Alan Frampton

Sir Alan Russell Frampton KNZM (born 2 November 1929) is a New Zealand agricultural economist. He completed a master's degree at Massey University in 1964.[1] 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 from 1990 to 2003.[2][3]

Sir Alan Frampton

KNZM
Frampton in 1977
Born
Alan Russell Frampton

(1929-11-02) 2 November 1929
Morrinsville, New Zealand
Academic background
EducationMassey College (MAgrSc)
Alma materCornell University
ThesisInternal and external implications of changes in United States imports of milkfat (1968)
Academic work
DisciplineAgricultural science
Sub-disciplineAgricultural economics
InstitutionsMassey University

In 1990, Frampton was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] In the 2005 New Year Honours, Frampton was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to agriculture.[5] Following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[6]

Frampton was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Massey University in 2002, and in 2010 he received a distinguished alumnus award from the same institution.[3]

References
  1. Frampton, Alan (1964). The economics of growing sugar beet on farms in South Otago (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/12126.
  2. "Tatua chairman retiring after 30 years' service to farmers". The New Zealand Herald. 27 July 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. "Distinguished alumni awards 2010". Massey University. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 145. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  5. "New Year honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2020.


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