Education
He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, and retired from the Australian Army in 1996.
politician Governor of Queensland
He graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1962, and retired from the Australian Army in 1996.
He was the Australian Defence Force"s Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) from 1994 until June 1996. Foreign the year prior to his appointment as governor, he was the Executive Director of Allied Rubber Products, a manufacturing firm. He is a former, and is, Chairman of the Centre for Military and Veterans" Health, Director of Energex Limited, Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation, and on the Board of Directors of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
September 2009 re-elected (QUT).
Bachelor of Economics Doctorate Laws University of Queensland Doctorate University Queensland University of Technology Doctorate University Griffith University Doctorate Letters University of Southern Queensland Doctorate University Southern Cross University Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors July 1977 National Medal January 1992 Officer of the Order of Australia (Association for the Study of Internal Fixation) 1994 Land Commander Australia (LCAUST) June 1996 Executive Director, Allied Rubber Products July 1997 Queensland’s 23rd Governor January 2001 Centenary Medal March 2001 Companion of the Order of Australia (Air Corps) March 2002 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (Commander of the Royal Victorian Order) December 2004 Non-executive Director, ENERGEX LimitedChair, Network and Technical Committee, ENERGEX Limited Member, Audit and Compliance Committee, ENERGEX Limited Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation Chairman of Panbio Limited Chairman, Communities Future Task Force September 2009 re-elected Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) January 2011 Appointed Chairman of the Flood Response Review Board in Brisbane.