He went to Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute class of 1948, before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Trinity College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

[3] At Harlequin drawing upon his experiences at Procter & Gamble he first put free books in boxes of detergent and feminine sanitary napkins.

[5] Heisey was a Director of the Canadian Opera Company from 1984 to 1986, the Chamber Players of Toronto and chairman of the commercial division of the United Way of Canada.

He and his wife Ann made a major financial contribution to help fund a new production of The Nutcracker by The National Ballet of Canada in 1995.

He and his wife Ann Heisey donated a Vincent van Gogh painting called "A woman with a spade, seen from behind" c. 1885 to the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1997.