Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm (1916 - 2002)

Summary

Sir Geoffrey Badger was Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide 1955-1964. He was a member of the CSIRO Executive 1964-1965, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide 1966-1977 and then Research Professor of Organic Chemistry 1977-1979.

Details

Chronology

1941

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), London University

1941 - 1943

Career position - Research Chemist at ICI in Manchester, UK

1943 - 1946

Career position - Instructor Lieutenant with the Royal Navy

1946 - 1949

Career position - ICI Research Fellow, Glasgow University

1949

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Glasgow University, Scotland

1949 - 1950

Career position - Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide

1950

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

1951 - 1954

Career position - Reader, University of Adelaide

1952 - 1961

Career position - Co-Editor, Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science

1955 - 1964

Career position - Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide

1960 - 2002

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1964 - 1965

Career position - Member of Executive, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1964 - 1965

Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1966 - 1967

Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide

1967 - 1977

Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide

1971

Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1974

Award - W.D. Chapman Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia

1974 - 1978

Career position - President, Australian Academy of Science

1975

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in recognition of service to science and education

1977 - 1982

Career position - Chairman, Australian Science and Technology Council

1978 - 1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)

1979

Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)

1981

Award - ANZAAS Medal. Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1987 - 2002

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1978]

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Geoffrey Malcolm Badger - Records, 1962 - 1982, MS 164; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Geoffrey Malcolm Badger - Records, 1939 - 1985, MSS 0011; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Books

• Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm, Explorers of Australia (East Roseville, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press, 2001), 312 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Sir Geoffrey Badger AO, FRSC, FTS, FAA, FRACI, FACE, FAIM, Fellow ANZAAS, 1916-2002', Chemistry in Australia, 70 (2) (2003), 30-32. Details
• Badger, Geoffrey, 'The Role of Government in Australian Science', Australian Physicist, 17 (10) (1980), 157-160. Details
• Badger, Geoffrey, 'One Hundred Years of Teaching of Chemistry: Centenary Dinner at the University of Adelaide, 9 November 1985', Lumen (1985), 4-5. Details
• Rae, Ian D., 'Geoffrey Malcolm Badger 1916-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 41-66 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09001. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28089377. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/286499289. Details
• 'Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm (1916 - 2002)', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/geoffrey-badger. Details
• 'Badger, G M (1916-2002)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458486. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Badger, Geoffrey Malcolm - Ms 164', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms164.html. Details
• Crompton, Bob, 'Interview with Sir Geoffrey Badger', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 30 April 1997, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/sir-geoffrey-badger-1916-2002. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
• Coates, J. H., 'Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620237. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details