Biography
Frederick Charles Mannix was born on October 21, 1913 in Edmonton, Alberta, son of Edmonton pioneers Frederick Stephen and Byryid Fitzpatrick Mannix. His father was a construction pioneer from Manitoba who moved his contracting business to Edmonton in 1905 to work on the railway grade for the Great Northern Railway.
Fred C. began working with his father at a very early age while still at school, but in the 30’s he began his career in earnest, becoming a partner with his father in 1935. These early years with his father as mentor gave him a solid foundation in general contracting. In 1942, when his father’s health was failing, the decision was made to sell the business. However Fred C. kept an ownership position and headed up the new organization, which was set up as Canadian subsidiary of the Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company of Boise, Idaho. Fred C. was now learning how to do things on a larger, more international scale. During the remainder of the 1940’s, he participated in the building of many of Canada’s major infrastructure projects including highways, pipelines, mines, dams, railways and airports. He will long be remembered as one of the great builders of our country. In 1951, Fred C. was able to bring full ownership of the outfit home to Canada, under the Mannix Construction banner.
During the 1950’s, having established one of Canada’s largest construction companies, Fred C. Mannix diversified his business, creating the Loram Group of Companies and established what became during his time the country’s largest coal producing company, Manalta Coal Ltd. In the mid-1950’s his group was successful in their bid to construct and own the Pembina Pipe Line Ltd. which later diversified into oil and gas production, eventually becoming Pembina Corporation, the largest owner/operator of crude oil and liquids feeder pipelines in Canada. Another of his companies, Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. based in the United States became a leading designer, manufacturer and service contractor of railroad maintenance equipment working principally in North America.
Fred C. Mannix withdrew from active involvement in the business in the 1970’s and at that time, passed the responsibility for the perpetuation of the group of companies over to his two sons, Frederick P. Mannix and Ronald N. Mannix. Fred P. and Ron grew the group to maturity in the 80’s and 90’s and capped off a century of the family business started by their grandfather with the divestiture of the energy assets in 1997. Manalta Coal and Pembina Pipeline and Pembina Resources Inc. were sold to the public markets. Fred P. is now operating his own group of companies, Mancal Corporation and Ron operates Coril Holdings Ltd., each independent, but each built solidly on their father’s legacy from the Loram Group.
F. C. Mannix was a founding member and long-serving Councilor of the Canada West Foundation, a director of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1965 to 1984; and a Director of the Steel Company of Canada from 1962 to 1984. He was a Trustee of Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla, California and made Trustee Emeritus until his passing in 1995.
In 1961, Fred C. Mannix and his company, Mannix Co. Ltd. won the prestigious Mole award presented by the United States construction industry—the first company outside the U.S. ever to be so honoured. Other honours bestowed on him include an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 1972, an honorary membership in the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, as well as honorary membership in the Alberta Roadbuilders Association, and the Hall of Fame of America’s Builders. Fred C. was one of only two living laureates inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame when Junior Achievement founded it in 1979. In 1985, he was named an Office of the Order of Canada, and in 1987, he was made an Honorary Associate of the Conference Board of Canada.
In 1939, Fred C. wed Margaret Ruth Boughton of the Ottawa-Hull region and together they raised their three children on the outskirts of Calgary in the Fish Creek area. Fred C. and Margie Mannix established the Carthy Foundation in 1965, together with their children Fred P., Maureen and Ron, as a family legacy. Through this family foundation they taught their children to give back to the community in which their businesses flourished. The foundation is now being stewarded by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Mannix’s eleven grandchildren. In 1998, Fred, Maureen and Ron endowed the foundation with $50 million in memory of their father and mother in order to ensure their legacy was continued for future generations of Canadians. Fred C. was also one of the founding members of the Calgary Foundation in 1955.
Fred C. Mannix passed away at the age of 81 on July 29th, 1995, but his many legacies remain for all. He was an intensely private man and remarkably reticent about his own past accomplishments. The story of life, however, reveals a man of exceptional talent and vision, a master builder whose works display an impressive scope of accomplishments helping to build our modern day Canada and many parts of North America.
