Gavin Willis Jones

Background

Jones, Gavin Willis was born on November 21, 1940 in Armidale, NSW, Australia. Son of Alwyn Willis and Edna Joyce (Birch) Jones.

Education

Bachelor with honors, U. New England, Armidale, NSW, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National U., Canberra, 1966.

Career

Staff associate, The Population Council, New York City, 1966-1969; advisor, National Economics Development Board, Bangkok, 1969-1972; representative, The Population Council, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1972-1975; senior fellow demography department, Australian National U., Canberra, 1975-1985; professor demography department, Australian National U., Canberra, since 1985. Consultant World Bank, Ford Foundation, United Nations organizations, others. President Australian Population Association, 1991-1992.

Leader missions for United Nations's Population Fund, Thailand, 1991, The Philippines, 1993, Indonesia, 1994, Cambodia, 1996,Laos, 1996. Board of trustees International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1979-1983.

Achievements

• Gavin Willis Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Demography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Population growth and educational planning in developing nations
  • Population Growth and Educational Planning in Developing Nations (Books)

Membership

Member Australian national committee United Nations International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994. Chairman of Commission economics consequences of alternate demographic patterns International Union for Science Study of Population, 1985-1989. Fellow Academy Social Sciences Australia.

Interests

• Avocations: running, tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Margaret Helen Donaldson, August 24, 1963. Children: Andrew, Tanya, Gregory.

Father:

Alwyn Willis Jones

Mother:

Edna Joyce (Birch) Jones

Spouse:

Margaret Helen Donaldson

child:

Tanya Jones

child:

Gregory Jones

child:

Andrew Jones