Colin Aikman | |
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Born | Colin Campbell Aikman 24 August 1919 |
Died | 22 December 2002 | (aged 83)
Citizenship | New Zealand |
Colin Campbell Aikman CBE (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968; first Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; and New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978. [1] [2]
He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government [3] and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. [4]
Aikman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. [5] In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to law and education. [6]
Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen's Counsel. [7] [8]
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Colin Aikman | |
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Born | Colin Campbell Aikman 24 August 1919 |
Died | 22 December 2002 | (aged 83)
Citizenship | New Zealand |
Colin Campbell Aikman CBE (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968; first Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; and New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978. [1] [2]
He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government [3] and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. [4]
Aikman was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977. [5] In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to law and education. [6]
Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen's Counsel. [7] [8]
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