Harvie Picken

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name = J. Harvie Picken
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birth_date = Dec 1920
birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
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death_place = Melbourne, Australia
occupation = Entrepreneur Businessman Philanthropist
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children = James, Donalda
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Harvie Picken (b. Dec 1920, Melbourne, Australia) was a prominent Australian Businessman and member of the Picken family.

Biography

Picken lived in Toorak, Victoria, Australia.

Picken was born in Ayrshire, Scotland; he later emigrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne. He was the chairman and founder of the privately-owned J.T. Picken’s Ltd Printers which became part of one of Australia's largest Packaging companies. In 1982, Australian Paper Mills (APM) took over the larger Containers Ltd to form Amcor Limited, which is today one of the world's top three global packaging companies, based on market capitalization, sales, and profits.

Family life

Harvie had two children, James (Douglas and Donalda Picken. Douglas Picken had two son's Ken and Ian.

Other Information

President of Mercantile Rowing Club
President of Kingston Heath Golf Club
Member of the West Brighton Club - where a trophy named the Menzies Picken trophy is co-named with his friend Sir Robert Menzies (former Prime Minister of Australia).
President of the VATC (today the Melbourne Racing Club) - where a race was named after him the Harvie Picken "$22,000 Harvie Picken Super Vobis Handicap 3YO RB 0-72 1200M"
President of the Australian Chamber of Manufacturers (today the AusIndustry Group.
Practicing Freemason - Naval and Military Club Melbourne Fact|date=November 2007
Major supporter of the Australian National Gallery in St Kilda Road Melbourne
A member of the "white shoe brigade"Founding President of the Robert Burns Society - a powerful Australian-Scottish society. Had one of the world's largest collections of Robert Burns literature - which was donated to Scotch College Melbourne

External links

* [http://www.pickenfoundation.org/ Picken Foundation]
* [http://www.amcor.com.au/ Amcor.com]

See also

References

Articles

Books

E.K. Sinclair, "The Spreading Tree, A history of APM and Amcor 1844-1989", Allen and Unwin, 1990

Persondata
NAME=Picken, John Harvie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Harvie
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian Picken
DATE OF BIRTH=1 December, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH= Melbourne Australia