Eric Newell
Male, Person
1944 –
Who is Eric Newell?
Eric Patrick Newell, OC, AOE, was the seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Alberta, having previously served as Chair of its Board of Governors. He is a former Chairman and CEO of the oil company Syncrude.
In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being an "advocate of business and education partnerships" and promoting "employment and business opportunities for Aboriginal people." In 2004, he was awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence.
As an undergraduate he attended the University of British Columbia, and is an alumnus of the Theta chapter of Sigma Phi Delta.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1944
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- University of British Columbia
- Employment
- University of Alberta
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on July 23, 2013
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