Tribe, Derek (1926 - 2003)

Summary

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.

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Chronology

1956 -

Career position - Reader then Professor of Animal Physiology and Production at the University of Melbourne

1969

Award - Silver Medal received from the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science

1969 - 1973

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne

1975 - 1987

Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

1977

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - For services to Education

1980

Career position - Director of the Australian-Asian Cooperative Program

1980 - 1986

Career position - Executive Director of the International Development Program of the Australian Universities and Colleges

1983 -

Career position - Member of the Grants Committee of the University of the South Pacific

1983 - 1986

Career position - Member of the Council of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology

1987 - 1996

Career position - Inaugural Executive Director of the Crawford Fund

1987 - 2003

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]

1993

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For service to education, particularly in the field of agricultural science and to international relations.

2000

Award - Derek Tribe Award established in his honour

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Published resources

Books

• Falvey, Lindsay, Derek Tribe, International Agricultural Scientist, Founder of the Crawford Fund (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Crawford Fund in association with Institution of International Development, 2013), 252 pp. Details

Resources

• Tribute to Professor Derek Tribe - Robin McConchie, QLD Country Hour, 2003, http://www.abc.net.au/rural/qld/stories/s859089.htm. Details
• 'Tribe, D E (19260923-20030419)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-637685. Details