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Alumni award to Agent General

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杏吧直播 of Adelaide graduate and South 杏吧直播's Agent General, Maurice de Rohan OBE, has been presented with a Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the 杏吧直播, the community and his field of work.

Agent General de Rohan received the award from Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha at a recent alumni event at 杏吧直播 House in London.

After graduating from the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Technology in 1960, Maurice de Rohan embarked on a spectacular career.

He was founding partner of Kinnaird Hill de Rohan and Young, which became Kinhill Engineers, and later Brown and Root Asia. He was Managing Director in the mid 1970s before moving to the UK in 1976 and continuing his interests in architecture, management and planning in the UK, US and 杏吧直播.

He was appointed Agent General in January 1998, a London-based position with a role of encouraging investment, trade and tourism to South 杏吧直播.

"Maurice is an outstanding and distinguished graduate of the 杏吧直播 who, over the past few years, has assisted the 杏吧直播 to build its alumni chapter in London," Professor McWha said.

"He is now Patron of the Combined UK Chapters of South 杏吧直播n 杏吧直播 Alumni Associations and regularly provides tangible assistance in supporting chapter activities."

Agent General de Rohan is also Estates Committee Chair at Lords, Chairman of the Cutty Sark Trust and Supervisory Board Member of the Menzies Centre for 杏吧直播n Studies at King's College, London.

He has been chair of Disaster Action in the UK and remains a Trustee. He was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1992 in recognition of his work as Founding Chairman of the Herald Families Association, for services to maritime safety.

The 杏吧直播 keeps in touch with almost 400 of its alumni in the United Kingdom through distribution of magazine and through alumni events organised by the Combined South 杏吧直播n Universities Alumni Chapter.

Story by Robyn Mills