Professor Emeritus Peter Drake AM
Photo: Professor Emeritus Peter Drake AM
Professor Emeritus Peter Drake AM, ACU National's foundation Vice-Chancellor, was awarded Australian Catholic University's (ACU National) highest honour, Doctor of the University (honoris causa), at the University's Sydney graduation ceremony on Friday 23 May 2003.
Among his many achievements, Professor Drake is a respected scholar of economics, an author of many books, and an expert advisor to the World Bank, the governments of Papua New Guinea and Nauru and Australia's overseas development agencies on issues of economics and financial development in Asia and the South Pacific.
It was under Professor Drake's leadership that the first professors at ACU National were appointed, awards such as the Excellence in Teaching were instigated and campuses were consolidated and developed with facilities for university teaching and research.
