Curiosity's Destinations: Tales and Insights from the Life of a Geologist - Donald McIvor - Paperback

Don McIvor was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, virtual dead-center of the North American continent, roughly equidistant from the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. Starting with his beloved Canadian prairie in the 1930’s, McIvor subsequently traversed the world in the search for oil and his parallel quest for personal growth and discovery. Growing out of a Scottish tradition stressing literacy and education, combined with scientific fire and the desire to know more, thereby making sense of the world around him, McIvor was as a child and remains to this day Donny Why,” whether explaining the science of water turning to ice, the equation that represents a straight line, or observing the awe and mystery of the universe. Don McIvor was averse to leading an ordinary life. He sought out and found adventure and fulfillment in a geological career spanning the globe. Staring as an entry-level earth scientist, McIvor rose through the ranks to become CEO of the second largest corporation in Canada, Imperial Oil. From there, he became a Director and Senior Vice President of Exxon, now ExxonMobil, the world’s largest and demonstrably the most successful publicly owned oil company. In forty-three years with Exxon, a unique career in today’s world, only rarely did he not enjoy it, be challenged by it, and feel fulfilled by it.McIvor, Donald is the author of 'Curiosity's Destinations: Tales and Insights from the Life of a Geologist - Donald McIvor - Paperback' with ISBN 9780974517926 and ISBN 0974517925.