Sir Alan Russell Frampton (born 2 November 1929) is a New Zealand agricultural economist. He completed a master's degree at
Massey University
Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki PÅ«rehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...
in 1964. He had a career as an academic at Massey University from 1968 to 1983, before working as a consultant. He was a member of the
New Zealand Dairy Board from 1973 to 1993, and was chair of the
Tatua Dairy Company
The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd, trading as Tatua, is an independent co-operative dairy company in the Matamata-Piako District of the Waikato Region, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located in the rural locality of Tatuan ...
from 1990 to 2003.
In 1990, Frampton was awarded the
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was a commemorative medal awarded in New Zealand in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and was awarded to approximately 3,000 people.
Background
The New Zea ...
. In the
2005 New Year Honours
New Year Honours were granted in the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the start of 2005. Among these in the UK were knighthoods awarded to Mike Tomlinson, the educationalist; Derek Wanless, who led a review of the National Health Service; and ...
, Frampton was appointed a
Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...
, for services to agriculture. Following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in
2009
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, he accepted redesignation as a
Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Frampton was conferred with an honorary
Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science ( la, links=no, Scientiae Doctor), usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D., or D.S., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries, "Doctor of Science" is the degree used f ...
degree by Massey University in 2002, and in 2010 he received a distinguished alumnus award from the same institution.
References
1929 births
Living people
People from Morrinsville
Massey University alumni
Cornell University alumni
Academic staff of Massey University
Agricultural economists
New Zealand economists
Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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