Daryl Seaman
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Daryl Kenneth "Doc" Seaman, OC, B.Sc, LL.D (born April 28, 1922) is a Canadian businessman.
Born in Rouleau, Saskatchewan, the son of Byron L. Seaman and Mae (Patton) Seaman, he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II, he served with Royal Canadian Air Force as a Flying Officer.
In 1949, he was the Co-founder of Bow Valley Industries, an international oil and gas company. He sold his company to Talisman Energy in 1994.
From 1984 to 1985, he was a member of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada.
He is part owner of the Calgary Flames, having been one of the original group of six Calgary businessmen who bought and moved the NHL’s Atlanta Flames hockey team to Calgary in 1980. The other original investors are Harley Hotchkiss, Ralph T. Scurfield, Byron Seaman, Norman Green, and Normie Kwong. He is one of only three remaining members of that original group. He won the Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989.
In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1983, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Saskatchewan.[1] In 2004, he was inducted into the Calgary Business Hall of Fame.
