Culver, David M., 1924-2017

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Name (Latin)
Culver, David M., 1924-2017
Other forms of name
Culver, David M., 1924-
Date of birth
1924-12-05
Date of death
2017-02-06
Associated country
Canada
Occupation
Businesspeople
Chief executive officers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 306378657
Wikidata: Q3017724
Library of congress: no2014114234
Sources of Information
  • Amicus database, viewed 30 March 2017(authorized access point (1024C5569): Culver, David M., 1924-)
  • Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 30 March 2017(David M. Culver, C.C., O.Q., M.B.A., LL.D.; Montréal, Quebec; Companion of the Order of Canada, awarded on July 11, 1988, invested on November 8, 1988 (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Aluminum Limited, the world's second-largest producer of aluminum, he is also Chairman of the Business Council on National Issues. He has used his position as a highly respected leader in the international industrial community to improve the economic ties between Canada and the Pacific Rim countries, especially Japan. This is a promotion within the Order); Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on June 20, 1983, invested on October 5, 1983 (Since joining the Alcan group thirty-five years ago, David Culver has risen to President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Aluminium Limited. He is a leader in international business and management organizations, the C.D. Howe Institute and the Olympic Trust of Canada. He is also an active and successful fund-raiser for educational and cultural bodies in Montreal))
  • Expect miracles, [2014]title page (David M. Culver) page xi ([signed] David M. Culver, Montreal) page [3] (born in Winnipeg and grew up in Montreal's Golden Square Mile) page 9 (I came along in 1924)
  • The globe and mail, 23 February 2017, online, viewed 30 March 2017(David Culver, the chief executive officer of Alcan Aluminium Limited, died on Feb. 6; David Michael Culver was born on Dec. 5, 1924, in Winnipeg; grew up in the Golden Square Mile of Montreal; attended private schools in Montreal and Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ont., then McGill University and Harvard University, where he received an MBA in 1949; joined Alcan in 1949, becoming its chief executive officer in 1979; president of the Business Council on National Issues and patron of the McGill Chamber Orchestra; worked to preserve historic buildings along Sherbrooke Street)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 30 March 2017: David Culver (David Michael Culver CC OQ; born December 5, 1924, Winnipeg, Manitoba; attended Selwyn House School, and received a Bachelor of Science from McGill University in 1947 and an MBA from Harvard University; began working at Alcan Aluminum Limited in 1949, serving as CEO from 1979 to 1989; founded CAI Private Equity in 1989; chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives from 1986 to 1989 and Canadian chairman of the Canada-Japan Business Committee for 11 years; made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1983 and was promoted to Companion in 1988; died February 6, 2017)