What is Harry Evans?
[[File:HarryEvans jun2008.jpg|thumb|Evans in June 2008.]] '''Harry Evans''' (7 February 1946 &ndash; 7 September 2014) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[Civil service|public servant]]. He was a [[Clerk]] of the [[Australian Senate]], serving from 17 February 1988 until his [[retirement]] on 4 December 2009. This 21-year title makes him the longest-serving Clerk of the Australian Senate. Evans was born in [[Lithgow, New South Wales|Lithgow]], [[New South Wales]]. He studied at the [[University of Sydney]]. He was married to Rhonda Evans. They had three children. Evans died after a long illness on 7 September 2014 in [[Canberra]], aged 68.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/harry-evans-australias-longestserving-clerk-of-the-senate-dies-at-68-20140908-10dyk8.html|title=Harry Evans, Australia's longest-serving Clerk of the Senate, dies at 68|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=8 September 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014|first=Primrose|last=Riordan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/longtime-senate-clerk-harry-evans-dies/story-fn3dxiwe-1227051650392|title=Longtime Senate clerk Harry Evans dies|work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=8 September 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Research_and_Education/The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_the_Australian_Senate/Papers_by_former_Clerk_of_the_Senate_Harry_Evans Harry Evans papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217031828/http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Research_and_Education/The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_the_Australian_Senate/Papers_by_former_Clerk_of_the_Senate_Harry_Evans |date=2014-02-17 }} at the [[Parliament of Australia]] webpage {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Harry}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Australian civil servants]] [[Category:People from New South Wales