Item A-7932 - Honourary Degrees - Presentation - John Stoik

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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - John Stoik

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  • Sept. 1984 (Creation)

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1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 10.2 cm

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John Stoik is presented with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at a special 75th Anniversary Convocation held in Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: John Lentis Stoik was born in 1920 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, where he completed his high school education. He entered the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 1937, but left with the start of World War II to serve with the RCAF. He resumed his education after the war and graduated in Chemical Engineering in 1947. After graduation Stoik joined what is now Gulf Canada Ltd.as an assistant chemist at the Moose Jaw refinery. After occupying positions of increasing responsibility in the refining department, he was named General Manager of Refining in 1965, and Vice-President of Refining in 1968. In 1971 Stoik was transferred to Seoul, South Korea, where he served three years as Executive Vice-president and Chief Executive Officer of the Korea Oil Corporation. Stoik returned to Gulf Canada Ltd. in 1974 and was named Senior Vice-president. In 1976 he was elected President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director, and in 1979 he was named Chief Executive Officer. Stoik was a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the American Petroleum Institute. In 1980, he received honourary Doctor of Laws degrees from St. Francis Xavier University and from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984. Stoik died in 2003.

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Photographer: Phase Two Photo Supplies (John Waddington)

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