Person

Tylee, Andrew Frederick Ewart (Tom) (1906 - 1966)

FACE

Born: Dec 1906
Invercargill, Otago, New Zealand
Died: 24 July 1966
late of, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Civil engineer

Summary

Tom Tylee BSc BE(Civil) AssocMInstCE AMIEAust FACE was the Director of Swinburne Technical College from 1950 to 1966. A civil engineer by profession, he was equally interested in the physical sciences, the social sciences and the arts. He established the "A.F. Tylee Prize in Social Science". A portrait painted in 1964 by A. Moore of the Swinburne Art School staff, is in the Swinburne Art Collection.

Details

Chronology

- 1950: Career Position - Head of Engineering, Seddon Memorial Technical Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
1950: Life event - Migrated to Victoria, Australia
1950: Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1950 - 1966: Career Position - Director, Swinburne Technical College
c. 1965: Award - Fellow, Australian College of Educators (FACE)

Related Corporate Bodies

Swinburne Technical College (1908 - 1992)
Director 1950-1966

Published resources

Journal Articles

'Tribute [Andrew Frederick Ewart (Tom) Tylee]', Swinopsis - The Swinburne Senior Technical College Magazine (1966), 60, https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/1b80f413-2d3f-4607-a6cd-40c2ae460dca/1/. Details
Anon, 'The Director [Andrew Frederick Ewart (Tom) Tylee]', The Open Door - The Magazine of the Swinburne Technical College (1950), 4-5, https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/items/a50d1d9a-3f82-408a-82a6-98c38d6a31b8/1/. Details

Ken McInnes

Created: 27 September 2022

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