{"id":37520,"date":"2025-12-01T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internationalaffairs.org.au\/?post_type=aiia-team&#038;p=37520"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:58:45","slug":"john-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"aiia-team","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalaffairs.org.au\/aiia-team\/john-lawrence\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lawrence OAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John began his professional life as a civil engineer, where he commenced occasional assignments with the Defence Industry. He later made a mid-career change to the computer industry, and that association continued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His engineering experiences encompassed major developments in Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory, Canberra, and the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, PNG. John then worked for several major IT providers, especially with respect to air traffic and air defense. This expanded whilst employed by Microsoft, as a marketer and technical adviser, especially assisting Australia\u2019s Defence Forces in modernizing their IT infrastructure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2007 for community service through Rotary and the Anglican Church (in a major construction oversight role). In 2011, he was invested as a Knight of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, an honor bestowed on individuals in recognition of their works of Christian charity. He also was a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John was the chair of ShelterBox Australia in 2012 and has since retired as a director after nine years in that role. Through ShelterBox, John assisted in delivering help to victims of the Japanese tsunami and earthquake in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Rotarian since 1988, John has served RI as Director, Chairman of RI\/TRF\u2019s Audit Committee, board liaison for the Future Vision Committee, RI convention promotion member, RI training leader, and before that was District Governor (2000-01 D9710). In 2014, John served as moderator of the RRFC institute, followed by numerous RI assignments during the next decade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John is a long-term supporter of RI\u2019s Peace Centres, recently served on its committee (2021- 2024). John continues as a \u201cReader\u201d for RPF applicants\u2019 assessment and as a member of Rotary? U.Qld\u2019s Peace Centre\u2019s \u2018Rotary Advisory Board\u2019. John is a recipient of Rotary\u2019s Service Above Self Award.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John\u2019s partner Pam Davis was his late wife Janet\u2019s closest childhood friend. John has four sons \u2013 Peter and two grandsons live in Boulder, CO, USA; Andrew and wife Megan and two granddaughters live in Sydney; Richard lives in Brisbane; Chris and partner Carmille and daughter Lily live in Melbourne.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John currently serves as a Director of BELRAG for this region. He champions the educational project \u201cTeacher in a Box\u201d, providing resources to remote populations in some 24 countries \u2013 distributing Kto12 + learning without the need for internet connectivity. 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