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| Sir Frank Holmes – Academic – (At KHS 1937–1941) |
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| In his ?nal year at King’s, Frank was the ?rst ever ?ves champion, cricket and rugby blue, a prefect, and Dux. He left to attend Otago University, but his studies were interrupted by three tours of duty with the RNZAF as a torpedo bomber pilot, then as a ?ghter pilot in the Paci?c, being Mentioned in Dispatches following low-level raids on Rabaul. Returning to university, he became president of the OUSA, helping to repair some tension which had arisen between the student body and the authorities. He completed his BA at Auckland and his MA with ?rst class honours in economics and economic history at Victoria University Colleges. As a trainee diplomat, Frank moved into the economics section of the Prime Minister’s and External Affairs Departments, where his talents in explaining complex economic information were soon recognised, but instead, he returned to Victoria to lecture in economics, pursuing a distinguished academic career by becoming Macarthy Professor of Economics, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Foundation Professor of Money and Finance, Visiting Professor of Public Policy, and ultimately Emeritus Professor. In 1957 as a Commonwealth Fellow, he travelled to Europe to study trade issues of future importance to New Zealand’s economic development, while in 1963–64 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and was a Carnegie Visitor to several US universities. Frank also had major involvement with educational issues, which included educational planning, restructuring NZ universities, providing professional education in the health sector and providing continuing education particularly for policymakers and bankers in Australasia and the Paci?c. His ideas were widely disseminated in books, pamphlets and articles on economics, ?nance, planning, and international affairs, and are illuminated by his fruitful interplay between academia, direct involvement in the business world, and the application of theory and experience at the highest levels. His directorships and chairmanships embrace the insurance world, banking, the forest industry, strategic planning, and the promotion of closer relationships in the Asia-Paci?c region: he is a former chairman of the Asia 2000 Foundation of NZ and founded and chaired the Hugo Consulting Group. Frank’s command of economic theory, his business experience, his grasp of complex issues and his management skills brought him into demand by government and national bodies. He has had a remarkable record in public service and policy-making advice: he was Foundation Chairman of the NZ Planning Council, after chairing the Task Force on Economic and Social Planning, and the Monetary and Economic Council. He has consistently argued for a more open NZ economy, and the bene?ts of national, regional and global efforts to liberalise trade and investment. In 1974 Frank received the Mackie Medal from the Australian and NZ Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS), and in 1975 was knighted for his services to economics and education—he remains our only knight! In 1995 he received the NZIER/Qantas Award for excellence in the economics of direct bene?t to New Zealand. A JP, both Otago and Victoria Universities have conferred honorary doctorates on him, and he is a Distinguished Fellow of the NZ Association of Economists, and of the NZ Institute of Directors, and a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management. New Zealand’s social life, its health and education systems, and its capacity to face future economic challenges have greatly bene?ted from Frank’s dedicated service and vision. |
| MALCOLM TEMPLETON (At King’s High School 1936-40) – ACADEMIC |
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| Malcolm was a foundation year pupil at King’s High School, Malcolm Templeton was Dux in 1940, won a National Scholarship and enrolled at Otago University, where he graduated with an MA with First Class Honours in English and Latin in 1945. Born in Dunedin, educated at Gore High School, Kings High School, and Otago University. Began a career in the External Affairs Department (later Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or MFAT). In 1967 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He served as Deputy Permanent Head of the Prime Minister’s Department in 1972, after which he was appointed New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. On his return to Wellington in 1978 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs.On his retirement, and after a term as founding Director of the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University, he became in effect MFAT’s historian in residence. In recognition of his work as a diplomat, Templeton was made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order. He was also awarded a doctorate in literature from his old University of Otago for his outstanding scholarship |
| Jeff Robson (At King’s High School 1940 to 1943 – Sport |
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| . “Put a racket in his hand and magic would result—that seemed to be the case in the long dual career.” So proclaimed the citation when Jeff Robson was one of 67 individuals inducted into the NZ Sports Hall of Fame when it was established in Dunedin in 1990. His road to greatness developed while at King’s High School as he was selected for the school tennis team while still a third former. The following year he was ?nalist in the school championship, being narrowly defeated because being small in stature he lacked a net game; typically he persevered, and in the next two years won the championship easily because of his net game. He was also ?ves champion in his ?nal year at school. Jeff then attended Otago University, graduating in 1951 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree, having been awarded the Royal NZ Dental Corp Prize for excellence in Children’s and Public Health dentistry; he became Principal Dental Of?cer in Auckland responsible for the administration of the School Dental Service in that region, and ultimately Born on the 30th September 1926 Jeff Robson was one of the outstanding New Zealand sportsmen of his day, excelling at both badminton and tennis on the international stage. As a badminton player, Robson won nine New Zealand singles championships, and also won seven national men’s doubles and four mixed doubles titles. In tennis, Robson won the New Zealand men’s singles title three times, in 1949, 1952 and 1956. He also won five national men’s doubles titles and twice won the national mixed doubles championship. He represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup for three years. On top of his many tournament successes, he also holds the distinction of being captain of both New Zealand’s Davis Cup tennis and their Thomas Cup badminton teams. His career as an administrator was just as distinguished and included 25 years of service with the IBF. His devotion to sport led to an MBE in 1976 for his services to badminton and tennis. |
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