Person
Andrews, Roland Stuart (1897 - 1961)
CMG FAA
- Born
- 21 September 1897
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 14 October 1961
Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist
Summary
Roland Andrews was Chairman and Managing Director, Gas and Fuel Corporation, 1951-1961, after 23 years as Chief Chemist, Metropolitan Gas Company, Melbourne. His evidence was instrumental to the Victorian State Government's decision in 1949 to establish a brown coal Lurgi gasification plant at Morwell and thus end Victoria's dependence on New South Wales' coal for gas production.
Details
Chronology
- 1919
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1919 - 1921
- Career position - Chemist at BHP Steel Works in Newcastle, New South Wales
- 1921 - 1925
- Career position - Chemist, then Plant Engineer, BHP Coke Oven Plant in Newcastle, New South Wales
- 1925 - 1927
- Career position - Head Teacher of Chemistry at Sydney Technical College
- 1927 - 1950
- Career position - Chief Chemist, Metropolitan Gas Company in Melbourne
- 1935
- Award - Sir Frederick West International Prize - for research on tar
- 1936
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1948
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney
- 1950
- Career position - Chief Technical Officer, Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria
- 1951 - 1961
- Career position - Chairman and Managing Director of the Gas and Fuel Corporation
- 1957
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Chairman of the Victoria Gas & Fuel Corporation
- 1957 - 1961
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Proudley, Ray, 'Andrews, Roland Stuart (1897-1961), industrial chemist and administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 57-58. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130066b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Andrews, R. S., 'Where chemists and engineers meet (Paper & Discussion)', Proceedings of the Victorian Institute of Engineers 1940-1941 (1941), 64-78. http://hdl.handle.net/11343/24853. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28026186. Details
- 'Roland Andrews - Citation at year of election, 1957', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/roland-andrews. Details
- 'Andrews, Roland Stuart (1897-1961)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464021. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 14 December 2022
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