Background
Copland, Douglas Berry was born on February 24, 1894 in Timaru, New Zealand. Son of Alexander and Annie (Loudon) Copland.
Diplomat economist university professor
Copland, Douglas Berry was born on February 24, 1894 in Timaru, New Zealand. Son of Alexander and Annie (Loudon) Copland.
Master of Arts, Canterbury College, 1915. Doctor of Science, University New Zealand, 1925. The Doctor of Letters, University Melbourne, 1933, Queensland University, 1935, Harvard, 1936.
Doctor of Laws McGill University, 1949.
Clark University, Carleton University, University of British Columbia, 1954, U. Adelaide, 1958, U. Tasmania, 1958, Australian National University, 1967. Doctor of Civil Law, Bishops University, 1955.
He was raised there and lived there till he was 21. In 1920, at the age of 26, he became Professor of Economics at the University of Tasmania. In 1924 Copland was appointed the Professor of Commerce (a post he held until 1944) and first Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Melbourne.
He was also the Truby Williams Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne 1944-1945.
He is remembered for his interest in the application of economic analysis to practical problems. Copland helped found the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand and was the first president of the Victorian Branch of the society and the first Editor in Chief of its journal The Economic Record.
lieutenant is said of him that he "pioneered the development of the economics profession in Australia". Amongst other things he was Commonwealth Prices Commissioner during the Second World War and Australian Minister to China (1946-1948).
He was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University in 1948, a post he held until 1953 when he became Australian High Commissioner to Canada.
He was Vice President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Economic and Social Council (of the UN)) during its 18th Session (June–August 1954) and President for the 19th and 20th Sessions (March–June, July–October 1955). In 1960 CEDA was established as one of Australia"s first independent think tanks. CEDA"s work fostering economic development, public debate and research and policy continues.
Copland"s legacy is acknowledged through the Copland leadership program run by CEDA in each Australian state and through the CEDA annual Copland lecture.
Copland died in 1971.
Member board directors Ansett Transport Industries. Founder Committee for Economics Development Australia. Member American Philosophical Society, Australian and New Zealand Association.
Advancement Science (president 1952).
Club: The Melbourne (Australia).
Married Ruth Jones, January 28, 1919. Children: Joyce (Mistress Doctorate. J. Tier), Rosemarie MacNeil.