H. R. MacMillan

H. R. MacMillan
Born	Harvey Reginald MacMillan (1885-09-09)September 9, 1885 Pine Orchard, Stouffville, Ontario
Died	February 9, 1976(1976-02-09) (aged 90) Vancouver, British Columbia
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	forester, industrialist

Harvey Reginald MacMillan, CC CBE (September 9, 1885 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian forester, forestry industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist.

Born in Pine Orchard, Whitchurch Township, Ontario (today part of Whitchurch–Stouffville), he attended school in Bogarttown, Sharon, and Aurora.^[1] He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College^[2] (then part of the University of Toronto) in 1906 with an honours degree in biology. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Forestry at Yale University^[2] in 1908. In 1912, he was appointed first Chief Forester of British Columbia.^[2]

In 1919, backed by British timber merchant Montague Meyer, MacMillan established the H.R. MacMillan Export Company, Ltd.^[2]

He was Honorary Colonel of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada from November 23, 1953, to August 7, 1957.^[3]

Legacy

MacMillan funded multiple of philanthropic endeavours, many of which were named in his honour. These include:

• MacMillan Provincial Park^[4]
• H. R. MacMillan Space Centre

Bibliography

• Ken Drushka (1995). H.R.: A Biography of H.R. MacMillan. Harbour Publishing. ISBN 1-55017-129-1.
• Donald MacKay (1982). Empire of wood : the MacMillan Bloedel story. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 0888943709.

References

1. Jean Barkey, et al., Whitchurch Township Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine (Erin ON: Boston Mills, 1993), 76.
2. Martin, Joseph E. (2017). "Titans". Canada's History. 97 (5): 47–53. ISSN 1920-9894.
3. Roy, Reginald (1969). The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1919-1965. Vancouver: Evergreen Press. p. 515.
4. "Ministry of Environment - MacMillan". Archived from the original on 2006-04-18. Retrieved 2006-04-18.

External links

• Media related to H.R. MacMillan at Wikimedia Commons