Background
Gates, Ronald Cecil was born on January 8, 1923 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Earle Nelson Gates and Elsie Edith Tucker.
Gates, Ronald Cecil was born on January 8, 1923 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Earle Nelson Gates and Elsie Edith Tucker.
Bachelor of Commerce, University Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1946. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1948. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1952.
Doctor Economics, University Queensland, Australia, 1978. Doctor of Letters, University New England, 1986.
Clerk, Australia Taxation Office, Hobart, Tasmania., 1941-1942; historian, Australia Taxation Office, Canberra, Australia, 1949-1952; senior lecturer in economics, U. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1952-1964; associate professor in economics, U. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1964-1965; professor economics, U. Queensland, Brisbane, 1966-1977; president professional board, U. Queensland, Brisbane, 1975-1977; dean of faculty of commerce and economics, U. Queensland, Brisbane, 1966-1969, 71-74; vice-chancellor, U. New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1977-1985. Consultant City of South Melbourne, 1969-1971, Papua New Guinea Administration, Port Moresby, 1970-1972, City of Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, 1972-1973, Media Council of Australia, Melbourne, 1976. Senior economics adviser United Nations Economics Common for Asia and the Far East, Bangkok, 1970-1973.
President Industrial Relations Society of Queensland, 1967-1973, Australian Esperanto Association, 1998-2001. Chairman Statutory Consumer Affairs Council of Queensland, 1971-1973. Commissioner Commonwealth Commission of Inquiry into Poverty, Canberra, 1973-1977.
Chair Australian Institute of Urban Studies, 1975-1977, Advisory Council for Inter-Government Relations, Hobart, 1979-1985. Member Advertising Standards Council, Sydney, 1974-1979, Commonwealth Government Economic Advisory Group, Canberra, 1976-1983, others. Deputy leader Australian delegation to extraordinary session of United Nations Educational General Conference, Paris, 1982, 83, others.
Fellow Academy Social Sciences in Australia, Royal Australian Planning Institute, Australian Institute Urban Studies. Member Economic Society Australia and New Zealand (president 1969-1972).
Married Barbara Mann, December 19, 1953. Children: Christopher (deceased), Felicity, Angela, Jeremy.
