Thompson

Bob Thompson with Peter O'Halloran, Professor Bernhard Neumann and daughters after receiving his BH Neumann Award at Daniel's restaurant, Manuka, Canberra, 20 May 1994.

Bob dates back to the first (1976) competition in that he was deputy Director of the CCAE Computer Centre when he personally enabled tapes from scans performed at UNSW to be read on to the CCAE mainframes and marked. He later became a member of the AMC organising committe as the mainframe consultant and took over from Peter Brown as AMC Treasurer in 1992, a task he still performed through 2012. He ended his career as Director of the UC Computer Centre for many years.

Citation

Mr Thompson has had direct involvement, in a voluntary capacity, as a computer professional with the Australian Mathematics Competition and its predecessor, the High School Mathematics Competition for the Burroughs Awards, since 1976. For example, in that time he was responsible for processing the annual set of AMC Computer School Reports. In the early years up to the mid 1980s it usually involved working to two or three o'clock in the mornings for up to four days each year.

In his capacity as the technical computer consultant for the AMC and other Trust activities, he has been in constant demand throughout the year. He has given his time and expertise in a cooperative, friendly and professional way at all times. He has been a great and positive AMF supporter over the years for the creation of the Australian Mathematics Trust.