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RTM Whipple – A Distinguished Career in Property

Author/s: Greg Costello

Date Published: 1/01/2010

Published in: Volume 16 - 2010 Issue 4 (pages 382 - 399)

Abstract

This paper provides a chronological review of the career of the late RTM (Tom) Whipple. Tom is widely regarded as being Australia’s first “senior” property academic and was considered as a leader to many within the academic community. He spent his entire working life within the property industry, both as a practitioner and esteemed academic. His career can be viewed as comprising four main periods; the early period in industry 1949–1966, the Sydney University period 1966–1989, the Curtin University period 1989–1997 and the retirement period 1997–2010. This paper reviews all of these periods. The paper provides a comprehensive bibliography of Tom’s publications. So as to provide an appropriate context and to familiarise the reader with the work, these publications are discussed in the text by year and title with full publication details contained in the bibliography. The paper concludes with a discussion of Tom’s final research contributions and a pertinent quotation taken from his final written communication to his many colleagues within the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) community.

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