dean of the Faculty of Science from 1959 to 1963 and deputy principal and vice-chancellor for another three years. Eliezer became the first professor of applied mathematics at La Trobe University in 1968. During his 15 years at the university he was dean of the School of Physical Sciences (1969–71 and 1982–83) and deputy vice-chancellor for a period. After retiring in 1983 he was appointed emeritus professor at La Trobe. Eliezer had been president of the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. He received an honorary D.Sc.Inf. degree from the University of Jaffna in 1981. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1996. He was awarded the Maamanithar (Great Man) honour by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on 19 October 1997. Eliezer was vice-president of the Colombo branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association and a member of the Jaffna College board. He was president of the Ceylon Tamil Association of Victoria and chairman of the Australian Federation of Tamil Associations (1984-2001). Eliezer helped Tamil refugees fleeing to Australia following the 1983 anti-Tamil Black July riots. He co-hosted a Tamil language programme on the Special Broadcasting Service. Eliezer died on 10 March 2001 in Melbourne. Works Eliezer wrote several books and articles including: Concise Vector Analysis (1963, Pergamon Press) A Modern Text-book on Statics: For Students of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Engineering (1964, Pergamon Press) Mathematics : Queen of the Arts, Handmaiden of the Sciences (1969, La Trobe University) The First Integrals of Some Differential Equations of Dynamics (1978, La Trobe University) Mechanics for Year Eleven (1988, co-author J. G. Barton) References External links 1918 births 2001 deaths 20th-century Sri Lankan lawyers Academic staff of the Ceylon University College Academic staff of the University of Ceylon Academic staff of the University of Malaya Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Alumni of Hartley College Alumni of the Ceylon University College Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo Australian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars La Trobe University faculty Maamanithar Members of the Middle Temple Members of the Order of Australia People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka People of British Ceylon Sri Lankan mathematicians Sri Lankan Tamil academics Sri Lankan Tamil lawyers Sri Lankan Tamil