History

Stub entry. Contributions wanted Honours and awards 1952 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London (England) 1967 Doctor of Science (DSc), University of London, England 1972 Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (AIAS) 1972 Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1975 J.A. Prescott Medal, Soil Science Australia 1980 AIAS Medal, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (AIAS) […]

Early life Jack Cusack was born in Walpiri country 700 km south-west of Darwin in 1935, but was taken from his family when he was a young boy and raised in a mission on the Tiwi Islands, 80 kilometres north of Darwin. Time at CSIRO Jack Cusack was CSIRO’s longest serving Aboriginal staff member, working […]

Early life Ted Henzell graduated with a B.Agr.Sc. from the University of Queensland in 1952. In the same year he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and undertook research work at the Department of Agriculture, Oxford University. This culminated in the award of the degree of D.Phil. in 1955. Before joining CSIRO in 1956 he gained […]

Early life Ron was born on 14 June 1930 and was educated in Canada. He previously worked with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, the Canadian Department or Mines and Technical Surveys, the United States Bureau of Mines, Corning Glass Works and McMaster University. Time at CSIRO Ron joined the Engineering Ceramics and Refractories Laboratory of […]

Early life Born in 1924, David’s childhood and youth was spent in country South Australia, first in Balaklava, a small country town in South Australia, and later in Victor Harbor. David completed his schooling at St. Peter’s College, the same school which the Nobel prizewinners Lawrence Bragg and Howard Florey had previously attended and which […]

Early life After completing her PhD in 1950 and working with the the Medical Research Council, Dr Olley spent 18 years at Torry Research Station at Aberdeen, the UK laboratory devoted to seafood technology. Her work at Torry mainly involved fish lipid biochemistry and her applied work concerned the processing and nutritional properties of fishmeal. Time […]

Early life Stan was born in Cessnock, NSW, on 8 July 1935 and completed his secondary education at Cessnock High School. He obtained his B.Sc (Hons) degree in 1956 from the University of New England and then went as NSW State Cancer Council scholar to the University of Sydney to study for his PhD degree. […]

Completing his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne in 1949, Brian first joined CSIR as a Research Officer with the the Division of Industrial Chemistry. He resigned from that position in 1950 to take up a Zinc Corporation Fellowship at Cambridge Returning to Australia in 1952, with another PhD, he took up a […]

Biography Born in England in 1920, Tony Beecham came with his family to Australia in 1927. He served with the Australian Imperial Force in the Middle East in the Second World War. In 1950 he graduated with honours in chemistry from Adelaide University. Time with CSIRO In January 1951, he joined the Chemical Physics Section […]