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Donald Oborowsky (born 1949, Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan) is a businessperson and philanthropist, based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.〔Bloomberg Business, (Profile of Donald J. Oborowsky ); www.Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.〕 ==History== Donald Oborowsky was raised in Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan. Choosing not to complete high school, he left home at the age of seventeen and relocated to Edmonton, Alberta in 1966. That same year, he commenced his apprenticeship as a carpenter〔 at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, at the initiative of his employer, a small, residential building contractor.〔Nick Lees, (Waiward path has led Oborowsky back to NAIT ). Edmonton Journal via Canada.com, February 2, 2007. Retrieved 2015-09-25.〕 Following work as a carpenter, he obtained employment as a steel fitter,〔 leaving his carpentry apprenticeship program after three and a half years.〔 In 1971, at the age of twenty-two,〔Gyle Konotopetz, (Steely Don shows old-fashioned mettle ). Business Edge, November 30, 2004. Retrieved 2015-09-17.〕 he co-founded, with Theodore Degner,〔 Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd.〔 and became the company's Chief Executive Officer.〔Alberta School of Business, (Business Advisory Council - Profile of Donald Oborowsky ); www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-09.〕 The company, owned as of 2015 by the Hillcore Group,〔(Profile of the Hillcore Group ); www.hillcoregroup.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11.〕 a Canadian investment firm,〔(Waiward History ); www.waiward.com. Retrieved 2015-09-11.〕 grew to include approximately 800 employees and is regarded as one of the largest privately-owned automated industrial steel fabrication facilities in Canada.〔 The company is also recognized as a Platinum Member of Canada's Best Managed Companies, a recognition program sponsored by Deloitte, where the company has qualified by being so honoured for at least seven consecutive years.〔(Platinum Club Members - Canada's Best Managed Companies ); www.bestmanagedcompanies.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-11.〕 Oborowsky has had a long history of governance and leadership roles with post-secondary educational institutions. He was named as a member of the Business Advisory Council of the Alberta School of Business, located within the University of Alberta.〔 He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology from 2002 to 2008, and is identified as one of the institution's "Top 50 Alumni".〔Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, (Top 50 Alumni - Don Oborowsky ); www.nait.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-15.〕 In 2007, at the age of fifty-eight, Oborowsky wrote the examinations to complete his long interrupted carpentry apprenticeship and obtained his Red Seal certificate.〔〔 Oborowsky's philanthropic activities include initial and ongoing support of the Alberta Diabetes Foundation.〔〔Alberta Diabetes Foundation, (Donor Profiles ). Retrieved 2015-09-28.〕 He also contributed $1 million to establish the Waiward Centre for Steel Technologies at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Oborowsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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