Tag: Alberta philanthropy

Harley Hotchkiss Turned Petroleum Money Into Permanent Alberta Institutions

Harley Hotchkiss co-chaired Calgary's $50-million Partners in Health campaign from 1994 to…

How W. Brett Wilson Turned Business Success Into Philanthropy

W. Brett Wilson trained as a civil engineer, spent three years at…

Brett Wilson Turns Energy Deals Into Lasting Alberta Giving

W. Brett Wilson co-founded FirstEnergy Capital, once Canada's leading energy investment bank,…

Lou MacEachern Turns Calgary Cleaning Trucks Into Lasting Legacy

Louis MacEachern founded Servpro in Calgary in 1964 and built it into…

Eleanor Chiu Built a Homebuilding Career on Doing Good

Eleanor Chiu arrived in Calgary from Hong Kong in 1982, helped grow…

Robert Brawn Built an Energy Empire and Gave It Back to Calgary

Bob Brawn borrowed $40,000 in 1965 to buy an Edmonton oil recycling…

Maureen Bianchini Purvis Turns Poppies Into a Living History Lesson

Maureen Bianchini Purvis built No Stone Left Alone from a bicycle ride…

Cor Van Raay Built A Farming Empire And Gave It Back

Cor Van Raay reached Canada in 1959 and built one of southern…

Murray McCann Turned Calgary Business Success Into Lasting Compassion

James Murray McCann was born in Ottawa on December 31, 1938, spent…