Dr. Donald E. Edgar OAM (born 1936) is the Foundation Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Edgar had been professor in sociology and education at the University of Chicago, reader (assistant professor) in Sociology at La Trobe University and adjunct professor with RMIT University's Centre for Workplace Culture Change.
He has been a member of the Victorian Children's Council since 1996, and is an Ambassador for NARI, the National Ageing Research Institute.
His topics of interest include: Edgar was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours.
[1] Australia and Her Northern Neighbours, Hall's, 1962