Person
Darwin, Donald Victor (1896 - 1972)
MM ISO
- Born
- 11 October 1896
Red Hill, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 8 March 1972
Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer
Summary
Donald Darwin, MM ISO MIEAust MInstCE, was chairman of the Country Roads Board Victoria from 1949 until he retired in 1962.
Details
Chronology
- 1918
- Award - Military Medal
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1922
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 4 Mar 1924
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1938
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 12 Jul 1938
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1949 - 1962
- Career position - Chairman, Country Roads Board, Victoria
- 1960
- Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
- 1963
- Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Chairman of the Victoria Country Roads Board
- 1966
- Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Chambers, Don, 'Darwin, Donald Victor (1896-1972), Civil Engineer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 572-574. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130635b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1966 Award [D. V. Darwin, ISO MM MCE MIEAust]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 39 (1-2) (1967), N12. Details
- D. V. D. [Darwin, Donald Victor], 'Soil stabilisation and soil stability', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (1) (1936), 17-19. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Forty-seventh Annual Report [1966] (1967), 18 pp. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1966 Award) to Mr D V Darwin, ISO MM MCE MIEAust', p.2. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5295243. Details
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 17130, 1924', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- 'Darwin, Donald Victor (1896-19721231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469355. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 2 August 2023