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H.R. MacMillan, C.C.
Harvey Reginald MacMillan was British Columbia’s Chief Forester,
developing
international markets for British Columbia’s lumber and instrumentally
assisting in creating the British Columbia Forest Service. In 1919, he
established the H.R. MacMillan Export Company, Ltd., the first
privately-owned lumber export brokerage firm in the province, and after
merging with Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Ltd. in 1951 to form MacMillan
Bloedel, Ltd., it became one of the most powerful forestry corporations
in the world.
In recognition of his high-level administrative service in both World
Wars, H.R. MacMillan was made a Commander of the Order of the British
Empire. He was a prominent philanthropist, giving millions of dollars to
the University of British Columbia, Vancouver’s planetarium and other
museum and was also involved in numerous debates of public policy,
especially in the arena of long-term resource management. H. R.
MacMillan was inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 1980. |
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