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Life Summary

Name	Leslie Finlay Crisp
Born	19 January, 1917 Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	21 December, 1984 (aged 67) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Yeend, Geoffrey John (work colleague) Cameron, Archie Galbraith (acquaintance)
Education *	Black Rock State School (Vic) (student, 1924-1928) Caulfield Grammar (Melbourne) (student, 1929-1929) St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1930-1934) University of Adelaide (student, 1935-1947) Oxford University (student, 1939-1940) Oxford University (student, 1947-1948)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1940-1950) Federal, Australia public service head (1949-1950) Federal, Australia academic (1950-1977) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political scientist (1950-1984) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1938)
Legacies *	Crisp medal (ANU) L. F. Crisp building (ANU)
Key Organisations *	Canberra Hospital (ACT) (board member) Royal Canberra Golf Club (member, ?-1984) Canberra Hospital (ACT) (chairman, 1951-1955) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (chairman, 1975-1984)
Political Activism *	Australian Labor Party (ACT) (branch member, 1940-1984)
Workplaces *	Dept of Information (Federal) (public servant, 1940-1942) Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal) (public servant, 1942-1947) Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal) (departmental head, 1949-1949) Australian National University (academic, 1950-1977) Australian National University (politics) (academic, 1950-1977) Australian National University (visiting fellow, 1977) Australian National University (politics) (visiting fellow, 1977)

* Dates are approximate