Australian economist (1910?1984)
John Crawford
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In office
4 May 1950 ? 11 January 1956
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In office
11 January 1956 ? 15 February 1956
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In office
11 January 1956 ? 31 August 1960
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Born
| John Grenfell Crawford
(
1910-04-04
)
4 April 1910
Hurstville
, Sydney
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Died
| 28 October 1984
(1984-10-28)
(aged 74)
Canberra
, Australia
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Nationality
| Australian
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Spouse
| Lady Jessie Crawford (
nee
Morgan
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Children
| One daughter
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Alma mater
| University of Sydney
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Occupation
| Economist and administrator
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Sir John Grenfell Crawford
AC
CBE
(4 April 1910 ? 28 October 1984) was an
agricultural economist
and a key architect of Australia's post-war growth.
Early life, education and family
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Born in
Hurstville
, Sydney, Crawford was the tenth of twelve children of Henry Crawford and Harriet Isabel Crawford, nee Wood.
[1]
Crawford was educated at
Sydney Boys High School
and the
University of Sydney
.
[2]
Crawford married Jessie Morgan on 18 May 1935 and together they had a daughter.
[3]
Career
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In 1941 Crawford helped to create the Agricultural Economics Section of the
New South Wales Government
's Department of Agriculture.
[4]
In 1942 he began working at the Department of War Organisation of Industry, before being appointed Director of Research at the
Department of Post-War Reconstruction
in 1943.
[5]
In 1945 he was appointed inaugural Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
[4]
followed by Secretary of the
Department of Commerce and Agriculture
(later
Department of Trade
), and then Secretary of the
Department of Trade
, where he played an important role in forging new trade relationships with the United Kingdom and Japan.
[5]
He helped to establish the
Australian Development Assistance Agency
(now Australian Aid), the Industries Assistance Commission, and
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
.
[5]
He was also an adviser to the
World Bank
,
Washington D.C.
,
[4]
and Director, Australian Japanese Economic Research Project.
Crawford was a founding member and inaugural chair of the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
, a
statutory authority
focusing on improving
sustainable production
in
developing countries
. He was also first chair of the Technical Advisory Committee to
CGIAR
(formerly Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)
[6]
from 1971 to 1976.
[4]
Crawford held several positions at the
Australian National University
: Director of the
Research School of Pacific (and Asian) Studies
(1960-1967);
Vice-Chancellor
(1968-1973); and then
Chancellor
(1976?1984).
[7]
Recognition and awards
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Crawford was appointed a
Commander of the Order of British Empire
(CBE) in the
1954 New Years Honours List
.
He was knighted in
1959 New Years Honours List
.
[1]
In the
1978 Australia Day Honours List
he was made a
Companion of the Order of Australia
(AC).
He was the second president of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society, and in 1983 was made an honorary life member.
[4]
He was named
Australian of the Year
in 1981.
[8]
In 2009, a street in the
Canberra
suburb of
Casey
was named John Crawford Crescent in Crawford's honour.
[9]
Legacy at ANU
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The
Crawford School of Public Policy
is named after Crawford, and the school runs the annual Crawford Leadership Forum, opened by the J. G. Crawford Oration.
[10]
It is also hosts the Sir John G Crawford Chair in Agricultural Economics.
[11]
The J.G. Crawford Prize was established by ANU in 1973, as Crawford was ending his term as vice-chancellor, in recognition of his contribution to the university. PhD Graduate students are nominated by college deans, and two (one for the natural sciences and one for social sciences/ humanities) and occasionally a third (for interdisciplinary work) are selected on the basis of academic excellence by a committee.
[7]
[12]
Since mid-2013 and as of July 2021
[update]
, the ANU is undertaking a research project with the title "J.G. Crawford: Shaping Australia's Place in the World". Partnered by the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
and the Crawford Fund, the project won an
ARC Linkage Grant
worth
A$197,580
.
[13]
A biography will be written by historian
Nicholas Brown
,
[6]
while
Frank Bongiorno
is also involved in the project.
[13]
Crawford Fund
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The
Crawford Fund
, a body established in Australia to support
international agricultural research
was also named in his honour. The fund awards the annual Sir John Crawford Fellowship to support scientists from developing countries, and since 1985 has hosted the Sir John Crawford Memorial Address. Notable speakers include
Ross Garnaut
,
Frances Adamson
,
Catherine Bertini
,
Florence Chenoweth
,
Craig Venter
,
Shridath Ramphal
and
Robert McNamara
.
[6]
References
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a
b
Miller, J. D. B. (2007).
"Sir John Grenfell (Jack) Crawford"
.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, (MUP), 2007
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CP 4: Sir John Grenfell CRAWFORD AC, CBE
, National Archives of Australia
, retrieved
31 March
2014
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"Crawford, Lady Jessie (1907?1987)"
.
Obituaries Australia
. National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.
Archived
from the original on 19 May 2013.
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a
b
c
d
e
"Obituary: The Late Sir John Crawford, AC, CBE"
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Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
.
28
(2?3): 163. 1984.
doi
:
10.1111/j.1467-8489.1984.tb00646.x
.
ISSN
0004-9395
.
- ^
a
b
c
"Sir John Crawford"
.
Crawford School of Public Policy
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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a
b
c
Osky.
"Sir John Crawford"
.
The Crawford Fund
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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a
b
"J G Crawford Prize"
.
Australian National University
. 24 October 2014
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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Lewis, Wendy
(2010).
Australians of the Year
. Pier 9 Press.
ISBN
978-1-74196-809-5
.
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John Crawford Crescent
, ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate, archived from
the original
on 27 February 2014
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"Helen Clark delivers Crawford Oration"
.
Crawford School of Public Policy
. 19 June 2017
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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"Sir John G Crawford Chair in Agricultural Economics"
. 2019
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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Spate, Oskar,
Crawford, Sir John Grenfell (Jack) (1910?1984)
, Obituaries Australia, Australian National University, archived from
the original
on 10 November 2013
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a
b
"ARC Linkage Grant success for CASS researchers"
.
ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
. 28 June 2013
. Retrieved
24 July
2021
.
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