Haskayne\u0027s Calgary office is a shrine to the days when he and others struggled to build a Canadian oil industry
This man has earned respect. At a time when wealth is equated with privilege, Dick ignores the labels and keeps doing what he does best. Haskayne Legacy Park, an expansive public space on the northwest edge of Calgary, is moving forward because of him.
All good. But how does the patriarch of this business school rationalize this scale of investment in new bricks and mortar for a business school at a time when there’s a glut of empty office buildings in downtown Calgary?Article content Dick Haskayne with his toy tiger, which reminds him of the old Esso slogan, “put a tiger in your tank.”Dick has a self-deprecating, aw-shucks manner: “I don’t want to insert myself into the story,” is a line he frequently injects into his storytelling. But when it’s your name on the business school, it is about you, I think to myself, as I plunge into the mysteries of naming rights on public buildings.
And now, Mathison Hall bears the name of the lead donor, businessman Ronald Mathison, whose late father and Dick grew up together in Gleichen, Alta.
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