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Life Summary

Name	Peter Stephen Wilenski
Born	10 May, 1939 Lodz, Poland
Died	3 November, 1994 (aged 55) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lymphoma)
Cultural Heritage	Polish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish 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 (work colleague) Whitlam, Edward Gough (work colleague)
Education *	Double Bay Public School (Sydney) (student, 1945-1948) Woollahra Public School (Sydney) (student, 1949-1950) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1951-1955) University of Sydney (student, 1956-1963) Oxford University (student, 1965-1966) Carleton University (Canada) (student, 1968-1969) Harvard University (USA) (student, 1968-1969)
Occupation or Descriptor *	physician (1963-1964) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1967-1994) Federal, Australia abortion law reformer (1970-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia private secretary (1972-1974) Federal, Australia public service head (1974-1975) Federal, Australia academic (1976-1982) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1983-1994) Federal, Australia ambassador (1988-1992) Federal, Australia public service head (1992-1993) Federal, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1994)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Policy and Science (director) Commission for the Future (member) Forrest Tennis Club (ACT) (member) Telecom Australia (commissioner) University of Western Sydney Temple Emanuel (Sydney) (congregant, 1945) Sydney University Union (president, 1962-1963) National Union of Australian University Students (federal) (president, 1963-1964) University of Sydney (administration) (senate member, 1963-1964) Abortion Law Reform Association (ACT) (president, 1971) University of Sydney (administration) (senate member, 1975-1988) Australian Graduate School of Management (University of New South Wales) (academic, 1976-1981) Australian College of Medical Administrators (NSW) (honorary councillor, 1977) Institute of Public Administration Australia (fellow, 1983) University of Western Sydney (administration) (council president, 1986-1988) United Nations (New York) (ambassador, 1988-1992) National Gallery of Australia (deputy chair, 1992-1994) University of Sydney (administration) (senate member, 1993-1994)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1962)
Workplaces *	Dept of Education (federal) (head, ?-1983) National Academy of Public Administration (Washington, USA) Royal North Shore Hospital (Sydney) (resident medical officer, 1963-1964) Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1967-1971) Treasury (federal) (public servant, 1971-1972) Australian National University (international relations) (honorary fellow, 1972-1972) Prime Minister & Cabinet (private secretary, 1972-1974) Dept of Labour and Immigration (federal) (head, 1974-1975) Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration (adviser, 1974-1974) Public Service Board (Federal) (chair, 1983-1987) Dept of Transport (federal) (head, 1987-1988) Dept of Foreign Affairs (federal) (head, 1992-1993)

* Dates are approximate