Sir Bede Bertrand Callaghan CBE was an Australian banker and university administrator.
11 Facts About Bede Callaghan
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Bede Callaghan was managing director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia from 1965 to 1976 and chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1977 to 1988.
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Bede Callaghan grew up in Newcastle and attended Newcastle High School until the age of 14, when he began working as an office boy in a mining company.
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In 1927, aged 15, Bede Callaghan began working at a Newcastle branch of the Commonwealth Bank.
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Bede Callaghan moved to Cootamundra in 1934 and to Sydney in 1935, and thereafter progressed through the ranks of the company.
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Bede Callaghan returned to Australia in 1960 to become manager of the Commonwealth Development Bank.
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Bede Callaghan was president of the Bankers' Institute of Australasia from 1972 to 1974.
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In 1966, Bede Callaghan was appointed to the inaugural council of the University of Newcastle, located in his home town.
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Bede Callaghan was made deputy chancellor in 1973, and finally served as chancellor from 1977 to 1988.
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Bede Callaghan was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1968.
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Bede Callaghan was knighted in 1976 for services to banking.