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Name	Ian James Kennison
Born	19 December, 1920 South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	8 April, 2000 (aged 79) East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Education *	Melbourne Grammar School (student, 1932-1937) University of Melbourne (student, 1938-1939)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1939-1946) Federal, Australia company manager (1946-1954) Victoria, Australia intelligence officer (1954-1981) Federal, Australia intelligence service head (1975-1981) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1981)
Workplaces *	Atkinson and Sons (manager, 1946-1950) Clare Burton Award (ANU) (manager, 1950-1954) Australian Secret Intelligence Service (public servant, 1954-1981) Australian Secret Intelligence Service (deputy director, 1973-1975) Australian Secret Intelligence Service (director-general, 1975-1981)

* Dates are approximate