Person
Sargeson, Alan McLeod (1930 - 2008)
FAA FRS
- Born
- 13 October 1930
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 29 December 2008
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Inorganic chemist
Summary
Alan Sargeson began working at the Australian National University in 1958 and was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Research School of Chemistry 1978-1995. His areas of interest included the synthesis, mechanism and biological aspects of inorganic chemistry.
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Chronology
- 1952
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1955
- Education - Diploma of Education, University of Sydney
- 1955
- Career position - Lecturer (part-time), New South Wales University of Technology
- 1956
- Education - PhD, University of Sydney
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Adelaide
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Research Fellow John Curtin School of Medical Research
- 1960 - 1967
- Career position - Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Senior Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Professional Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University
- 1972 - 2008
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1975
- Award - Inaugural Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1976
- Award - Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy of Science
- 1976 - 2008
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1978
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1980
- Award - Bailar Medal, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
- 1980
- Award - American Chemical Society Award for Inorganic Chemistry
- 1983
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 1983
- Award - Nyholm Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
- 1985
- Award - Dwyer Medal, University of New South Wales
- 1989 - 1997
- Career position - Chairman, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry
- 1992
- Award - Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
- 1995
- Award - Sammet Award, University of Frankfurt, Germany
- 1996 -
- Career position - University Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
- 1996
- Award - Foreign Associate, United States National Academy of Sciences
- 1996
- Award - International Izatt-Christiansen Award for Macrocyclic Chemistry
- 1997
- Award - Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
- 1999
- Education - DSc, University of Sydney
- 2000
- Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 2002
- Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Alan Sargeson', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 75 (2009), 11, https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/australian-academy-science-newsletter-75. Details
- Bosnich, B., 'Alan McLeod Sargeson 1930-2008', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (2) (2011), 246-76, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11011. Details
- Danks, D.; Duffield, A.; Sargeson, A., 'Berthold Halpern 1923-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540072. Details
Resources
- Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Royal Society of London, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2011.0017. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4707710. Details
- 'Sargeson, Alan McLeod (1930-2008)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475039. Details
See also
- Coates, J. H., 'Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620237. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 15 June 2022