Sir Laurence Macdonald Muir, VRD, FSIA, FAIM was an Australian Businessman and Philanthropist.
18 Facts About Laurence Muir
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From 1950 to 1980, Laurence Muir was a leading share broker specialising in underwriting major capital raising for large Australian companies and a senior partner with Potter Partners.
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Sir Laurence Muir served on the Boards of ANZ Bank, Alcoa of Australia Limited, Australian Consolidated Industries Limited, Wormald International Limited, National Commercial Union Limited, The Herald and Weekly Times Limited, Hudson Conway Limited, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, Crown Limited, State Development Fund Ltd, and Templeton Global Growth Fund.
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Laurence Muir was Chairman of Liquid Air Australia Limited and served on the Air Liquide International Board.
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Laurence Muir served on the General Motors Australian Advisory Council since its formation in 1978.
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Laurence Muir served the Federal and State Governments and was a member of the Parliament House Construction Authority, the Australian National University Council, and he was the inaugural Chairman of the Canberra Development Board.
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Laurence Muir was Knighted in 1981 for distinguished service to the community.
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Laurence Muir was involved in many charitable organisations and was a patron of both the Microsurgery Foundation and The Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.
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Laurence Muir was a founding trustee of Earthwatch Australia and a board member of the Sir Robert Menzies Trust.
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In 1981, Laurence Muir established for the Federal Government the Canberra Development Board and as its chairman for eight years, he was responsible for stimulating the private sector growth of the ACT Economy.
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Laurence Muir was involved in setting up the Annual Cup Day Appeal, The Daffodil Day and more recently assisted Relay for Life to raise funds for the Cancer Council of Victoria.
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Laurence Muir served ten years on the Board of the Royal Flying Doctor Service and was a corporate fundraiser for the initial National Heart Foundation of Australia, Anticancer Council, and Menzies Foundation appeals.
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Laurence Muir served for fifteen years on the Menzies Foundation Board and ten years on the National Heart Foundation Board.
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Laurence Muir remained active in Earthwatch until his Death and was Co-Patron with Sir Ninian Stephen.
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Sir Laurence Muir is proud to be the Patron of the Microsurgery Foundation at the Bernard O'Brien Research Centre.
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Sir Laurence Muir assisted Prof Michael Gore through corporate sponsorship to establish Questacon.
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Laurence Muir served as deputy chairman from 1988 to 1996.
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Laurence Muir was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 "for outstanding service to the business, financial and research community".