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Sid Hurst

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Hurst served as a member of the Lincoln College Council between 1962 and 1985, the last six years of which as chairman. He was in the vanguard of those who advocated for the autonomy of Lincoln as a university of its own right, separate from its parent institution, the University of Canterbury.
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from the 1960s. He was a leader of the Lower Waitaki irrigation scheme, which began operating in 1968, and later was a member of the board of the National Water and Soil Council.
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Council for 23 years, including six years as its chair, he advocated for the independence of the institution from the
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on 12 August 1918, Hurst was the son Archibald Campbell Hurst and Jessie McKenzie Murray. He was educated at
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Hurst was particularly associated with the development of irrigation in the
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Index

OBE

Chairman of Lincoln College
Donald Bain
Allan Wright
Oamaru
OBE
North Otago
Lincoln College
University of Canterbury
Oamaru
Waitaki Boys' High School
World War II
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Federated Farmers
Lower Waitaki basin
1989 New Year Honours
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
honorary Doctor of Science degree
Lincoln University




"Farmer and scientist to receive Lincoln University's first honorary degrees"


"Information about Sidney Murray Hurst"
"Old boy recounts old days"

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