Background
Picard, Robert Real was born on August 24, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jerry and Irene (Charbonneau) Picard.
Picard, Robert Real was born on August 24, 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Jerry and Irene (Charbonneau) Picard.
Master of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, 1958.
Junior engineer Montreal East Refinery,, Shell Canada Ltd., 1958-1965; department manager, Shell Canada Ltd., 1965-1968; refinery superintendent Montreal East Refinery, Shell Canada Ltd., 1972-1974; refinery manager, Shell Canada Ltd., 1974-1979; plant manager Waterton Gas Plant,, Shell Canada Ltd., Pincher Creek, Alberta, 1968-1970; manager planning Head office, Shell Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 1970-1972; general manager research, Shell Canada Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 1979-1984; vice president research, Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, 1984-1986; vice president human resources, Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, 1986-1990; senior vice president technical, safety and environmental, Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, since 1990.
Member advisory council Ecole Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Montreal, since 1988. Board directors Technology Service Council, Toronto, since 1991, Alberta Research Council, Calgary, since 1991, Calgary Research and Development Authority, since 1991, Canada Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, since 1991.
Married Lise Lariviere, June 14, 1958. Children: Robert R. Junior, Johanne Picard Thomson.