John Richard Walsh

Background

Walsh, John Richard was born on July 21, 1941 in Sydney, Australia. Son of John Neville and Lilla Celsia (Wood) Walsh.

Education

Bachelor, Sydney U., 1961; Bachelor of Surgery, Sydney U., 1967.

Career

Assistant director, Australian Institute Industrial Psychology, Sydney, 1961-1963; co-editor, Oz magazine, Sydney, 1963-1967; copywriter, J. Walter Thompson Company, Sydney, 1968; creative group head, J. Walter Thompson Company, Sydney, 1969-1970; founding editor, Pol magazine, Sydney, 1968-1969; editor, publisher, Nation Review, Melbourne, 1971-1979; chief executive, Angus & Robertson Publishers, Melbourne, 1972-1986; publisher, Australian Consolidated Press, Melbourne, since 1986. Board directors Australian Medical Public, Sydney.

Achievements

• John Richard Walsh has been listed as a noteworthy Publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Dr. Whitlam's deservedly famous Gough syrup : an anthology of the year's best cartoons, being a universal panacea for the nation's ills, comprising one part each of the following: Petty, Molnar, Tanner, Rigby, Weg, Collette, King, Eyre jnr., Sharp

Membership

Chairman board Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, since 1987. Member Australian Book Publications Association (president 1984-1986), Paper Conversion, Printing and Publishing Industry Council, Society Editors, Australian Society of Authors, Association for the Study of Australian Literature.

Interests

• Avocations: bridge, theatre, reading, tennis.

Connections

Married Susan Elizabeth Phillips, August 18, 1966. Children: Ella Kate, Sarah Nichole.

Father:

John Neville Walsh

Mother:

Lilla Celsia (Wood) Walsh

Spouse:

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

child:

Sarah Nichole Walsh

child:

Ella Kate Walsh