Ian Bowe Tanner CMG (24 February 1926 – 27 December 2013)[2] was an Australian Presbyterian and Uniting Church minister. He was President of the Uniting Church's Assembly between 1985 and 1988.
The Reverend Ian Bowe Tanner | |
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Born | [1] Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | 24 February 1926
Died | 27 December 2013 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia | (aged 87)
Occupation(s) | Uniting Church in Australia and Presbyterian Church of Australia minister |
Spouse | Joan |
Children | Andrew Tanner |
Parent | Thomas Alexander Tanner |
Tanner was educated at Trevallyn State School, Launceston Technical College and the University of Tasmania, where he resided at Christ College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1950.[3] He later obtained a Diploma of Education from the University of Adelaide and studied theology at Ormond College Theological Hall.[4]
He served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 21 April 1944 to 22 August 1945 as a Leading Aircraftman,[5] and prior to training for the Presbyterian ministry worked as an Industrial Chemist at Patons and Baldwins in Launceston from 1950 to 1955.[6]
He was ordained in 1959,[4][6] and subsequently ministered at:
He was the first Moderator of the UCA Synod of South Australia from 1977 to 1979.
He retired in 1996.
He was the son of Thomas Alexander Tanner (-1947).[8]
His son Andrew Tanner was a member of the band Seven Stories.
Among his publications is a 2002 biography of Beryl Grant AO, OBE, FRCNA.[9]