Spouse(s) Joan Name Ian Tanner | Parents Thomas Alexander Tanner | |
Died December 27, 2013, Canberra, Australia |
Ian B. Tanner (24 February 1926 – 27 December 2013) was an Australian Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister. He was President of the Uniting Church's Assembly between 1985-1988.
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Education
Career
He was in the Royal Australian Air Force 21 Apr 1944 – 22 Aug 1945 as a Leading Aircraftman, and prior to training for the Presbyterian ministry worked as an Industrial Chemist.
He was ordained in 1959, and subsequently ministered at:
He was the first Moderator of the UCA Synod of South Australia in the period 1977-1979.
He retired in 1996.
Family
He was the son of Thomas Alexander Tanner (-1947).
His son Andrew Tanner was a member of the band Seven Stories.
Publications
Among his publications is a 2002 biography of Beryl Grant AO, OBE, FRCNA
References
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