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Name	Geoffrey George Rossiter
Born	9 September, 1916 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 November, 2004 (aged 88)
Education *	Thornburgh College (Charters Towers, Qld) (student, 1923-1929) Wesley College (Perth) (student, 1930-1934) University of Western Australia (student, 1935-1938) Oxford University (student, 1939-1939) Oxford University (student, 1946-1950)
Occupation *	air force officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia company manager (1950-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1965-1981) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1965-1981) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (air force officer)
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross (recipient, 1944) Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1946)
Key Organisations *	Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (national) (committee member, 1965-1980) Association of Rhodes Scholars in Australia (honorary treasurer, 1980-1995)
Workplaces *	Fulbright Program (executive secretary, 1950-1965) Australian National University (history) (tutor, 1965-1981) Burton Hall (ANU) (warden, 1965-1981)

* Dates are approximate

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