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About Ross Ainsworth Hohnen
Biographical Note http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9124
The following information was provided by Ross Hohnen:
Ross Ainsworth Hohnen, born 21 Oct. 1917 at Arncliffe, NSW
Mentioned in dispatches, 1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1967
Honorary Fellow, Design Institute of Australia,1971
Honorary Fellow, University House, ANU, 1975
Canberran of the Year (first), 1977
Member of the Order of Australia, 1987
Fellow (first), Heart Research Institute, (Syd/Uni; RPAH), 1991
Parents:
Charles Edward Hohnen (1864-1938) , b.Sydney, commercial traveller, W&A McArthur Ltd. (family arrived 1857)
Edith Jane Ainsworth (1877-1971), b. Kempsey, NSW; music teacher and medallist horsewoman (family arrived 1825 and 1833)
Married 1940:
Phyllis Adele Whitten, BA, Dip Ed (Syd) b. 24 January 1915, Kempsey, NSW, daughter of Reverend Alfred Giles Whitten. (1883-1958) [b. Narrabri, NSW; clergyman, family arrived 1842]; and Ethel Annie Cock, (1883-1980), [b. Neville NSW; family arrived 1854].
Phyllis Whitten worked in the NSW Dept of Education as a teacher, research office, school counsellor, and school librarian.
Children:
Michael Edward, MBBS (Adel) MPH (Hawaii);
Stuart Alexander, BE (Adel) MBA (Stanford)
Murray Andrew; LLB (Adel)
Alys Evanne, RN, (m. D. N. Fraser, marine engineer, airline pilot)
Education:
Bexley Public School, 1922-1928
Sydney Boys' High School, 1929-1933
University of Sydney BEc (Evening student), 1935-1938
War Service 1940-46:
Adjutant, S&T Services, HQ New Guinea Force, 1943-45;
Adjutant AASC, (Balikpapan) 7 Aust Div 1945
Career:
The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd 1934-1946 (war service 1940-1946);
First Registrar, The New England University College, Armidale, NSW (University of Sydney) 1946-1948;
The Australian National University, Canberra ACT -1948-1975 :
Assistant to the Registrar, 1948-1949
Registrar of the University, 1949-1968
Secretary of the University, 1968-1975 (Retired on health grounds 1975)
Extra Curricular Activities:
Sydney Boys' High, athletics, (five school records); also Combined High Schools, Great Public Schools; Scouting:
1925-1940 Wolf Cub, Scout, King's Scout, District Cub Master, (North St George), Assistant HQ Commissioner for Wolf Cubs, NSW
1957-?1962 President, South Canberra District;
1962-1969 Area Commissioner, Canberra-Monaro Area (NSW).
1969-1996 Honorary Commissioner, ACT Branch.
1979-1981 President, Canberra-Monaro Area, (NSW)
1981-1989 President, ACT Branch of the Scout Association of Australia.
1972-1976 International Commissioner for Australia, Asia-Pacific Region Committee, World Organisation of Scouting;
Deputy Chairman, 1974-76
Chairman,1976-78
1985 Founding member and first Honorary Secretary, Arthur Shakespeare Foundation for Scouting
Scouting awards include the Silver Kangaroo, 1985 and the President's Citation, 1997
The Arts:
Australia Council
Member of the Council (co-opted), 1975-'77
Member, Crafts Board,
First Chairman, Community Arts Committee, 1975-1977
Industrial Design Council of Australia
Founding member, Deputy Chairman, Chairman
Essington Lewis Award, 1971
Canberra School of Music
Member Advisory Council
Canberra Theatre Trust
Deputy Chairman, 1968-1970
Chairman, 1971-1977
Crafts Council of Australia
Chairman, Planning and Restoration Committee, Crafts Council Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, 1979-81
Academic:
Canberra Grammar School
Member of Council ?-1960
Wollongong University
Member of Council 1975-77
Duke of Edinburgh's Third Study Conference, 1968
Member of Executive Committee
Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU)
Volumes 1-9 : member National Committee and member of Editorial Committee
Church:
Member of the Council of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 1950s
Member of Parish Council of the Church of St John the Baptist, Reid, ACT, 1950s
Other:
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Deputy National President, 1979-81
Member of National Board and Honorary Secretary, 1966-77
Member-at-Large, 1981-
Chairman, Smoking and Heart Disease Committee
Conducted Feasibility Study for the creation of a research institute dedicated to the mechanisms of atherosclerosis and Chaired first Development Council.
Conducted Audit of the allocation of the Foundation's funds for educational targets.
First President, ACT Division
Sir John Loewenthal Award, 1988
Heart Research Institute, Sydney (Sydney University and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital)
Chairman of first Development Council
Founding Member of the Board of Governors
Technical Aid for the Disabled, ACT Branch
First Chairman, 1979-82
Australian Frontier Inc
Promotion in Canberra (failed) of an 'Institute for the Study of Man and Society'
Public Officer of the corporation
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Ross Ainsworth Hohnen's Timeline
| 1917 |
October 21, 1917
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Arncliffe, NSW, Australia
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| 2003 |
March 3, 2003
Age 85
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Canberra, ACT, Australia
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