| 词条 | Dick Dusseldorp |
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Gerardus Jozef Dusseldorp {{post-nominals|country=USA-cats|AO}} (2 December 1918{{spaced ndash}}22 April 2000) was a Dutch engineer and the founder of Civil and Civic, the financing arm of which later emerged as Lend Lease Corporation, one of Australia's largest companies. CareerBorn in Utrecht in the Netherlands in December 1918,[1] Gerardus Dusseldorp was known as Dik as a child, the anglicised version of which stuck with him for the rest of his life.[2] During World War II, as a Dutchman of working age, he was deported to Berlin, to work as forced labour.[3] Returning to the Netherlands, he secured work with a Danish firm building a railway from Copenhagen to Hamburg.[3] In late 1943 he was transported to Kraków, again as forced labour but this time for the Siemens Organisation.[3] In Summer 1944 he escaped and returned again to the Netherlands.[3] In 1945 he and his brother Hank secured jobs at Bredero's Bouwbedrijf, a Dutch housebuilder established in the 1870s.[4] By 1947 he had been promoted to Construction Manager.[4] In March 1951 Bredero's sent him to Australia to seek out business opportunities: there he established Civil and Civic, the success of which was based on the principle that the designer should be employed by the contractor rather than the other way round.[5] During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s he undertook residential housing developments such as Harbour Heights Estate and was a competitor of Leslie Joseph Hooker and Hooker’s housing developments.[6][7] In 1957 he secured the contract to build the podium for the Sydney Opera House and, having established his reputation, built the business into an international concern.[8] He went on to establish a financing arm for Civil and Civic; this emerged as Lend Lease Corporation of which he was Chairman for many years.[9] He eventually retired from the business in 1988 and in retirement became a significant philanthropist.[10] He was the founder of the Dusseldorp Skills Forum, an organisation that develops and advances the innovative practices of those who engage young Australians in acquiring skills.[11] He died in April 2000.[12] HonoursOn Australia Day 1988 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.[13] FamilyHe was married to Anne and together they went on to have several children.[3] Australian actress Marta Dusseldorp is his granddaughter.[14] LegacyDusseldorp was the founder of two Sydney suburbs, one of them being the prestigious Middle Cove where the Dusseldorp family lived from 1959 until 2004. The house which Dusseldorp built in Middle Cove is one of the top five house designs in Australia: it is based on Frank Lloyd Wright's inspirational honeycomb house design and is a good example of Organic Architecture.[15] References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=1YBcy4lR1RwC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=Dick+Dusseldorp&source=bl&ots=6lhKAlZHXS&sig=eD5AiCs4WEwFFpQjRcy-jF7wo90&hl=en&ei=wP5iSqPhMYWhjAfuwKzxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8 Clark, L. Page 18] 2. ^Clark, L. Page 19 3. ^1 2 3 4 Clark, L. Page 22 4. ^1 Clark, L. Page 24 5. ^Clark, L. Page 30 6. ^Middle Cove. Willoughby District Historical Society. Retrieved 1 December 2017. 7. ^[https://www.houzz.com.au/ideabooks/29267820/list/the-evolution-of-the-1960s-beachcomber-house-to-todays-platform-home The Evolution of the 1960s Beachcomber House to Today's Platform Home]. Houzz. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2017. 8. ^Clark, L. Page 31 9. ^Stuart Hornery's illustrious career was shaped by his mentor Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2008 10. ^Rise and shine Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 2004 11. ^Dusseldorp Skills Forum 12. ^Lend Lease: Death of our Founder 13. ^It's an Honour 14. ^{{cite news |last=Keenan |first=Catherine |date=16 October 2004 |title=Rise and Shine |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/15/1097784025099.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=19 March 2015}} 15. ^Heritage Study: The Sydney Suburb of Middlecove 2068 Further reading
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