Allen Brown (public servant)

Sir Allen Stanley Brown CBE (3 July 1911  2 August 1999) was a senior Australian Public Servant. He was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department between August 1949 and December 1958.

Sir Allen Brown

CBE
Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction
In office
1 January 1949  24 August 1949
Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
In office
25 August 1949  31 December 1958
Personal details
Born(1911-07-03)3 July 1911
Died2 August 1999(1999-08-02) (aged 88)
Nationality Australian
Spouse(s)Hilda (m. 1936; d. 1997)
ChildrenRoger, Helen and Joan
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (MA, LLM)
OccupationPublic servant

Life and career

Allen Brown was born on 3 July 1911. He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Wesley College and the University of Melbourne.[1]

In 1949, Brown served as Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction.[2] During his time at the Department, Brown was instrumental in the early years of the Snowy Mountains Scheme project.[1]

Brown was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department between August 1949 and December 1958.[3] From the Prime Minister's Department, Brown's next appointment was in the diplomatic service, he was Deputy High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom.[4]

In 1965, Brown was appointed Australian Ambassador to Japan.[5] While in the role he led Australia's observation team at the 1967 South Vietnamese presidential election. The observing delegation was invited by the South Vietnamese Government.[6] Brown observed polling in Huế.[7]

Brown retired from the Commonwealth public service in 1971.[8]

Awards

Brown was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1953.[9] He was named a Knight Bachelor in January 1956.[10]

Notes

  1. Farquharson 1999.
  2. CA 49: Department of Post-War Reconstruction, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 28 December 2013
  3. CA 12: Prime Minister's Department, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 March 2014
  4. "London post for Sir Allen Brown". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 August 1958. p. 2.
  5. "New envoy to Japan named". The Canberra Times. 4 February 1965. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  6. "Poll observers named". The Canberra Times. ACT. 26 August 1967. p. 1.
  7. "Observers impressed by poll facilities". The Canberra Times. ACT. 4 September 1967. p. 1.
  8. McMahon, William. "Retirement of Sir Allen Brown" (Press release). Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  9. Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley, Australian Government, archived from the original on 23 March 2014
  10. Search Australian Honours: BROWN, Allen Stanley, Australian Government, archived from the original on 23 March 2014

References

Government offices
Preceded by
H. C. Coombs
Secretary of the Department of Post-War Reconstruction
1949
Succeeded by
Finlay Crisp
Preceded by
Frank Strahan
Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department
1949 – 1959
Succeeded by
John Bunting
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Laurence McIntyre
Australian Ambassador to Japan
1965–1970
Succeeded by
Gordon Freeth
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