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Life Summary

Name	Frederick Edmund Emery
Born	27 August, 1925 Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
Died	10 April, 1997 (aged 71) Cook, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Education *	Fremantle Boys High School (WA) (student, 1937-1939) Perth Technical College (student, 1940-1942) University of Western Australia (student, 1943-1947) Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK) (fellow, 1951-1952)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1940-1943) Western Australia, Australia communist (1944-1948) Western Australia, Australia academic (1948-1958) Victoria, Australia communist (1948-1958) Victoria, Australia psychologist (1948-1958) Victoria, Australia academic (1958-1969) Overseas psychologist (1958-1969) Overseas academic (1969-1979) Australian Capital Territory, Australia psychologist (1969-1997) Australian Capital Territory, Australia sociologist (1969-1997) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Elton Mayo award (Australian Psychological Society) (recipient, 1988)
Legacies *	Fred Emery oration (Australian and New Zealand Systems Society) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Labor Club (University of Western Australia) (secretary, 1943-1944)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (WA) (member, 1944-1948) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1948-1958)
Workplaces *	Dept of Mines (WA) (public servant, 1940-1943) University of Melbourne (psychology) (academic, 1948-1958) Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK) (academic, 1958-1969) Australian National University (sociology) (academic, 1969-1979) University of Pennsylvania (USA) (academic, 1982-1984)

* Dates are approximate