predecessor successor office primeminister term_start article_title term_end name
leonard a. atkinson ian g. lythgoe cb chairman of the state services commission keith holyoake 1967 adrian g. rodda
 1970 adrian g. rodda
adrian g. rodda

adrian george rodda -lrb- 11 march 1911 -- 31 october 1997 -rrb- was a senior new zealand civil servant .
he was born in wellington , and educated at johnsonville school , wellington college and victoria university college .
rodda 's career began in the inland revenue department -lrb- new zealand -rrb- in 1928 , and he was also in the housing construction division .
he was in the first diploma of public administration group in 1940 .
he joined the public service commission in 1946 as an inspector , and became chairman of the commission in 1967 .
he died in hutt hospital , aged 86 years .
