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Life Summary

Name	Ross Ainsworth Hohnen
Born	21 October, 1917 Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 March, 2003 (aged 85) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Coombs, Herbert Cole (classmate)
Education *	Bexley Public School (Sydney) (student, 1922-1928) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1929-1933) University of Sydney (student, 1935-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	bank employee (1935-1940) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1940-1946) Federal, Australia university administrator (1948-1975) Australian Capital Territory, Australia university employee (1948-1975) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Boy Scouts' leader (1960-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1967) Canberran of the Year (recipient, 1977) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987) John Loewenthal Award (National Heart Foundation (recipient, 1988)
Legacies *	Ross Hohnen Award for Research Excellence (National Heart Foundation) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Canberra School of Music (board member) Heart Research Institute (honorary fellow, ?-2003) Industrial Design Council of Australia (deputy chair) Industrial Design Council of Australia (chair) National Heart Foundation (federal) (secretary) National Heart Foundation (federal) (director) Canberra Theatre Trust (deputy chair, 1968-1977) Canberra Theatre Trust (chair, 1968-1977) Essington Lewis award (Industrial Design Council of Australia) (recipient, 1971) Boy Scouts (national) (international commissioner, 1972-1976) Australian Council for the Arts (member, 1975-1977)
Workplaces *	Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (employee, 1935) Australian National University (administration) (assistant registrar, 1948-1949) Australian National University (administration) (registrar, 1949-1968) Australian National University (administration) (secretary, 1968-1975)

* Dates are approximate