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Name	Sir Wilfred Alan Westerman
Born	25 March, 1913 New Zealand
Died	20 May, 2001 (aged 88)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Currie, Neil Smith (work colleague)
Education *	Knox Grammar School (Sydney) (student, 1924-1929) University of Tasmania (student, 1930-1932) University of Melbourne (student, 1933-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1946-1977) Federal, Australia public service head (1958-1977) Federal, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1957) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1962) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1963)
Clubs *	Commonwealth Club (ACT) (member, 1960-2001)
Workplaces *	Dept of Trade (Federal) (senior public servant, 1946-1958) Tariff Board (head, 1958-1960) Dept of Trade (Federal) (dept head, 1960-1971) Australian Industry Development Corporation (executive chairman, 1971-1983)

* Dates are approximate

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