Person

Brown, Gavin (1942 - 2010)

AO FAA

Born
27 February 1942
Lundin Links, Fife, Scotland
Died
25 December 2010
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Mathematician, University Administrator, Vice-Chancellor and Science administrator

Summary

Gavin Brown was an innovative university administrator, being Vice-Chancellor of the Universities of Adelaide and Sydney, and the inaugural Chairman of the Group of Eight of Australia's leading research universities. As a Member of Council of the Australian Research Council and executive Board Member of the Australian government's Business, Industry and Higher Education Round Table he played a leading role in research policy and funding. He was Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1993 to 1994. Brown was widely recognised for his research in mathematics which ranged widely over harmonic analysis, measure theory, and algebraic geometry. The Gavin Brown Prize, established in 2011, is awarded by the Australian Mathematical Society for outstanding and innovative research in the mathematical sciences published by a member of the Society.

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Chronology

1963
Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at University of St Andrews, Scotland
1966
Career position - Junior Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1966
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1966 - 1975
Career position - Assistant Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer), University of Liverpool, UK
1967 - 1968
Career position - Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, USA
1974 - 1975
Career position - Visiting Lecturer at the University of Washington, USA
1975 - 1992
Career position - Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of New South Wales
1977
Award - Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize, Edinburgh Mathematical Society
1979
Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of York, UK
1981 - 2010
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1982
Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal
1986
Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK
1989 - 1992
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales
1992 - 1993
Career position - Member of the Australian Research Council
1992 - 1993
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Adelaide
1993 - 1994
Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science
1994 - 1996
Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
1996 - 2008
Career position - Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney
1997
Award - LLD honoris causa, University of St Andrews, Scotland
2004
Award - LLD honoris causa, University of Dundee, Scotland
2006 - 2010
Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
26 January 2006
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to tertiary education in Australia and internationally as an advocate for excellence and through the establishment of strategic links with overseas institutions, and to mathematical research
2007
Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
2007 - 2010
Award - Corresponding Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2008 - 2010
Career position - Inaugural Director, Royal Institution of Australia

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Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Biographical Memoir: Gavin Brown AO MA (StAnd) PhD (Newcastle, UK) HonLLD (StAnd & Dundee) FAA Corr FRSE FRSN 1942-2010', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 144 (2011), 46-7. Details

Resources

See also

  • Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details

Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn

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