Background
BUTLER, Richard was born on March 25, 1926 in Melbourne. Son of late Claude Colombia Butler and Florence Margaret Butler.
BUTLER, Richard was born on March 25, 1926 in Melbourne. Son of late Claude Colombia Butler and Florence Margaret Butler.
Executive Officer, Deputy Assistant Director-General (Ministerial and External Relations) 1960-1968. Appointed in absentia Secretary of Australian Telecommunications Commission 1975, later Director Corporate Planning Directorate. Deputy Secretary-General International Telecommunication Union 1982-1983, Secretary-General 1983-1989.
Chairman International Telecommunication Union Staff Pension Committee 1968-1983.
United Nations System Company-ordinator World Communications Year 1983. Governor Institute Computer Communications Conference 1975-1985.
International Telecommunication Union Representative and Adviser, Industry Commission, of Latin American and Caribbean Broadcasting Llnion (ULCRA) since 1990. Fellow, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, India.
Administration Committee of Company-ordination for United Nations and Heads of Specialised Agencies. Australian Delegate Institute Telecommunication Satellite Consortium, Plenipotentiary Conference 1965. Administration Council and Planning Committees 1962-1968.
Board
Manager Centre for Information Technology Research Wollongong University, North.S.W. since 1990, advisory committee Implementation of Australian Telecommunications Reform, Ministry’ of Transport and Communications since 1990. CTA, Melbourne, Royal Commonwealth Society, Royal Overseas League. Greek Society of Air and Space Law 1984.
Married Patricia Carmel Kelly in 1951.