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Raymond Nottage CMG

Raymond Nottage CMG The Author(s), 2010. Reprints and permissions: http:// www.sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav 0952-0767 201007 25(3) 341–342 Raymond Nottage, who died on 19 February 2010 at the age of 93, will always be associated with the Royal Institute of Public Administration, whose activities he directed for close on thirty years. In the words of the late Lord Redcliffe-Maud, he was its post-war ‘founding father’. Although the Institute of Public Administration was founded in 1922, it was only in 1947 that it felt able to appoint its first full-time Director. Raymond was its second, in 1949. Raymond spent most of his pre-institute career at Post Office Headquarters. The Post Office released him on ‘approved employment’ for two years – a period which in the event was somewhat extended. He retired from the Institute in 1978. Raymond’s first task was to develop a corporate membership scheme. His success in masterminding this operation was to link over 500 public authorities with the Institute and provide it with a stable financial footing on which to mount a growing range of activities. With his colleague John Sargent, he launched the Institute’s training programme for UK public servants, a major enterprise that included the first seminars run in this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Raymond Nottage CMG

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Public Policy and Administration , Volume 25 (3): 2 – Jul 1, 2010
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The Author(s), 2010. Reprints and permissions: http:// www.sagepub.co.uk/ journalsPermissions.nav 0952-0767 201007 25(3) 341–342 Raymond Nottage, who died on 19 February 2010 at the age of 93, will always be associated with the Royal Institute of Public Administration, whose activities he directed for close on thirty years. In the words of the late Lord Redcliffe-Maud, he was its post-war ‘founding father’. Although the Institute of Public Administration was founded in 1922, it was only in 1947 that it felt able to appoint its first full-time Director. Raymond was its second, in 1949. Raymond spent most of his pre-institute career at Post Office Headquarters. The Post Office released him on ‘approved employment’ for two years – a period which in the event was somewhat extended. He retired from the Institute in 1978. Raymond’s first task was to develop a corporate membership scheme. His success in masterminding this operation was to link over 500 public authorities with the Institute and provide it with a stable financial footing on which to mount a growing range of activities. With his colleague John Sargent, he launched the Institute’s training programme for UK public servants, a major enterprise that included the first seminars run in this

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