Person

Anderson, John Robert (1928 - 2007)

FAA

Born: 5 March 1928
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 26 February 2007
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Chemist

Summary

John Anderson was Honorary Fellow of Chemistry at Monash University in the late 1990s and a former Chief of the Division of Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) from 1970 to 1978. His areas of interest were in catalysis, surface science, materials science and fuel chemistry.

Details

Chronology

1952 - 1955: Award - Royal Dutch/Shell Fellow
1955: Award - Ramsay Memorial Fellow for Great Britain
1964 - 1969: Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Flinders University in South Australia
1967 - 1969: Career position - Chairman of the School of Physics, Flinders University
1970 - 1986: Career position - Chief of the Division of Tribophysics/Material Sciences at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1972: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1979 - 1980: Career position - Acting Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Science
1987 - 1993: Career position - Professor of Chemistry, Monash University
c. 1994 -: Career position - Honorary Fellow of Chemistry, Monash University
2001: Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society through science and chemistry

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Elected Fellow 1972
CSIR/O Division of Tribophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1948 - 1978)
Chief 21 May 1970 - 1978; then Chief Division of Material Sciences 1978 - 1986.
Institute of Physical Sciences - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1988)
Acting Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences, 1979 - 1980

Published resources

Journal Articles

Avery, Neil R.; Jackson, W. Roy; and Spurling, Thomas H., 'John Robert Anderson 1928-2007', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 253-63, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14018. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6255080. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/14832489. Details
'John Anderson - Citation at year of election, 1972', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/john-anderson. Details
'Anderson, J R (1928-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-944389. Details

Annette Alafaci

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