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Life Summary

Name	David Edmund Caro
Born	29 June, 1922 St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	15 August, 2011 (aged 89) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Oliphant, Marcus Laurence (work colleague)
Education *	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1933-1939) University of Melbourne (student, 1940-1948) University of Birmingham (UK) (student, 1949-1951)
Occupation or Descriptor *	airman/woman (1941-1945) Federal, Australia academic (1952-1978) Victoria, Australia nuclear physicist (1952-1978) Victoria, Australia university vice-chancellor (1978-1982) Tasmania, Australia university vice-chancellor (1982-1987) Victoria, Australia university vice-chancellor (1988-1989) Northern Territory, Australia university chancellor (1998-2005) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airborne radar expert)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1976) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1986)
Legacies *	Caro Convention Centre (University of Ballarat) David Caro Building (University of Melbourne)
Key Organisations *	Unisuper (chairman) Antarctic Research Policy Advisory Committee (chairman, 1979)
Workplaces *	Melbourne Business School (University of Melbourne) (director) Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) (president) University of Melbourne (lecturer, 1952-1978) University of Tasmania (vice-chancellor, 1978-1982) University of Melbourne (vice-chancellor, 1982-1987) Charles Darwin University (NT) (vice-chancellor, 1988-1989) University of Ballarat (Vic) (chancellor, 1998-2005)

* Dates are approximate