Person
Zeidler, David Ronald (1918 - 1998)
AC Kt FAA FTSE
- Born
- 18 March 1918
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 12 March 1998
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist and Company director
Summary
Sir David Zeidler was Chairman and Managing Director ICI Australia Limited 1973-1980.
Details
Educated University of Melbourne (MSc).
Chronology
- 1942 - 1952
- Career position - Worked at the CSIR, later the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- 1952 - 1962
- Career position - Research Manager, then Development Manager, then Controller of the Dyes and Fabrics Groups at Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited (ICIANZ)
- 1963 - 1971
- Career position - Executive Director at Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited (ICIANZ)
- 1971
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - For services to industry, science and education
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Managing Director at ICI Australia
- 1972
- Career position - Deputy Chairman at ICI Australia
- 1973 - 1980
- Career position - Chairman and Managing Director at ICI Australia
- 1975 - 1987
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
- 1979
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - for services to industry
- 1980
- Life event - Retired
- 1984 - 1987
- Career position - President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences
- 1985
- Award - Chemeca Medal, Engineers Australia Chemical College, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, and IChemE in New Zealand
- 1985 - 1998
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1987 - 1988
- Career position - President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 1987 - 1998
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]
- 1990
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - For service to science and technology, to business and to the community
Related entries
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Gottliebsen, Robert, 'Obituary: Sir David Zeidler, Chief executive', The Age (1998). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5241403. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94846179. Details
- 'Zeidler, David Ronald (1918-1998)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473977. 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_z.html. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 September 2023
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