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Name	Sir Leslie Galfreid Melville
Born	26 March, 1902 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 April, 2002 (aged 100) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1914-1919) University of Sydney (student, 1920-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	economist (1931-1971) Australia public servant (1931-1953) Australia university vice-chancellor (1953-1960) Australian Capital Territory, Australia government adviser (1963-1971) Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1953) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1957)
Key Events *	Imperial Economic Conference, 1932 (economic adviser) Premiers' Plan, 1931 (economic adviser) UN Monetary and Economic Conference, 1944 (delegation leader) World Economic Conference, 1933 (economic adviser)
Key Organisations *	Commonwealth Grants Commission (chairman, 1865-1974) Reserve Bank (director, 1959-1974)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (academic, 1929-1931) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (economic adviser, 1931-1953) Australian National University (vice-chancellor, 1953-1960) Tariff Board (chairman, 1960-1863)

* Dates are approximate

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