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Copland, Sir Douglas Berry (1894–1971)

	Copland, Sir Douglas Berry (1894–1971)
Born	24 February 1894 Otago , New Zealand
Died	27 September 1971 Kyneton , Victoria , Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Scottish
Religious Influence	Presbyterian
Related Entries [View as tree]	Melville, Leslie Galfreid (work colleague) Wheeler, Frederick Henry (pupil)
Occupation*	academic (1924-1945) Victoria, Australia economist (1924-1971) Victoria, Australia university vice-chancellor (1948-1953) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1933) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1950)
Legacies*	Copland Building (ANU) Copland College (ACT) Copland Lecture Theatre (University of Melbourne)
Key Organisations*	Committee for Economic Development of Australia (chairman of trustees) Walter P. Ham & Co (economic consultant) Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand (Vic) (founding president, 1925-1928) Laura Spelman Rockefeller memorial fund (Australian representative, 1925) Business Archives Council of Australia (Vic) (founding president, 1957) National Obsolescence Council (founding chairman, 1958) Australian Productivity Council (foudning chairman, 1959)
Workplaces*	University of Tasmania (academic, 1917-1924) University of Tasmania (economics) (academic, 1917-1924) Workers' Educational Association (Tas) (lecturer, 1917-1924) University of Melbourne (academic, 1924-1945) University of Melbourne (economics) (academic, 1924-1945) Economic Record (editor, 1925-1945) Commonwealth prices commission (commissioner, 1939-1945) Australian National University (vice-chancellor, 1948-1953) Dept of External Affairs (Federal) (diplomat, 1953-1955) Australian Administrative Staff College (founding principal, 1956-1960)

* Dates are approximate