Spring Convocation - Students - University of Saskatchewan

Honorary Doctor of Laws
HAROLD (HAL) EDMUND WYATT
Harold Edmund Wyatt was born and
educated in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
He served with the RCAF as a pilot
for four and a half years during World
War II, retiring with the rank of Flight
Lieutenant.
Mr. Wyatt has enjoyed a long and
influential career in Canadian business
ventures and volunteered time and
energy to the many communities in
which he has lived. He was a career
banker with the Royal Bank of Canada,
retiring in 1986 as Vice-Chairman
and Director. He was also Chairman
of Monsanto Canada Inc. and Liquid
Carbonic Inc., Deputy Chairman of
Talisman Energy Inc. (formerly BP
Canada Inc.) and National Mutual
Royal Bank (Australia) and Capel Court
(Australia). In addition, Mr. Wyatt has
served as a director for a multitude of
institutions including Albert College,
Concordia University and Banff School
of Management. He also chaired the
University of Calgary fundraising
drive for their business school then
known as Scurfield Hall. As Chairman
and Governor of the University of
Saskatchewan, he chaired many of its
committees and was the University’s
representative on the Collaborative
Committee of the Canadian Light
Source Project.
Hal Wyatt has always been a driving
force within every institution to
which he has committed his time and
considerable talents, and is highly
regarded as an involved and effective
business leader in philanthropic
work. In Calgary he currently serves
as Chairman Emeritus of the Mount
Royal College Foundation, founding
Chairman of the Calgary International
Organ Festival, Chairman of The Stan
Waters Memorial Foundation, Director
of Cantos Music Foundation and he is
a former Director of the Esther Honens
International Piano Competition. As
Governor and Vice-Chairman of the
Council of Canadian Unity, Mr. Wyatt
co-chaired the fundraising committee
for the Terry Fox Youth Centre in Ottawa.
Serving as a trustee and/or board
member, Mr. Wyatt represented the
American Management Association, the
Pacific Basin Economic Council, Asian
Pacific Foundation, The Royal Canadian
Geographical Society (as a Fellow),
St. Mary’s Hospital (Montreal), Calgary
Philharmonic Society, the Schenley
Awards, and the Calgary Winter
Festival. Within the Canadian Chamber
of Commerce, he served as National
Chairman as well as chairman of a
number of national and international
committees. He was a founding
member of B.C.N.I. (now known as the
Canadian Council of Chief Executives).
Because of these activities, he was a
frequent participant in Canadian trade
missions. He served as co-Chairman
of the Calgary Economic Development
Authority and chaired the Province of
Alberta’s Economic Study ‘Toward the
Year 2000’.
Mr. Wyatt is a Member of the Order
of Canada, and was also awarded the
Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 and the
Commemorative Medal for the 125th
Anniversary of Confederation 1992. He
is the first recipient of the University of
Calgary’s International Businessman’s
Award and in 2005 was again honoured
to be selected as a first recipient of the
noteworthy Canadian Unity Council’s
Outstanding Canadian Award.
University of Saskatchewan 23 Spring Convocation 2007