Person
Price, James Robert (Jerry) (1912 - 1999)
KBE FAA
- Born
- 25 March 1912
Kadina, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 8 March 1999
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist
- Alternative Names
- Price, Jerry (Also known as)
- Price, Sir Robert (Also known as)
Summary
Robert Price was a chemist whose research interests were in the chemistry of plants. He was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry from 1961 to 1966. During this time major initiatives were the search for medicinal drugs in the Australian flora and the development of the collaborative Australian Phytochemical Survey. Price was Chief Executive Officer of CSIRO from 1970 to his retirement in 1977 at a time of considerable upheaval for the Organisation. He was active in the Australian Academy of Science, chairing several of he sectional committees and serving on the Editorial Board of Records of the Australian Academy of Science. Price also took a leading role in the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, being President from 1962 to 1964.
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Chronology
- 1933 -
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1935 -
- Education - Masters of Science (MSc), University of Adelaide
- 1935
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
- 1937 -
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil), Oxford University, England
- 1937 - 1939
- Career position - Head, Chemistry, Section, John Innes Horticultural Institution, England
- 1939 - 1945
- Career position - Propellants and Explosives, Ministry of Supply, England
- 1945 - 1958
- Career position - Research Officer, Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- 1949 - 1953
- Career position - Associate Editor of Institute publications, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1954 -
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide
- 1956
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Editor, Reviews of pure and applied chemistry
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Editor, Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Principal Research Officer, CSIRO Industrial Chemistry Division
- 1959
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia
- 1960 - 1961
- Career position - Officer in charge, Organic Chemistry Section, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- 1960 - 1966
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
- 1961 - 1966
- Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Organic Chemistry
- 1962 - 1964
- Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia
- 1962 - 1968
- Career position - Member, Sectional Committee for Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
- 1965 - 1966
- Career position - Chairman, Sectional Committee for Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
- 1965 - 1970
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Records of the Australian Academy of Science
- 1966 - 1970
- Career position - Member of the Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- 1966 - 1970
- Career position - Chairman, Publications Committee, Australian Academy of Science
- 1969
- Career position - Chairman of Organizing Committee, XXIInd Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the XIIth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
- 1969
- Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia
- 1969
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Chemistry, Australian Academy of Science
- 1970 - 1977
- Career position - Chairman, Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
- 1976
- Award - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), Great Britain
- 1977 - 1999
- Career position - Honorary Member, Royal Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Collins, David J.; Simpson, Gregory W.; Solomon, David H.; Spurling, Thomas H., 'James Robert Price, 1912-1999', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 95-120. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03012. Details
- Price, J. R., 'Alexander Thomas Dick 1911-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 393-397. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630393. Details
- Price, J. R.; Lamberton, J. A.; and Culvenor, C. C. J., 'The Australian Phytochemical Survey: Historical Aspects of the CSIRO Search for New Drugs in Australian Plants', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (4) (1993), 335-356. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9930940335. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66735961. Details
- 'Price, Robert (1912-1999)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1016042. Details
- Ward, C., Sir James Robert (Jerry) Price (1912 - 1999), CSIROpedia, CSIRO, 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Price-Sir-James-Robert/. Details
Resource Sections
- Spurling, T. H., 'Price, James Robert (Jerry) (1912 - 1999), organic chemist and science administrator', in Australian dictionary of biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Canberra, 2023, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/price-james-robert-jerry-32122. Details
See also
- 'Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note', Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=648. Details
- Walsh, A.; and Willis, J. B., 'Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 31-47. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910031. Details
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