Biography
Mr. Hotchkiss, O.C., A.O.E. manages his own business interests in oil and gas, real estate, agricultural and professional sports. He was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario and, after World War II service in the Canadian Merchant Marine, graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. Mr. Hotchkiss has spent his entire working career in Calgary. He is a member of several Canadian and American professional societies relating to petroleum and mineral exploration and has served on a number of corporate Boards. He is a Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and is past Chairman of the Foothills Hospital Board. He is a Director of the Hockey Hall of Fame, serves as NHL Governor for the Calgary Flames and is currently serving his fifth consecutive term as Chairman of the NHL Board of Governors. Mr. Hotchkiss is an Officer of the Order of Canada and holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary and an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Michigan State University. He was awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1998.
Biography
Richard Francis Haskayne, is the retired past Chairman of the Board of TransCanada Corporation having reached the mandatory age in April 2005. He was Chairman of Fording Inc. from 2001 to 2003, retiring when the company was converted into a Trust. He was Chairman of NOVA Corporation from 1992 to 1998 when the company merged with TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL). Mr. Haskayne was Chairman of TransAlta Corporation from 1996 to 1998 and Chairman of MacMillan Bloedel from 1996 to 1999 when Weyerhaeuser Company acquired it. Prior to 1992, Mr. Haskayne was Chairman, President and CEO of Interhome Energy Inc., an integrated energy company with two principal business units – Interprovincial Pipe Line and Home Oil. Before joining Home Oil as President and CEO in 1982, he had spent more than 20 years with Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas in various positions and was elected President of the Company in 1980. He has served as director on 18 public company boards; among them, Manulife, AEC, Crestar, EnCana Corporation and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce where he is honoured as Director Emeritus.
He currently sits on the board of Weyerhaeuser Company; is a Trustee of AHFMR (Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, a board member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Alberta Bone and Joint Institute, as well as an Advisory Committee Member for the Order of Canada.
Raised in Gleichen, Alberta, Mr. Haskayne received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Alberta in 1956 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1959. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, A Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors, a member of the Financial Executives Institute and was a member of the CICA (Macdonald Commission) to Study the Public’s Expectations of Audits. He was Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary from 1990 to 1996 and now holds the title, Board Chair Emeritus. He is Past President of the Calgary Petroleum Club and a life member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Mr. Haskayne was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997. In 1994, he received the Canadian Business Leader Award from the Faculty of Business at the University of Alberta and subsequently, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Calgary. In 1997, he was the recipient of the U of C’s Faculty of Management / Calgary Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Business Leader Award. In 2001, the University of Calgary honoured him with The Richard F. Haskayne Chair in Accounting and in 2002, the Faculty of Management was renamed the Haskayne School of Business.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants awarded him their Distinguished Service Award in 1995 and their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. He has also received the Distinguished Citizen Award from Mount Royal College and was made an Honorary Member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
In 2004, Richard Haskayne was the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution. That same year he was also inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame and the Association of Fundraising Professionals honoured him and his wife, Lois, with the Generosity of Spirit Award for their philanthropy.
Biography
The Calgary Business Hall of Fame is honoured to recognize J.R. (Bud) McCaig, Chairman of the Board of Trimac Corporation. Bud McCaig has been involved in Trimac since 1945 when it was founded as Maccam Transport Ltd. In 1960, Trimac was formed, and it purchased H.M. Trimble to acquire trucking operations in Alberta and British Columbia. From 1961 until 1968, he was President of HM Trimble & Sons and, from 1969 until 1970, he served as President of Westburne International Industries Ltd. He was named President and CEO of Trimac Ltd. in 1970, the company went public in 1971, and he was named Chairman in 1972.
Bud McCaig serves on the Board of Trimac Corporation, Bantrel Inc., Brookfield Properties Corporation and Western Lakota Energy Services Inc. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Calgary Health Trust and Past Chairman of Calgary Laboratory Services. He is also Past Chairman of the Calgary Regional Health Authority.
Bud's contributions have been frequently recognized. His awards include an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary, induction into the Saskatchewan Oil & Gas Industry Hall of Fame, Canadian Master Entrepreneur of the Year, Mount Royal College Distinguished Citizen, Paul Harris Fellowship Award from Rotary International, the 1998 Distinguished Business Leader Award from the University of Calgary and in 1999 the Order of Canada.
Bud McCaig has been a generous benefactor to the University of Calgary, establishing the McCaig Fund for Development and Enhancement and the Regional Program of Excellence in Joint Injury and Arthritis at the McCaig Centre for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research at the Faculty of Medicine.
In 2004, he made a major donation to establish the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute to greatly enhance the care and treatment of Bone and Joint injuries and Arthritis for all Albertans.
J.R. (Bud) McCaig is also a co-owner of the Calgary Flames.