Background
Blake was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales in 1937.
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Cliff Blake
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He studied at the University of Sydney and at Rothamsted Experimental Station in England, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of London.
Career
After completing a Rockefeller Travelling Fellowship in the United States, where he visited centres of biological teaching and research, Blake became a lecturer in plant pathology at The University of Sydney and the Wilson Fellow and Senior Tutor at Street Andrew"s College. In 1971 he was appointed Principal of the new Riverina College of Advanced Education, which he developed into one of the leading providers of distance education courses in Australia, introducing courses in business, liberal studies, science. After amalgamating with the Wagga Agricultural College, he was able to introduce courses in agriculture and relocated the College to a new greenfield site north of the city.
In 1981, he oversaw the amalgamation of the College with the Goulburn College of Advanced Education to become the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education.
In July 2001 Blake retired as Vice-Chancellor of Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union). In August 2001, he took up an interim Vice-Chancellor position at Adelaide University.
Achievements
Membership
He was also a member of the Board of Adult Education in New South Wales, a member of the Advanced Education Council of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission and the Chairman of the NSW Advanced Education Conference.
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