Peter Karmel

[2] Karmel was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he won a non-resident Exhibition to Trinity College in 1940.

In that year, he was awarded the Rouse Ball studentship at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he completed a PhD on Male and Female Fertility Rates.

In 1998 a national conference was held to honour Karmel at the conclusion of his term serving as chair of the Australian Council for Educational Research and board of directors.

[7] The Peter Karmel Building at the ANU School of Music was opened on 26 October 2001 and named in his honour.

[11] His son, Tom Karmel, is adjunct professor at Flinders University, where he works at the National Institute of Labour Studies.

Signage of Peter Karmel building ANU
Peter Karmel building, Australian National University