Richard Currie

Richard James Currie,O.C.,B.Sc.Eng.,M.B.A., L.L.D., P.Eng., (born 1937) is a noteable Canadian businessman.

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he initially studied at the University of New Brunswick in 1955, after receiving a Beaverbrook Scholarship to attend the school. He later received a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemistry degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia in 1960 and, after working as an engineer until 1968, he decided to continue his education and get a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard University in 1970[1][2].

In 1960, he joined Atlantic Sugar Refineries as a Process Engineer and was a Refining Superintendent from 1963 to 1968. In 1970, he became a Senior Associate at McKinsey & Co. In 1972, he joined Loblaws as a Vice-President, becoming Executive Vice-President in 1974, and President in 1976. In 1996, he was appointed President of Loblaws parent company, George Weston Ltd. and in 2002 was appointed Chairman of BCE Inc.

In 2003, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of New Brunswick. There, in 2004, he established the Blake-Kirkpatrick Scholarships in memory of his two grandmothers: Ida Mae Blake and Jannet Kirkpatrick[3].

On October 20, 2005, the University of New Brunswick established a Chair in Nanotechnology in his honour. This is the first Chair in Nanotechnology in Canada[4].

He currently sits on the board of directors of Bell Canada Enterprises, CAE, and Petro-Canada.

In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2004.

References

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