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Life Summary

Name	Donald Richmond Horne
Born	26 December, 1921 Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 September, 2005 (aged 83) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pulmonary fibrosis
Related Entries	[View as tree] Anderson, Harold David (work colleague) McCallum, Ann (acquaintance)
Education *	Australian National University (student, ?-1945) University of Sydney (student, 1939-1941)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1941-1945) Federal, Australia journalist (1945-1961) New South Wales, Australia newspaper editor (1954-1961) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1961-1962) New South Wales, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1964-2003) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1967-2005) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1967-1972) New South Wales, Australia academic (1973-1986) New South Wales, Australia political scientist (1973-1986) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee) National Living Treasure (Australia) (member) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1982) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Australian Humanist of the Year (recipient, 2002)
Legacies *	Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage (University of Canberra) (eponym) Horne Prize (Saturday Paper and Aesop) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, ?-2005) University of New South Wales (administration) (council member, 1983-1986) Australia Council for the Arts (chair, 1985-1990) Australian Constitutional Commission (member, 1985-1988) Ideas Australia (chair, 1991-1993) University of Canberra (administration) (chancellor, 1992-1995)
Political Activism *	republican (writer, 1964-2005)
Workplaces *	Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1945-1954) Weekend (NSW) newspaper (editor, 1954-1958) Observer (NSW) newspaper (editor, 1958-1961) Bulletin (magazine) (editor, 1961-1962) Quadrant (co-editor, 1964-1966) Bulletin (magazine) (editor, 1967-1972) University of New South Wales (politics) (academic, 1973-1986)

* Dates are approximate