User:MargaretRDonald/sandbox/Don Francois

 Donald Davis Francois (1932-) was an American-born naturalised Australian who served as director of Fisheries of New South Walesfrom to. He was first appointed as senior biologist, taking up his position in August 1962 and then director when Fisheries was made a department with a director reporting directly to the minister at which point he had to be an Australian as an advisor to the minister.

Francois earned his Ph.D from Cornell with a thesis entitled, which concerned work done as a Fullbright scholar in Australia. He first arrived by boat (the Oronsay) in January 1958 with the Australian Museum as his host institution, staying initially at Wesley College.

Drought fish production dropped..

In 1983 the department of fisheries was placed within the ministry of agriculture and Francois was...