AMEY, Lloyd Ronald
| Service Number: | 442813 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 February 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 22 October 1922 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School and Adelaide University, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Economics & Accounting Professor |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Sutton, Quebec, Canada , 27 April 2020, aged 97 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Whyalla Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 442813 | |
| 1 Jul 1947: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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From Farmer’s Son to Economics Whiz
DR LLOYD Amey’s economics career led him to global recognition, including advising the UN in Geneva on international economics.
He worked as professor of accounting and economics at McGill University, in Canada, for 20 years.
Lloyd was born in Payneham in 1922, to Bessie and Samuel, a dairy farmer. He had a younger sister, Margaret.
Lloyd enjoyed a childhood with parents who cherished him and a sister who looked up to him. He went to Adelaide High School, excelling in maths, physics, economics, history, geography and shorthand .
At 15, he won the Hemingway & Robertson Accountancy Scholarship which was worth £21. After graduating, Lloyd used his expertise in shorthand while working at the courts.
He studied accounting at night and began working for BHP, in Whyalla, following graduation.
Lloyd joined the air force when World War II broke out, training as a flight navigator in Canada. He returned to BHP after his service finished, followed by a stint in journalism.
Lloyd then returned to study, graduating from Adelaide University with an economics degree.
He married Maurine Parrott in 1947. They moved to London in 1951, where Lloyd did further studies at the London School of Economics and Nottingham University.
His research paper on the operating efficiency at manufacturing firms was widely acclaimed as a benchmark study.
Lloyd then took a post as senior economics lecturer at Nottingham.
Daughter Elisabeth was born in 1958, while son Richard was adopted in 1967.
In 1960, Lloyd was appointed professor of accounting and economics at Bristol University , staying for nine years.
This included an exchange year in the US and advising the UN, in Geneva, on international economics.
In 1969, the family moved to Canada, where Lloyd was appointed professor of accounting at the McGill School of Business, in Montreal.
Through his career, Lloyd wrote seven textbooks. He retired from McGill in 1992 and moved with Maurine to the picturesque town of Sutton, Quebec.
Maurine died in 1996. Tragically, Richard died unexpectedly in 2018.
From childhood, Lloyd enjoyed an enduring companionship with his pet dogs.
Socially, he was private and reserved, but to his circle of friends he was exceptionally warm and generous.
Despite his achievements, Lloyd was unpretentious and unassuming.
He was a welcome, easygoing and personable guest at social events with a quietly wry sense of humour.
He is survived by daughter Elisabeth.
Extract from Adelaide Advertiser Obituaries
August 22 2020
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