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Forrest, James Alexander (1905 - 1990)

FAA

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Company director and Lawyer

Born: 10 March 1905 Kerang, Victoria, Australia. Died: 26 September 1990.

(Sir) James Alexander Forrest completed a five-year articled clerks' course at the University of Melbourne and was admitted to practice in 1930. Three years later he was admitted to partnership in Hedderwick Fookes & Alston and began to consolidate his reputation as an outstanding young commercial lawyer. In 1950 Forrest was invited to join the board of Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd. and in 1953 he became Chairman. He went on to become Director of many other companies and organisations. In 1977 Forrest was elected a special Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1923 Filing Clerk at Hedderwick Fookes & Alston
1925 - 1929 Fve-year articled clerks' course completed at the University of Melbourne
1930 Admitted to practice (as a Barrister and Solicitor)
1933 - c. 1950 Partner in Hedderwick Fookes & Alson
c. 1940 - c. 1945 Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force Intelligence section
1945 - 1957 Director of the branch Board of the AMP Society
1950 - 1953 Board member of Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd.
1950 - 1959 Board member of the predecessor of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd.
1953 - 1977 Chair of Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd.
1957 - 1977 Chairman of the branch Board of the AMP Society
1961 - 1977 Director of the AMP Society Board
1967 Knighted
1969 - 1980 Chair of the National Bank of Australia
1970 - Chairman of Alcoa of Australia Ltd.
1970 - Board member of Western Mining Corporation

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 29 January 2007

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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