Background
WEBB, Leslie was born on July 18, 1935 in Melbourne. Son of Leslie Hugh Charles Webb and Alice Myra Webb.
WEBB, Leslie was born on July 18, 1935 in Melbourne. Son of Leslie Hugh Charles Webb and Alice Myra Webb.
Bachelor of Commerce with honors, U. Melbourne, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, London School Economics & Political Science, 1962.
Economics & market research officer, Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia & New Zealand Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 1957-1958;
tutor, lecturer, senior lecturer in economics, U. Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1957-1968;
visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, 1967-1968;
reader in economics, Latrobe U., Melbourne, Australia, 1969-1972;
Truby Williams professor of economics, U. Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1973-1984;
professor emeritus, U. Melbourne, since 1985;
pro vice chancellor, U. Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1982-1984;
vice chancellor, Griffith U., Brisbane, since 1985. Committee director Australian vice chancellors, 1991-1993. Member Standing Committee onPlanning and Development, 1986-1992, chairman 1988-1991.
Chairman Australian-American Ednl. Foundation, 1986-1990. Member, Board of Governors, Foundation for Development Corporation, since 1990, Committee for Sir Robert Menzies Australian Studies Center, U. London, 1990-1992, Conference of Queensland Vice Chancellors, since 1985, chairman 1988-1991, Board of the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Center, since 1985, chairman 1987, 91.
Senior policy adviser to government of Malaysia, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 1974-1975. Chairman Committee of Inquiry into Southern Australian Dairy Industry, 1977. Associate member Prices Justification Tribunal, 1978-1979, 1980-1981.
Member Council of Advice, bureau of Industry Economics, 1981-1984. Member of committee Economics Society of Australia and New Zealand Victorian Branch, 1968-1979 (president 1976, member central county 1973-1977). Member Economics Society of Australia, Royal Economics Society, American Economics Association, Australian Institute International Affairs, Australian College Education.
M. Heather Rosemary Brown, June 6, 1966. Children: Cameron James, Susannah Myra.