Eric Lafferty Harvie, was a Canadian

Canada

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 businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary is one of Western Canada's largest museums, with over 93,000 square feet of exhibition space in more than 20 galleries, showcasing a selection of the Glenbow's collection of over a million objects....

, one of Western Canada's largest museum.

After drillers struck oil on land where he held mineral rights, lawyer Eric Lafferty Harvie used much of the resulting multimillion-dollar fortune benevolently. He assisted such diverse organizations as Glenbow Foundation, the Calgary Zoo and the Banff Centre for the Arts

Banff Centre

The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta...

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In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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 "for services to the Arts and the community".

External links

• Eric Lafferty Harvie at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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• Alberta's most generous philanthropist