Person
Wark, Ian William (1899 - 1985)
Kt FAA FTS FRACI CBE
- Born
- 8 May 1899
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 April 1985
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Industrial chemist and Science administrator
Summary
Sir Ian Wark was Chief of the Division of Industrial Chemistry, CSIR/O 1939-1958, Director of the Chemical Research Laboratories 1958-1960, and a member of the Executive 1960-1965. He was chairman of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education 1965-1971.
The Australian Academy of Science has awarded the Ian Wark Medal and lecture, named in his honour, biennially since 1987.
Details
Commemorated by the Ian Wark Laboratories in the CSIRO complex at Clayton, the Ian Wark Theatre in the Australian Academy of Science, the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia and the Ian William Wark Medal and Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science.
Chronology
- 1919
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1920
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
- 1921
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship
- 1923
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College, London
- 1924
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1924
- Life event - Postdoctoral studies, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1925 -
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- 1925
- Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sydney
- 1926 - 1939
- Career position - Research Chemist, The Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia Limited
- 1933
- Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1933
- Award - Grimwade Prize, University of Melbourne
- 1933
- Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
- c. 1937 - c. 1954
- Career event - Elected Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- 1939 - 1958
- Career position - Chief, CSIR/CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry
- 1940 - 1953
- Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1942 - 1943
- Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute
- 1946
- Career position - President, Chemistry Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1946 - c. 1954
- Career position - Member, Australian National Research Council
- 1946 - 1985
- Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1953 - 1985
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
- 1954 - 1985
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1957 - 1958
- Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - Director, CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratories
- 1960 - 1965
- Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO
- 1960 - 1985
- Award - Honorary Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1964
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Science
- 1964 - 1985
- Career position - Governor (honorary), Ian Potter Foundation
- 1965 - 1971
- Career position - Chairman, Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education
- 1966
- Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- 1967
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Chairman, Committee on Advanced Education
- 1969
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Services to education and science
- 1971 - 1985
- Career position - Honorary consultant to CSIRO Minerals Research Laboratories / Institute of Energy and Earth Resources
- 1971 - 1985
- Career position - Member, South Australian Board of Advanced Education
- 1973
- Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1975 - 1985
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1977
- Award - Doctor of Applied Science (DAppSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Inaugural President, Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Ian William Wark - Records, 1922 - 1985, MS 148; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies
- Ian William Wark - Records, 1939 - 1965; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Evans, Joanne; McCarthy, Gavan; Stephens, Robin, Centenaries of Australian Science, Discovery and Endeavour: Celebrating Australian Science, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, AustehcWeb, Melbourne, 4 August 1999, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/cent/. Details
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Books
- McCarthy, Gavan, The Papers of Sir Ian William Wark, 1899-1985 (Melbourne: Australian Science Archives Project, 1987), 51 pp. Details
- Rees, A.L.G., Science in Bondage: the Inaugural Ian William Wark Lecture, 30 November 1987 (Canberra: Australian Academy of Science, 1987), 16 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Willis, J. B., 'Wark, Sir Ian William (1899-1985), Chemist and Scientific Administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 558-9. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wark-sir-ian-william-15853. Details
Journal Articles
- Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W., 'Harold George Raggatt', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 62-75. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230062.htm. Details
- Rees, A. L. G., 'Ian William Wark 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (4) (1987), 533-548. https://doi.org/10.1071HR9870640533. Details
- Wark, I. W., 'Training of Scientists', Australian Physicist, 10 (6) (1973), 97-99. Details
- Wark, I. W., 'The CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry, 1940-1952', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 4 (2) (1979), 7-41. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790420007.htm. Details
- Wark, I. W.; and Ellis, E. G., 'Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby 1904-197', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (1) (1980), 104-128. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9800510104. Details
- Wark, I.W., 'David Orme Masson, 1858-1937.', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 25 (November) (1958), 533-541. Details
- Willis, J. B., 'Sir Ian Wark: an Industrious Chemist', Chemistry in Australia, 62 (3) (1995), 32-33. Details
Resources
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/6676156133196658430002. Details
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28037460. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan, Sir Ian William Wark Guide to Records, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, December 1999, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/wark/WARK.htm. Details
- 'Wark, Ian W (18990508-19850420)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-461025. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DAppSc, 1977', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- Rees, A. L. G., 'Ian William Wark 1899-1985', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/ian-william-wark-1899-1985. Details
- Ward, C., 'Sir Ian William Wark', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Wark-Sir-Ian-William. 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_w.html. Details
- Ian Wark Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/ian-wark-medal-and-lecture. Details
- Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 97-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710097. Details
- Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (4) (1987), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870640507. Details
- Ewers, W. E.; and Weiss, D. E., 'Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (2) (1981), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9810520078. Details
- Rogers, W. P., 'Jack Ellerton Becker 1904-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (3) (1982), 92-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9820530092. 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
Digital resources
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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 16 April 2024
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