Hawke, Professor Gary Richard Biography 1991

HAWKE, Professor Gary Richard
Economist; Professor of Economic History, Victoria University
Born Napier, 1 August 1942, son of Vyvyan Nesbit Hawke and Jean Avis (née Carver); married Helena Joyce Powrie, daughter of Gilbert and Joyce Powrie, 1965; two sons
Education: Napier Boys High School; Victoria University, Bachelor of Arts 1964, BA (Honours) 1965, Bachelor of Commerce 1965; Balliol, Nuffield Colleges, Oxford, DPhil 1968; Tawney Lecturer, Economic Historic Society (UK) 1978. Lecturer in Economic History, Victoria University 1968 – 1970, Reader 1971 – 1973, Professor 1974 -, Chairman, Department of Economics 1978 – 1982, Dean of Arts 1985 – 1988; Director Institute of Policy Studies, 1987 – 1991; Visiting Fellow: Amner Council of Learned Societies, Stanford University 19712 – 1973, All Soul’s College, Oxford 1977 – 1978, ANU 1984; Member Victoria University Publications Committee 1971 – (Convenor, Chairman, Victoria University Press 1982-); Member: University Council 1981 – 1984, Council of NZ Association of Economists (Editor, NZ Economic Papers) 1973 – 1977, UGC Curriculum Committee 1978 – 1984, Economic Monitoring Group, NZ Planning Council 1985 – (Chairman 1986-91); Chaired Cabinet Social Equity Committee working group on postcompulsory education, training, 1988. Member Board of Governors, Wellington College 1986-89, NZ Selection Committee for Harkness Fellowships 1989-98
Publications: Railways and Economic Growth in England and Wales 1840-1870; Between Government and Banks: A History of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1973; Economics for Historians, 1980; The Making of New Zealand: An Economic History, 1985.
Recreations: music, reading, cricket.
Address: 7 Voltaire Street. Karori, Wellington