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SCRYMGEOUR,
John
Alexander, 82, died August 30, 2003 in New York.
Born on August 12, 1921 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia he was the
son of Alice Rebecca
NEWBURY and Charles Edward
SCRYMGEOUR. He
is survived by his wife, Dana H.
SCRYMGEOUR; son, Jack (Ann)
and their children, Carly, Christy, Devon, Rosy and Luke; great
grand_sons, Nicholas and Isaac; son, Charles (Karen); son, Alexander
(Julie) and their daughter, Joanna; daughter, Nancy (Leslie)
and their children, Andrew and Faith; daughter, Tiffany
SHEWELL
(David) and their daughter, Chloe; and his sister, Shirley. A
proud Nova Scotian, he received his early education in Dartmouth
and attended Dalhousie University where he graduated in 1943
with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Following graduation, he
was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy where he served during
the Second World War. After the war, he departed for Western
Canada and became a major figure in the Alberta Oil Patch - first
as an executive with Home Oil and then with Commonwealth Petroleums
Limited, which at the time was Canada's largest oil well drilling
contractor. He expanded this enterprise into a global corporate
entity and further diversified into the field of plumbing and
electrical supply and distribution, forming Westburne International
Industries Limited. As the founding Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Westburne, he built one of the largest drilling, wholesale
plumbing and electrical supply and distribution companies in
North America with operations spanning the globe. One of John
SCRYMGEOUR's crowning business achievements was when, with Texan
partners, he formed
SEDCO
Industries to build offshore drilling
rigs and directed that the construction of several floating drill
rigs take place in his native province of Nova Scotia. John
SCRYMGEOUR
was the first Canadian to be named a Governor of the American
Stock Exchange; he was granted honorary doctorates from the Technical
University of Nova Scotia in 1984, Dalhousie University in 1993
and was elected to the Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame in 2002.
John SCRYMGEOUR served on many corporate boards, including Brascan,
Luscar, Encal Energy, and
ATCO
Industries, was a director, life
member and strong supporter of the Fraser Institute, and an Honorary
Member of the Canadian Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors.
A lifelong supporter of the arts, he made significant contributions
to the Edmonton Art Gallery, the Dalhousie Art Gallery, where
the main gallery is known as the Scrymgeour Gallery and to other
galleries and museums across Canada. He will be truly missed
by his family, many Friends and business associates and by countless
others for his quiet and discrete acts of kindness and generosity.
Funeral services will be held in Bermuda at Saint John's Anglican
Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian
Cancer Society or Dalhousie Art Gallery.
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