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Life Summary

Name	Sir Bede Bertrand Callaghan
Born	16 March, 1912 Wickham,, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 September, 1993 (aged 81) Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Callaghan, James Joseph (grandfather) Richardson, Ernest Biggs (colleague) Bury, Leslie Harry Ernest (colleague)
Education *	Newcastle High School (NSW) (student, 1923-1926)
Occupation or Descriptor *	bank employee (1927-1938) New South Wales, Australia banker (1938-1952) New South Wales, Australia banker (1952-1959) Overseas banker (1959-1976) New South Wales, Australia company managing director (1965-1976) New South Wales, Australia university administrator (1973-1977) New South Wales, Australia government adviser (1976-1993) Federal, Australia public servant (1976-1993) Federal, Australia university chancellor (1977-1987) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1968) John Storey medal (Australian Institute of Management) (recipient, 1974) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1976) papal knighthood (recipient, 1992)
Legacies *	Callaghan College (Newcastle, NSW) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Management (fellow, 1960) Bankers' Institute of Australasia (council member, 1965-1976) University of Newcastle (council) (council member, 1966-1988) Australian Administrative Staff College (chair, 1969-1976) Bankers' Institute of Australasia (president, 1972-1974) Lewisham Hospital (Sydney) (committee chairman, 1976-1988) University of Newcastle (council) (chancellor, 1977-1988) Warrawee Bowling Club (Sydney) (president, 1982-1984)
Workplaces *	Commonwealth Bank of Australia (employee, 1927) Foreign Investment Review Board (chair, 1976-1993)

* Dates are approximate