John Kenneth Jamieson (28 August 1910 – 26 September 1999) was a Canadian-American engineer and oilman. Jamieson served from 1963 to 1964 as the president of

Humble Oil Humble Oil and Refining Co. was an American oil company founded in 1911 in Humble, Texas. In 1919, a 50% interest in Humble was acquired by the Standard Oil of New Jersey which acquired the rest of the company in September 1959. The Humble bran ...

, and from 1965 to 1969 as president and 1969 to 1975 as chairman of

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Biography

He was born in

Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are within ...

and graduated from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

in 1931.

Honors

In 1975, Jamieson received the Golden Plate Award of the

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References

1910 births Canadian business executives 1999 deaths Canadian expatriates in the United States {{Canada-business-bio-stub