Person
Ferguson, Ian Stewart (1935 - 2019)
AM FTSE
- Born
- 13 December 1935
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 July 2019
- Occupation
- Forest scientist and University Administrator
Summary
Ian Ferguson was an internationally respected expert on forestry economics, policy and management. In 1981 he was appointed foundation Professor of Forest Science at the University of Melbourne, later also holding senior offices in the administration of the University. Ferguson took a leading role in professional organisations; as President of the Institute of Foresters of Australia he initiated the Registered Professional Foresters scheme. He chaired the Victorian Timber Industry Inquiry that resulted in a strategy for modernising industry practice over the following 15 years. Ferguson also contributed to the forestry industry as a member of organisations such as the Forest and Wood Products Research Development Corporation
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Chronology
- 1965 - 1968
- Career position - Research Officer, Forests Department, Western Australia
- 1968 - 1971
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, School of Forestry, University of Melbourne
- 1971 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Australian National University
- 1976 - 1981
- Career position - Reader, Department of Forestry, Australian National University
- 1981 - 2003
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Forest Science, University of Melbourne
- 1984 - 1985
- Career position - Chair, Board of Inquiry into the Timber Industry, Victoria
- 1985 - 1990
- Career position - Member, Forestry and Forest Products Industry Council
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
- 1989
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Foresters of Australia
- 1990 - 1991
- Career position - Deputy Chair, Australian Government National Plantation Advisory Committee
- 1990 - 1992
- Career position - Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne
- 1991 - 1992
- Career position - President, Academic Board, University of Melbourne
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - President, Australian Branch, Institute of Wood Science
- 1992
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1994 - 1997
- Career position - Chair, Timber Promotions Council of Victoria
- 1994 - 2001
- Career position - Head, School of Forestry, University of Melbourne
- 1995
- Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia
- 1995 - 1999
- Career position - President, Institute of Foresters of Australia
- 1997 - 1999
- Career position - Member, Wood and Paper Industry Forum
- 1999 -
- Career position - Director, Hancock Victorian Plantations Ltd
- 1999 - 2004
- Career position - Chair and Director, Softwoods Tasmania (Operators) Pty Ltd
- 2000 - 2003
- Career position - Chair, Expert Panel on Sustainable Yield, Western Australian Forest Management Plan
- 2001 - 2003
- Career position - Deputy Chair and Director, Forest and Wood Products Research Development Corporation (FWRPDC)
- 2001 - 2004
- Career position - Director, Lignotok Pty Ltd
- 2003 -
- Career position - Forest Science consultant
- 2003 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
- 2003 -
- Career position - Director, Timber Industry Training Centre
- 2004 - 2009
- Career position - Director, Tiaki Plantation Co., New Zealand
- 2005
- Career position - Erskine Visiting Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- 2007
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Wood Science, United Kingdom
- 2009 -
- Career position - Director, Taumata Plantations Ltd, New Zealand
- 2012
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to tertiary education through administrative and teaching roles, to forestry and land management, as a researcher and author, and to the community.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Ian Stewart Ferguson AM FTSE: timber expert modernised forest sector', Impact, 209 (2019), 67, https://www.atse.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMPACT-2019-September-low-res-spreads-for-web.pdf. Details
See also
- Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Australia Day 2012: A-L], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2012. http://old.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2012/Media%20Notes%20AM%20%28A-L%29%20%28final%29.pdf. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
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Created: 14 January 2020, Last modified: 11 May 2022