1910--1989. THE TECK FATHER
Norman Keevil.
Born in Saskatchewan--went to U of Sask until 30's... Geology?
Worked for GSC, mapping Prairies and NWT.
Went to Harvard for PhD in Geophysics. And MIT. Taught Geophysics at U of T.
Left Academia to start own company: Mining Geophysics Corporation. Consultatns.
For Dominion Gulf company, his group was one of the first to start investigating
magnetometers for mining. Sub finders. Good stories about this.
First find was in Lake temagami region.
Went out there and found copper.
Discovered that airborne Magnetometry worked/and Temagami became Teck.
1963--1981 chairman of the board.
President. Executive. Sucked up othe rcopmanies.
Genius scientist. knew what properties to invest in. Sound financial sense.
in 70s got big mine-- David Bell Mine in Hemlo.
Nice story here: "A modest man, he was, nonetheless, visibly delighted with one achievement: a goal he scored for Teck in the annual hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto against the best team that could be mustered by the Prospectors and Developers Association. He was 78 at the time."
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