Gordon darling biography
- Gordon sat on the board of BHP, a company co-founded by his grandfather John Darling, for a record 32 years from 1954.
- Born in London, Darling was schooled in England before serving as a major in the AIF during World War II. In the early 1950s he became a company director with.
- Darling, Leonard Gordon (1921–2015).
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- Darling, L. Gordon, 1921-2015
- Darling, Leonard Gordon, 1921-2015
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- National Portrait Gallery founder L. Gordon Darling dies, Canberra Times, 31 August 2015 (... Leonard Gordon Darling, died in Melbourne on Monday, aged 94. The businessman and philanthropist, known as Gordon Darling, was the founding patron of the portrait gallery and the National Gallery of Australia's chairman from 1982 to 1986 ... In 1991 he established the Gordon Darling Foundation, which has since provided funding and support for visual arts projects to more than 700 institutional recipients. Mr Darling was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2004 in recognition of his "vision and philanthropy". British-born Mr Darling was on the board of BHP, a company co-founded by his grandfather, for a record 32 years from 1954. For 15 years during that time he was also chairman of Rheem Australia and Koitaki Ltd and for 20 years he was a
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L. Gordon Darling AC CMG
L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), the Founding Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, was born in London and schooled in England before serving as a major in the AIF during World War II. In the early 1950s he became a company director with BHP, a position he held for thirty-two years. For fifteen years during this period he was also Chairman of Rheem Australia and Koitaki Ltd. His interest in the visual arts led him to accept the position of inaugural Chairman of the Board of the Australian National Gallery from 1982 to 1986. At the end of this period he established The Gordon Darling Australian Print Fund, which has acquired more than 6000 prints for the national collection to date. In 1991 he established the Gordon Darling Foundation, which provides funding and staff development opportunities for public art institutions Australia-wide. That year, too, he and his wife, Marilyn, initiated and facilitated the touring exhibition Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery. The interest generated by the exhibition led to the establ
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Australian Dictionary of Biography
Harold Gordon Darling (1885-1950), company director, was born on 9 June 1885 in Adelaide, son of John Darling junior and his wife Jessie, née Dowie. Harold was educated at Prince Alfred College, and in 1903 he entered his father's milling and grain business. On 24 April 1913 in a Presbyterian ceremony at Bundarra, Malvern, Melbourne, he married Dorothy Hazel Heath. On his father's death in March 1914 he became principal of John Darling & Son; the headquarters were moved to Melbourne and Harold made his home there. At the beginning of World War I he volunteered for military service, but agreed to Prime Minister Billy Hughes's request to serve on the advisory council of the Australian Wheat Board.
On 14 April 1914 Darling accepted an invitation to join the board of directors of Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death. Eight years later, on 27 October 1922, he was elected chairman of the board; he was then its youngest member. At his first public address to the shareholders in 1923 he had to announce th
- National Portrait Gallery founder L. Gordon Darling dies, Canberra Times, 31 August 2015 (... Leonard Gordon Darling, died in Melbourne on Monday, aged 94. The businessman and philanthropist, known as Gordon Darling, was the founding patron of the portrait gallery and the National Gallery of Australia's chairman from 1982 to 1986 ... In 1991 he established the Gordon Darling Foundation, which has since provided funding and support for visual arts projects to more than 700 institutional recipients. Mr Darling was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2004 in recognition of his "vision and philanthropy". British-born Mr Darling was on the board of BHP, a company co-founded by his grandfather, for a record 32 years from 1954. For 15 years during that time he was also chairman of Rheem Australia and Koitaki Ltd and for 20 years he was a
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