Background
Parbo, Arvi Hillar was born on February 10, 1926 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Aado and Hilda (Rass) Parbo.
(In the four countries in which The Australasian Institute...)
In the four countries in which The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy has branches -- Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea -- the mining and mineral industries have a long and honourable place in national, economic and social history. This book, based on papers given to AusIMM branches by Sir Arvi Parbo in 1990, when he was President of The Institute, tells the story of the mining and mineral industry in the four countries (from the Publisher's notes inside the dustjacket).
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Parbo, Arvi Hillar was born on February 10, 1926 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Aado and Hilda (Rass) Parbo.
Bachelor of Engineering with honours, University Adelaide, Australia, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, 1989. Doctor of Science (honorary), Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 1989.
Doctor in Engineering (honorary), Monash University, Victoria, 1989. Doctor, Flinders University, Adelaide, 1991. Doctor in Business(honorary), Central Adelaide University, 1999.
DLLB(honorary), University Sydney, 2000.
Underground surveyor, Western Mining Corporation, Bullfinch, Australia, 1956;underground manager, Western Mining Corporation, Nevoria, Australia, 1958-1960;technical assistant to managing director, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, Australia, 1960-1964;deputy general superintendent in Western Australia, Western Mining Corporation, $D, 1964-1968;general manager, director, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, 1970;deputy managing director, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, 1971;managing director, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, 1971-1986;executive director, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, 1974-1990;non-executive chairman, Western Mining Corporation, Melbourne, since 1991. Chairman Alcoa of Australia, Ltd., Victoria, 1978-1996, Munich Reins. Company Australia, Sydney, since 1984, Zurich Australian Insurance Group, Sydney, since 1985.
Board directors Aluminum Company American, Pittsburgh, Hoechst Australian Investments Proprietary Ltd., Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago. Member international advising committee Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, since 1983.
(In the four countries in which The Australasian Institute...)
Honorary fellow Committee for Economic Development in Australia. National patron Business in Community. Fellow Australian Institution Mining and Metallurgy (councillor, medal 1984), Institution Mining and Metallurgy London (honorary, gold medal 1983), Australian Academy Technological Sciences and Engineering (president 1995-1997), Gesellschaft Deutscher Metallhutten-und Bergleute (George Agricola medal 1992), Order of White Star.
Married Saima Soots, April 4, 1953. Children: Ellen, Peeter, Martin.