Committee In 1989, Dickson was elected as the Australian Capital Territory's first representative on the board of the Australian Olympic Federation. He was a member of the 1996 Melbourne Olympic Games Bid. In 1993, Dickson became an inaugural life of the ACT Olympic Council. Employment Dickson started as a journalist with the ABC in Perth and then became Channel Nine Perth's first sports director. He then spent 14 years in Europe including operating an import-export business in the South of France and then being appointed the Head Coach for French Swimming. In 1980, Dickson was appointed the inaugural Manager of the National Sports Centre in Canberra that became the home of the Australian Institute of Sport. He was the permanent Australian Capital Territory Tourism Commissioner from 1985 to 1988. In 1980, Dickson was appointed the inaugural Manager of the National Sports Centre in Canberra that was to become the home of the Australian Institute of Sport. He was the permanent Australian Capital Territory Tourism Commissioner from 1985 to 1988. Recognition Swimming Western Australia Sir Frank Beaurepaire Memorial Trophy in 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62 and 1964/65. Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 1961, 1963 and 1966 Australian Sports Medal in 2000 Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame in 2008 Western Australian South West Hall of Fame See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay References Bibliography 1941 births Living people People from Perak Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Australian male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games