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Spouse(s)
  
Joan

Name
  
Ian Tanner

Parents
  
Thomas Alexander Tanner


Born
  
24 February 1926 (
1926-02-24
)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Occupation
  
UCA and Presbyterian Church of Australia minister

Children
  
Andrew Tanner of Seven Stories

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

  • Trevallyn State School
  • BSc at University of Tasmania
  • Ormond College Theological Hall (a member of the now University of Divinity)

    • 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:

  • Prahran Presbyterian Church, 1956-1958
  • North Box Hill Presbyterian Church, 1958-1963
  • Scots Church, Adelaide: as associate minister (from 1963) and collegiate minister (1965-1980)
  • Director of Lay Education (South Australia) (from 1980)
  • President of the Assembly (1985-1988)
  • Mission director (South Australia)
  • Wesley Church, Canberra (1992-1996)

    • 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

    Ian B. Tanner Wikipedia
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