Lynch, Paul Burbidge Biography 1991

LYNCH, Paul Burbidge
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] 1989
Retired Director, Soil and Field Research, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Born Hastings, 2 August 1915, son of William George Lynch and Selina (née Burbidge); married Veronica McNamara, daughter of George Augustus McNamara, 1942; one son, three daughters
Education: Hastings West Primary School; Hastings High School; Auckland University1933; Massey Agricultural College, BAgSc 1937, MAgSc 1938; Lord Bledisloe Prize 1934, Sir James G Wilson Prize 1935, Senior Scholar in Agriculture 1938
Honorary Member, NZ Weed and Pest Control Conference
RNZAF, meteorological 1942-45 (F/O)
Assistant field crop experimentalist, Department of Agriculture, 1937; field crop experimentalist 1947; Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: Superintendent, Field Research, Director, Field Research, Director, Soil and Field Research (retired 1975); appointments at Head Office, Wellington until established Research Division 1963, then at Ruakura Agricultural Research Station, Hamilton; responsible for planning conduct field Research all parts NZ; served on eight inter-Department, official committees.
Founding Council Member, NZ Institute of Agricultural Science, 1953-65, President 1958 (Honorary Fellow 1966); Executive Member, NZ Weed and Pest Control Society, 1949-63, President 1952: President: NZ Statistical Association 1950, NZ 1972-73 (Honorary Member)
Publications: Conduct of Field Experiments, 1960; Nitrogen Fertilisers in New Zealand Agriculture (editor), 1982
Recreations: Gardening
Address; Tainui Home, Box 5016, New Plymouth