Tom Prebble | |
|---|---|
 Prebble in 1993 | |
| Born | Thomas Kenneth Prebble 29 November 1945 Sussex, England |
| Died | (aged 75) Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Spouse | Bonnie Dewart |
| Children | Zoë Prebble Tessa Prebble Sophie Prebble |
| Relatives | John Prebble (brother) Richard Prebble (brother) Edward Prebble (brother) Mark Prebble (brother) Kate Prebble (sister) Antonia Prebble (niece) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Thesis | The Jordan Plan: a case study in educational change (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Education administration |
| Institutions | Massey University |
Thomas Kenneth Prebble MNZM (November 1945 – 17 January 2021) was a New Zealand educationalist and university administrator.
Biography[edit]
Born in Sussex, England, on 29 November 1945, Prebble was the son of Anglo-Catholic Anglican clergyman Kenneth Ralph Prebble and Mary Prebble (née Hoad).[1][2][3] He moved to New Zealand in 1948 with his parents, older brother John, and younger brother Richard, when his father became vicar of Northcote parish in Auckland.[3][4] John Prebble became a Queen's Counsel and professor of law at Victoria University of Wellington, Richard Prebble became a politician, and their younger brother, Mark Prebble, became the senior public servant of New Zealand.[3]
After a PhD in education administration, completed in 1975 at the University of Alberta in Canada, Prebble was appointed a senior lecturer in the Department of Education at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[5][6] In 1986, he became the director of extramural studies at Massey, and in 1999 he was appointed the university's inaugural principal extramural and international.[7] In 2002, he stood down from his administrative roles at Massey and was appointed to the Department of Social and Policy Studies in Education, retiring in 2004.[5][6][8] He was promoted to full professor in 1994, and was conferred with the title of professor emeritus on his retirement.[5][8]
Prebble was involved in establishing Massey's postgraduate programme in educational administration, the first in New Zealand.[5][6] Between 2008 and 2015, he was a board member and director of Ako Aotearoa, the national centre for tertiary teaching excellence, and he also served on the councils of Otago Polytechnic and UCOL.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the New Zealand Educational Administration Society in 1994.[5]
In the 2019 New Zealand Honours, Prebble was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tertiary education.[9] He died in Palmerston North on 17 January 2021, aged 75.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tom Prebble death notice". Dominion Post. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "England & Wales, civil registration birth index, 1916–2007". Ancestry.com Operations. 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Kenneth Ralph Prebble". Dominion Post. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Church newspaper appreciated". Ashburton Guardian. 10 June 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Heagney, George (1 May 2019). "Belated New Year honour for long-time Massey doyen". Manawatū Standard. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Tom Prebble". Tāmiro. Massey University. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "A champion for extramural students". Massey University. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Special investiture ceremony for Tom Prebble at Massey". Massey University. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.