions" was published on March 28, 2007 by Key Porter Books. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editingwork8 (talk • contribs) 09:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)