People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

23 December, 1914
Eastern Well, South Australia, Australia

Death

10 August, 2000 (aged 85)
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

cardiac arrest

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Lutheran

Education

• Murray Bridge Primary School (SA)
• Murray Bridge High School (SA)
• University of Adelaide

Occupation or Descriptor

• autobiographer/memoirist
• broadcasting executive
• columnist
• radio announcer
• radio commentator
• radio director
• radio producer
• radio worker
• schoolteacher
• television station executive

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Member of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Clement Semmler Library (UNSW)

Key Organisations

• ABC Senior Officers’ Association
• Library Council of New South Wales
• Sydney City Art Institute

Political Activism

• Labor Party
• Vietnam war opponent

Workplaces

• Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper)
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Unley High School (Adelaide)
• Radio Call (magazine)