Editing Arthur Irving (section)

==Biography==
Arthur Irving was born on July 14, 1930<ref name="CBC-death">{{cite news |last=Poitras |first=Jacques |authorlink=Jacques Poitras |title=Billionaire businessman Arthur Irving dead at 93 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/arthur-irving-death-1.7202701 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=CBC News New Brunswick |date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513174923/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/arthur-irving-death-1.7202701 |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], [[New Brunswick]], the second son of industrialist K. C. Irving.<ref name="dartmouth.edu">{{cite web|url=https://irving.dartmouth.edu/about-institute/about-donors|title=About the Donors – The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society|website=irving.dartmouth.edu|accessdate=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930174747/http://irving.dartmouth.edu/about-institute/about-donors|archive-date=September 30, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> His mother, Harriet Lila Irving ({{nee|MacNarin}}), was from Galloway in [[Kent County, New Brunswick|Kent County]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Irvings |url=https://kcirvingcentre.acadiau.ca/about/about-the-irvings/ |website=[[Acadia University]] |access-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513031014/https://kcirvingcentre.acadiau.ca/about/about-the-irvings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Irving attended the Winter Street School as well as the [[Rothesay Collegiate School]].<ref name="IrvingObituary2">{{cite web |title=Obituary for Arthur L. Irving |url=https://www.irvingoil.com/en-US/press-room/obituary-for-arthur-l-irving |website=[[Irving Oil]] |access-date=May 16, 2024 |date=May 14, 2024}}</ref> He was later temporarily enrolled at [[Acadia University]],<ref name="dartmouth.edu"/> of which he later served as [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] between 1996 and 2010,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mott |first1=Sean |title=Irving Oil former president dies at age 93 |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/irving-oil-former-president-dies-at-age-93-1.6884961 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[CTV Atlantic]] |date=May 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513193135/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/irving-oil-former-president-dies-at-age-93-1.6884961 |url-status=live }}</ref> though he later dropped out to pursue work in the family industry.<ref name="FinancialPost1998">{{cite news |title=Canada's corporate elite 1998: ninth annual review of leaders and leadership |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/223887839 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[Financial Post]] |date=November 1998 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513194325/https://www.proquest.com/docview/223887839/9DA8F4822DFC4175PQ/3 |id={{ProQuest|223887839}} |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1951, he began working at [[Irving Oil]], later becoming its president in 1972,<ref name="IrvingObituary">{{cite news |title=Irving Oil announces the passing of its Chairman Emeritus, Arthur L. Irving |url=https://www.irvingoil.com/en-CA/press-room/irving-oil-announces-the-passing-its-chairman-emeritus-arthur-l-irving |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[Irving Oil]] |date=May 13, 2024 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513171617/https://www.irvingoil.com/en-CA/press-room/irving-oil-announces-the-passing-its-chairman-emeritus-arthur-l-irving |url-status=live }}</ref> following the retirement of his father.<ref name="FinancialPost1998"/>

Irving spent over three decades on [[Ducks Unlimited Canada]]'s [[board of directors]],<ref name="RedCross-Gleaner">{{cite news |title=Arthur Irving to receive Red Cross Humanitarian Award |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1362335705 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gleaner]] |date=June 4, 2013 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513183447/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1362335705/5FB7E4EB763245B5PQ/5 |id={{ProQuest|1362335705}} |url-status=live }}</ref> and was president from 1986 to1987.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mazerolle |first1=Brant |title=N.B. man named president of Ducks Unlimited Canada |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1430989718 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gleaner]] |date=September 10, 2013 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513194321/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1430989718/FFC7219E17024897PQ/4 |id={{ProQuest|1430989718}} |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following their father's death in 1992, ownership and responsibility for the Irving companies were divided amongst Irving along with his brothers [[James K. Irving|James]] and [[John E. Irving|Jack]]. Irving Oil's responsibility was passed to Irving, which included its [[gas station]]s, [[oil refineries]],<ref name="ForbesProfile"/> oil tankers, distribution terminals and other facilities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Irving Oil |url=https://www.irvingoil.com/en-US/discover-irving/about-us |access-date=May 14, 2024 |website=www.irvingoil.com |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407185530/https://www.irvingoil.com/en-US/discover-irving/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref> while a portion of the company's stake was given to Jack, which his family later sold to the Arthur Irving Family Trust in 2018.<ref name="CBC-2018Sale">{{cite news |last1=Poitras |first1=Jacques |author1-link=Jacques Poitras |title=Jack Irving's family sells stake in major Irving Oil shakeup |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-oil-jack-irving-buyout-1.4688059 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=June 1, 2018 |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513205533/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-oil-jack-irving-buyout-1.4688059 |url-status=live }}</ref>

While serving as its chancellor, Irving, along with his two brothers, donated two facilities to Acadia University in 2002: the K. C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, as well as the [[Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens]].<ref>[http://www.acadiau.ca/whatsnew/newsrelease/2003/spring_convoc_07may03.html Acadiau.Ca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607135047/http://www.acadiau.ca/whatsnew/newsrelease/2003/spring_convoc_07may03.html |date=June 7, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Irvings give university new centre |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/412849766 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gleaner]] |date=September 18, 2002 |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514210554/https://www.proquest.com/docview/412849766/5FB7E4EB763245B5PQ/8 |id={{ProQuest|412849766}} |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, in partnership with Acadia University and Ducks Unlimited Canada, Irving established the Beaubassin Research Station in [[Aulac, New Brunswick|Aulac]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackenzie |first1=Amy |title=Researchers to study benefits of wetlands |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1037496496 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |date=September 1, 2012|id={{ProQuest|1037496496}} }}</ref> In 2016, [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]] accepted $80 million from the Irving family to set up the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society – Dartmouth News|url=https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2016/09/announcing-arthur-l-irving-institute-energy-and-society|website=news.dartmouth.edu|date=September 16, 2016 |accessdate=June 29, 2018|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920084211/https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2016/09/announcing-arthur-l-irving-institute-energy-and-society|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dartmouth.edu" />

Until October 2023, Irving served as the [[Irving Oil]] board of directors' chairman,<ref name="GlobeAndMailDeath">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Jason |title=Irving Oil owner Arthur Irving dead at 93 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-irving-oil-owner-arthur-irving-dead-at-93/ |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=May 13, 2024 |language=en-CA |archive-date=May 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513171232/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-irving-oil-owner-arthur-irving-dead-at-93/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though he continued to work in the business until his death.<ref name="IrvingObituary"/> His stepping down came amidst a "strategic review of the company's future" announced earlier in June 2023, in which there was mention that the review "could lead to its full or partial sale."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brice |first1=Mcvicar |title=Ian Whitcomb stepping down as Irving Oil president |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2932728901 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=[[The Daily Gleaner]] |date=February 28, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514210556/https://www.proquest.com/docview/2932728901/81778FEAA0AD4517PQ/11 |id={{ProQuest|2932728901}} |url-status=live }}</ref>