Jack Gallagher (oilman)

Jack Gallagher
Born(1916-07-16)16 July 1916
Died16 December 1998(1998-12-16) (aged 82)
EducationUniversity of Manitoba (BSc 1937)
Spouse
Kathleen Marjorie Stewart
(m. 1949)

John Edward Patrick Gallagher OC (16 July 1916 – 16 December 1998) was a Canadian oilman who from 1950 to 1983 was the head of Dome Petroleum. Gallagher is best remembered for leading extensive explorations in the Beaufort Sea in the late 1970s.