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Name	Thomas Murray Cunningham
Born	1926 St Helens, Tasmania, Australia
Died	1 November, 2001 (aged ~ 75) Tasmania, Australia
Education *	Scotch College (Launceston, Tas) (student, 1939-1943) University of Tasmania (student, 1945-1947) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (student, 1948-1949) University of Melbourne (student, 1955-1958)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1950-1984) Tasmania, Australia public servant (1950-1984) Tasmania, Australia
Awards	Schlich medal (Australian Forestry School, ACT) (recipient, 1949) Australian Paper Manufacturers fellowship (recipient, 1955-1957) Hedges Prize (Institute of Foresters of Australia) (recipient, 1956) N. W. Jolly medal (recipient, 1984)
Legacies *	Gilbert-Cunningham Trophy (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Institute of Foresters of Australia (member) Institute of Foresters of Australia (Tas) (chairman, 1966-1969) Institute of Foresters of Australia (fellow, 1969)
Workplaces *	Forestry service (Tas) (forester, 1950-1984)

* Dates are approximate

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