Background
CULVER, David was born on December 5, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manager. Son of Albert Ferguson and Fern Elizabeth (Smith) Culver.
CULVER, David was born on December 5, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manager. Son of Albert Ferguson and Fern Elizabeth (Smith) Culver.
McGill University, Montreal, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Centre d'Etudes Industrielles, Geneva.
Joined Alcan Aluminium Ltd. since 1949, on staff of Centre d'Etudes Industrielles, Geneva, transferred to Company sales office, New York, later Manager. Vice-President and Director Alcan Institute Ltd. (Montreal) 1956-1962, President since 1962.
Executive Vice-President and Director Alcan Aluminium Ltd. 1968-1975, regional Executive Vice-President N. America and Caribbean 1975, President 1977-1989, Chief Executive Officer 1979-1989, Chairman January 1987-1989, President, and Chief Executive Officer Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. 1975, Chairman 1978-1979, since 1983.
Chairman Alcan Pacific Ltd. October 1984-1989; retd, from Alcan 1989. Presently Chairman CAI Capital Corporation, Montreal.
Honorary Chairman Business Council on National Issues. Director American Express Company, Shearson Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., American Cynamid Company, The Seagram Company Ltd.
Chairman Board Trustees National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada-Japan Businessmen’s Co-operation Committee 1977-1988. Honorary Doctor of Laws (McGill University, York University, Toronto). Honorary Doctor of Science App.
(University of Sherbrooke). Officer, National.
Institute Council, J. P. Morgan and Company. Advisory council Institute for Institute Studies. Stanford University, Centre for Canadian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced Institute Studies.
Board of Trustees, Lester B. Pearson College, of the Pacific.
Married Mary Cecil Powell in 1949.