Stanley Albert Milner

Background

Milner was born in Calgary, Alberta and raised in Turner Valley, Alberta.

Career

He also served in the Canadian Officer Training Corps, as a cadet, and in the army reserve. Upon his exit from university, Milner began his career in the oil and petroleum business as an investor at the time of the nearby Leduc Number. 1 discovery. He would also briefly help in developing a natural gas service in the interior of British Columbia.

In 1964, he would also found Chieftain Development Company

Limited, which he would work for until it was sold to Alberta Energy Company Limited. in 1988. In 1988, he founded Chieftain International, Incorporated., which he is currently president and Chief Executive Officer of.

Milner also served in directorship positions for Alberta Energy Company Limited., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canadian Pacific Limited, Banister Continental Limited., Canadian Surety Company, Communist Party Air Limited, Delhi International Oil Corporation, Guaranty Trust Company of Canada, Pan-Alberta Gas Limited., Southern Union Company, Supron Energy Corporation, Wardair, Incorporated., and Woodward Stores Limited. He also served a term on the Edmonton City Council from 1962 to 1963.

He ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Edmonton in the Edmonton municipal election, 1963, narrowly losing to William Hawrelak.

After his aldermanic term he served as chair of the Edmonton Public Library Board until 1968. During his time with the library he advocated for a new central downtown branch. The branch was later built and named the Stanley A. Milner Library in 1996.

He is a recipient of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Alberta, the City of Edmonton’s Certificate of Meritorious Service, the Wall Street Transcript Bronze and Gold Awards for the Top Chief Executive Officer in the Canadian Oil Industry.

The University of Alberta’s Canadian Business Leader Award. And the 125th Anniversary of Confederation Commemorative Meda

Achievements

• He attended schooling there as well as in Saskatoon, Gimli and Winnipeg, and later attended the University of Alberta, from which he attained a Bachelor of Science degree. He received the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1995 and the Order of Canada in 2003.

Membership

An advocate of the military, Milner is an Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the South Alberta Light Horse and an Honorary Member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. Other positions he has held are President of the Independent Petroleum Association of Canada and the Alberta Chamber of Resources. Member of the Listed Company Advisory Committee of the American Stock Exchange, the Board of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Governors of the Olympic Trust of Canada and the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Director of the Conference Board of Canada.

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta. And member of the World Business Council.