Jerry Leech

AUSTRALIA — Dr Jerry Leech died Sunday 26, 2023 in Mount Gambier. He is known for his ongoing forestry knowledge… The models Dr Leech developed with the Australian Computer Society are still being used some 40-years later. From 1970, he was responsible for the systems analysis, design and implementation of the system for making long-term predictions of forest growth from radiata pine estate then owned by the State Government. Dr Leech was also responsible for much of the biometrics. …From 1986, he carried out 30 international consultancies which was mostly for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Italy. …He received the Regional Medal for South East Asia-Pacific by the Commonwealth Forestry Association in 2009 and in 2021 and the N.W Jolly Medal by Forestry Australia. Dr Leech was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for his significant service to the forest industry, to tertiary education and to the community.