Malcolm Macgregor Summers

Malcolm Macgregor Summers
CBE
Secretary of the Department of Transport
In office
1973–1973
Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Transport
In office
1969–1972
Personal details
Born Malcolm Macgregor Summers
1924 (1924)
Queensland
Died September 1987 (aged 62)
Nationality Australia Australian
Spouse(s) Betty (d. 1972)
Children Kim, Nick and Catriona
Occupation Public servant

Malcolm Macgregor Summers CBE (1924 – September 1987) was a senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Transport from 1969 to 1972.

Life and career

Summers was born in Queensland in 1925.[1] He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1941 and moved to Canberra in the early 1950s to work for the Burueau of Census and Statistics.[1]

In March 1969, Summers was appointed Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Transport, a promotion from his position as deputy secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry.[2] In the role, he worked to set up the Bureau of Transport Economics and brought in new funding arrangements for national highways, rail, urban transport, shipping and road safety.[1] The department's involvement in policy issues increased substantially during the time that Summers was its secretary.[3] In December 1972, the department was reformed as the Department of Transport and Summers was Secretary until late 1973 when then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced he was to become the sole Commissioner of a Commonwealth Inquiry into the maritime industry.[4]

Summers retired in 1976 due to ill health.[1]

Summers died in 1987, his wife Betty had died in 1972.[1]

Awards

Summers was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in June 1976 for his public service.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary: Mr Malcolm Macgregor Summers: Head of former Shipping and Transport". The Canberra Times. ACT. 1 October 1987. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "Secretary appointed". The Canberra Times. ACT. 5 March 1969. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Juddery, Bruce (29 April 1971). "New position in transport". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 8.
  4. ↑ Davidson, Gay (26 September 1973). "Canadian to head amalgam of DCA, Transport". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Search Australian Honours: SUMMERS, Malcolm Macgregor, The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil)", itsanhonour.gov.au, Australian Government, archived from the original on 20 January 2016
  6. ↑ "Four Knights among fifty awards in A.C.T.". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 June 1976. p. 8.
Government offices
Preceded by
Dudley Williams		 Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Transport
1969 – 1972 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Transport
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Shipping and Transport		 Secretary of the Department of Transport
1973 		Succeeded by
Charles Halton
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