Alan Woods (public servant)

Alan Woods
AC
Secretary of the Department of Defence
In office
14 November 1986 (1986-11-14)  31 July 1988
Secretary of the Department of Resources and Energy
In office
11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)  1986
Secretary of the Department of National Development and Energy
In office
8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)  11 March 1983
Secretary of the Department of National Development
In office
20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)  8 December 1979
Personal details
Born Alan John Woods
(1930-03-30)30 March 1930
Woonona, New South Wales
Died 13 January 1990(1990-01-13) (aged 59)
Canberra
Resting place Gungahlin Cemetery
Nationality Australia Australian
Spouse(s) Anne Therese Flynn
Children 4 daughters and 3 sons
Occupation Public servant

Alan John Woods AC (30 March 1930 – 13 January 1990) was a senior Australian public servant.

Early life

Woods was born in Woonona, New South Wales on 30 March 1930 to parents Oswald and Gladys May Woods.[1] He obtained a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney in 1955 while working as an executive trainee for Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd.[1]

Career

Woods began his Commonwealth Public Sector career at the Commonwealth Public Service Board in Sydney in 1955.[1] He moved to Canberra in 1957, taking a research officer post in the Department of Territories.[1]

In December 1977, Woods was appointed Secretary of the Department of National Development (later abolished and replaced by the Department of National Development and Energy, and then the Department of Resources and Energy).[2][3][4]

Woods was appointed Secretary of the Department of Defence in 1986, but was replaced in a reshuffle of department heads in mid-1988.[1]

Death

Woods died of cancer on 13 January 1990 in Canberra.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nethercote 2012.
  2. CA 3496: Department of Resources and Energy, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 13 January 2014
  3. CA 2979: Department of National Development and Energy, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 13 January 2014
  4. CA 2475: Department of National Development [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 13 January 2014

References and further reading

Government offices
Preceded by
Jim Scully
as Secretary of the Department of National Resources
Secretary of the Department of National Development
1977 – 1979
Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of National Development and Energy
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of National Development
Secretary of the Department of National Development and Energy
1979 – 1983
Succeeded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of Resources and Energy
Preceded by
Himself
as Secretary of the Department of National Development and Energy
Secretary of the Department of Resources and Energy
1983 – 1986
Succeeded by
Graham Evans
Preceded by
Jim Scully
as Secretary of the Department of Trade and Resources
Preceded by
William Cole
Secretary of the Department of Defence
1986 – 1988
Succeeded by
Tony Ayers
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