Person

Tribe, Derek Edward (1926 - 2003)

AO OBE FTSE

Born
23 September 1926
Died
19 April 2003
Occupation
Agricultural scientist

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 1969 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 - 1966
Career position - Reader, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Melbourne
1966 - 1973
Career position - Professor of Animal Physiology and Production, University of Melbourne
1969
Award - Silver Medal, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1969 - 1973
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, 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
1980 - 2003
Award - Fellow, Australian Society of Animal Production
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.
1995
Award - Australian Medal of Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
2000
Award - Derek Tribe Award established, The Crawford Fund

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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

Book Sections

  • Tribe, D. E.; and Peel, L. J., 'Chapter 1: Innovation, Science and the Farmer' in Technology in Australia, 1788-1988: a condensed history of Australian technological innovation and adaptation during the first two hundred years, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, eds (Melbourne: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988), pp. 1-70, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/001.html. Details

Resources

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