Hemmingsen, John O.

He was the son of Matt Hemmingsen.

He started work at the age of none for his father as a spark chaser. After graduation as a forester from UBC he worked with Hemmingsen-Cameron Logging Co. Ltd. at Port Renfrew BC.

In 1945-49 with the sale of Hemmingsen-Cameron Logging Co. Ltd. To BC Forest Products he took an appointment with Newfoundland Pulp & Paper (a subsidiary of Bowater Mersey). Afterwards he sold heavy equipment for Finning Tractor Co. for a brief time, then joined Bloedel Stewart and Welch at Port Alberni as Assistant Chief Forester. After the merger as MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

He was appointed as Regional Manager at Great Central Lake.

In 1956 he was promoted as General Manager of Logging in the Alberni area. Later he went to Nanaimo as Regional Manager of Logging.

He was the Executive Vice-President of Natural Resources and a Director of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.