Worner, Howard Knox (1913 - 2006)

Summary

Howard Worner was Professor of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne 1946-1955 and then worked for the mining companies, CRA Ltd and BHP Ltd. He published widely in the field of metallurgy and developed the "WORCRA" continuous smelting and refining process.

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Chronology

1933

Education - Diploma, Bendigo School of Mines

1933

Award - University Senior Scholarship, Education Department of Victoria

1933

Award - Gold medal, Bendigo School of Mines

1934

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne

1936

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne

1936 - 1938

Career position - Lecturer in metallography, University of Melbourne

1939 - 1946

Career position - Research fellow, Dental Materials Research Laboratory, Melbourne

1940

Award - David Syme Research Prize (shared with Sherborn Hills), University of Melbourne

1942

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne

1946 - 1955

Career position - Professor of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne

1953 - 1955

Career position - Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

1955 - 1956

Career position - Federal President, Australasian Institute of Metals

1956 - c. 1964

Career position - Director of research at Broken Hill Pty Ltd

1964

Award - Corrosion Medal (called the Silver Medal), Australasian Corrosion Association

1964 - 1975

Career position - Director of New Process Development, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia Ltd

1973

Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

1973 - 2006

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1974

Award - Silver Medal, Australasian Institute of Metals

1974 - 1977

Career position - Member of Council, National Museum of Victoria

1975

Life event - Retired

1975 - 1980

Career position - Member, Victorian Brown Coal Council

1975 - 1980

Career position - Secretary, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering

1975 - 1987

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

1976

Award - Kent Medal, Institute of Fuel, United Kingdom

1977

Award - Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

1977

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - for Science and technology of energy [Award ID: 1064895]

1977 - 1978

Career position - Chairman, Advisory Committee, National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Council

1978 - 1980

Career position - Chairman, National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Council

1983

Award - Docking Medal, International Association for Dental Research

1983

Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

1986

Award - Johnson Medal, Mineralogical Society of South Australia

1987

Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1987

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]

1987 - 1989

Career position - Director, Microwave Applications Research Centre, University of Wollongong

1988 - 2006

Award - Honorary Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

1994

Award - Ian Wark Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

1994 - 2006

Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Institute of Energy

1996

Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Newcastle

1 Jan 2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in metallurgy and materials engineering [Award ID: 1126697]

2002

Award - Benjamin F. Fairless Award, Association for Iron and Steel Technology

Related entries

Archival resources

Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd

• Howard Knox Worner - Records, 1955 - 1962; Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd. Details

Private hands (Worner, H.K.)

• Howard Knox Worner - Records, 1930 - 1988; Private hands (Worner, H.K.). Details

Published resources

Edited Books

• Worner, Howard Knox; Mitchell, Robert W.; and Segnit, Ralph E. eds, Minerals of Broken Hill (Melbourne: Australian Mining and Smelting, 1982), 259 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Nine new Honorary Fellows [Em.Prof. David John Francis Allen-Williams; Prof. Lance Aubrey Endersbee; Kenneth John Kelsall; Steven Kenneth Langley; James Bruce Kirkwood; Em.Prof. Sydney Arthur Prentice; Harold C. Richards; Sir Sydney Schubert; Prof. Howard Knox Worner]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 60 (1988), 42-43. Prof Howard Knox Worner p.43. Details
• 'Obituaries: Ian Ross, Robert Symons, Howard Worner', Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science, 66 (August-December) (2006), 10-11, https://www.science.org.au/files/userfiles/events/documents/aas66.pdf. Details
• Andrews, Barry, 'Obituary: vale Professor Howard Know Worner, 3.8.1913 - 17.11.2006', AusIMM bulletin (2007), 87-8. Details
• Birch, Bill, 'Died, Howard K. Worner, 93', The Mineralogical Record, 38 (2007), 180-1. Details
• Carr, Paul F.; and Williamson, Penny, 'The Howard Worner collection', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 7 (1) (2001), 19-26. Details
• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Worner Brothers', Uni News, 12 (17) (2003), 4. Details
• Richardson, J. F.; Worner, H. K., 'Impact tests on some dental vulcanites and acrylic resins using a guillotine-type machine', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 96-102. Details
• Richardson, J. F.; Worner, H. K., 'A micro-hardness instrument for studying surface hardness', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 217-222. Details
• Tegart, W. J. Mcg.; and Hickman, B. S., 'Howard Knox Worner 1913-2006', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (2) (2014), 337-53, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14021. Details
• Worner, H. K.; Anderson, M. N., 'Consistency tests on dental and surgical plasters and casting investments', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 47 (1943), 217-230. Details
• Worner, H. K.; Anderson, M. N., 'Biting force measurements on children', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 48 (1944), 1-12. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Heggen, Colin, 'Mallee farm boy's research advanced mining', The Age (2007). Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1987 [Sixty-eighth Annual Report] (1988), 28 pp. 'Awards and Honours - Honorary Fellows - Council elected Dr Howard Worner, CBE FIEAust, as Honorary Fellow', p.19. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66739133. 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
• 'Worner, Howard K (1913-2006)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-471063. Details
• 'Awarded honorary DEng, 1983', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
• 'Awarded honorary DSc, 1996', Honorary degrees, University of Newcastle, 2023, https://www.newcastle.edu.au/engage/alumni/stories/honorary-degrees. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Worner, Howard Knox', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000917p.htm. Details
• 'Engineering Heritage : Biographies', in Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website, Engineering Heritage Australia, 2024, https://heritage.engineersaustralia.org.au/wiki/Person:Worner,_Howard_Knox. Biography: Howard Knox Worner. Details
• Salt, David, 'Interview with Professor Howard Worner (1913-2006), metallurgist', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2005, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-howard-worner-1913-2006. 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
• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details