| 词条 | Bede Fanning |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Bede Fanning | honorific-suffix = ISO | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department | term_start1 = 11 June 1946 | term_end1 = 14 March 1949 | birth_name = Lawrence Bede Fanning | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|08|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Casino, New South Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|08|14|1885|08|18|df=y}} | death_place = Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria | resting_place = Melbourne general cemetery | occupation = Public servant | years_active = | nationality = {{flagicon|Australia}} Australian | website = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = Amy Edwards (m. 1910–1951; her death) | alma_mater = | children = }} Lawrence Bede Fanning ISO (18 August 1885{{spaced endash}}14 August 1970) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department in the 1940s. Life and careerBede Fanning was born in Casino, New South Wales on 18 August 1885.[1] During World War II, while the Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department at the time, Daniel McVey, was engaged on work for the Department of Civil Aviation and Aircraft production, Fanning was head of the Australian Post Office.[2] In June 1946, Fanning was appointed Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department.[3] He retired from his position at the Department in March 1949 and the day after his retirement began a three-year term as Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, tasked with supervising the provision of radio and television services and maintaining technical and programming standards.[1] Fanning died on 14 August 1970 in Hawthorn, Melbourne.[1] AwardsFanning was awarded an Imperial Service Order in June 1941 as the Chief Telephone Inspector in the Postmaster-General's Department.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{citation|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fanning-lawrence-bede-10151|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727084005/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fanning-lawrence-bede-10151|archivedate=27 July 2014|title=Fanning, Lawrence Bede (1885–1970)|first=A.N.|last=Preston|date=1996|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|deadurl=no}} {{s-start}}{{s-gov}}{{s-bef|before=Daniel McVey}}{{s-ttl|title=Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department |years=1946 – 1949}}{{s-aft|after=Giles Chippindall}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fanning, Bede}}{{Australia-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35698125|title=Mr. L. B. Fanning is New Postal Head|page=8|newspaper=The Advertiser|date=5 June 1946}} 3. ^{{citation|title=CA 9: Postmaster-General's Department, Central Administration|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+9|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=5 December 2013}} 4. ^{{citation|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1081796&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727084230/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1081796&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archivedate=27 July 2014|title=Search Australian Honours: FANNING, Lawrence Beed|deadurl=no|publisher=Australian Government|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}} 4 : 1885 births|1970 deaths|Australian Companions of the Imperial Service Order|20th-century Australian public servants |
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