Martin, Raymond Leslie (1926 - 2020)

Summary

Raymond Leslie Martin was an expert in the field of inorganic chemistry. He was appointed Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University in 1992 and lectured and worked at Monash University, the University of Melbourne, and the University of New South Wales. Martin chaired and headed many organisations and committees during his career and was Director of Circadian Technologies Ltd. from 1986. He was a member or Fellow of many of Australia's top scientific bodies and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1987 for his services.

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Chronology

1946

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne

1948

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Me;bourne

1949 - 1951

Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship

1951 - 1954

Career position - Research Fellow at the Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge, UK

1952

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge

1952 - 1954

Award - 1851 Exhibition Research Fellowship

1954 - 1959

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of New South Wales

1960 - 1962

Career position - Assoicate Research Manager, ICIANZ, Melbourne

1962 - 1977

Career position - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Melbourne

1968

Education - Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge

1968

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1968 - 1969

Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1971

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

1971 - 2020

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1972 - 1977

Career position - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Australian National University

1974

Award - Archibald D. Ollé Prize, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1976

Award - Archibald Liversidge Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

1976 - 1977

Career position - Dean, Research School of Chemistry, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University

1977 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra

1977

Education - 1977 DSc, Australian National University

1977 - 1987

Career position - Vice-Chancellor, Monash University

1978

Award - Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1979 - 2005

Career position - Fellow of Queen's College, University of Melbourne

1983 - 1984

Career position - Chairman, Victorian Vice-Chancellors Committee

1983 - 2007

Career position - Member of the Board, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

1984 - 1987

Career position - Chairman, International Atomic Weights Commission

1984 - 1998

Career position - Member of Council, Victorian College of the Arts

1986 - 2002

Career position - Director of Circadian Technologies Ltd.

1987

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to learning

1987 - 1991

Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Monash University, Victoria

1988 - 1992

Career position - Chair of the Australian Science and Technology Council

1989

Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1989 - 1992

Career position - Member of the Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council

1989 - 2020

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1990 - 1995

Career position - Trustee, Selby Scientific Foundation

1992 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Monash University

1992

Award - LLD honoris causa, Monash University

1992 - 1995

Career position - President, Victorian College of the Arts

1995 - 2000

Career position - National Chairman, Selby Scientific Foundation

1996

Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

1997 - 2002

Career position - Chairman, Optiscan Imaging Ltd

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in the chemistry of metals

2001 - 2006

Career position - National President, Selby Scientific Foundation

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Emeritus Professor Raymond Leslie Martin AO FA FTSE FAIM FCS (Lond) FRACI, 3 February 1926 to 25 February 2020', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 135 (2020), 25. Details
• Anon, 'Ray Martin: bridging the gap between academia and industry', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 211 (2021), 63, https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-211/. Details
• Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710097. Details
• Martin, Lisandra L., 'Raymond Leslie Martin 1926 - 2020', Historical Records of Australian Science, 35 (1) (2024), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR23012. Details

Resources

• 'Martin, Raymond Leslie (1926-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474894. Details
• 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1996', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details

Resource Sections

• Holloway, Bruce, 'Interview with Professor Ray Martin', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/rm.html. Details

See also

• Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (2) (1992), 127-49. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920920127. Details