John R. McDougall (Petroleum Engineer)
| John R. McDougall | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Occupation | President of National Research Council (Canada) until his retirement July 28, 2016, petroleum engineer |
| Known for | Re-focusing NRC |
| Spouse(s) | Irene |
| Children | John, Jordan, Michael and stepson Kyle. |
John R. McDougall; also John McDougall was appointed as the President of the National Research Council (Canada) in April 2010. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Research Council (ARC)for 12 years. He worked for ten years as a petroleum engineer. He was a "member of the NRC-Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) Advisory Board from 2002 to 2006 and also contributed to the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence, the Edmonton Space & Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Advisory Committee." He contributed to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), a Canadian government agency that funds, promotes and assists research in the natural sciences and in engineering.
From 1991 to 1997, he served as the university's first Poole Chair in Management for Engineers, a leadership position within the Faculty of Engineering.
McDougall, who was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, is the great-grandson of the Edmonton pioneer John Alexander McDougall, a former mayor of Edmonton who founded McDougall & Secord in 1879. After graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for nine years in the 1960s and early 1970s as a chemical engineer with Esso, Imperial Oil.
In the 1970s McDougall joined the family business where his father was President. McDougall & Secord specializes in real estate, development, and investment. McDougall was still working for the family business in 2003. By that time he was one of the wealthiest business leaders in Edmonton. McDougall is the titular head of McDougall and Secord.
He established his own consulting company Dalcor Innoventures Ltd. in 1975 which specialized in large projects ($100 million) in Alberta and around the world undertaking "research, proposals, regulatory approvals, public and stakeholder relations, management,and construction" in "offshore oil, transportation, ports, pipelines, synthetic materials, and coal."
While continuing to manage Dalcor, McDougall was Poole Chair from 1991 to 1997.
In 1997 McDougall became president and CEO of the Alberta Research Council (ARC) and remained there for 12 years. ARC was first established in 1921 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Alberta Science and Research Authority (ASRA). By 2005,
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