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Tribe, Derek (1926 - 2003)

AO, OBE, FTSE
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Agricultural scientist
Born: 23 September 1926.  Died: 19 April 2003.
Derek Tribe was a foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) and founder of the Crawford Fund. The fund was designed to help develop national and international training and research programs to assist agricultural productivity throughout the world. Tribe joined the University of Melbourne in 1956 as a Reader in Agriculture and in 1970 was appointed Dean of the Faculty or Agriculture. During his long-term stay at the University he made major changes and improvements to the teaching and research in agriculture at the university.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1956 - Reader then Professor of Animal Physiology and Production at the University of Melbourne
1969Silver Medal received from the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1969 - 1973Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne
1975 - Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1977Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1980Director of the Australian-Asian Cooperative Program
1980 - 1986Executive Director of the International Development Program of the Australian Universities and Colleges
1983 - Member of the Grants Committee of the University of the South Pacific
1983 - 1986Member of the Council of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology
1987 - 1996Inaugural Executive Director of the Crawford Fund
1993Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
2000Derek Tribe Award established in his honour

 
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