Person

Dean, Kenneth Geoffrey (1920 - 1993)

Born: 10 May 1920
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1993
Occupation: Physicist and Radio engineer

Summary

Kenneth Dean was chief research engineer at AWA Ltd (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) from 1972 to 1982. In all he was at AWA for forty-two years. Prior to that, he worked for the Optical Munitions Panel as a trainee physicist.

Details

Chronology

1940 - 1942: Career position - Trainee Physicist at the Optical Munitions Panel
1941: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1942 - 1972: Career position - Research Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
1943: Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1972 - 1982: Career position - Chief Research Engineer at AWA Ltd.

Related Corporate Bodies

Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) (1913 - 1988)
Chief Research Engineer 1972 - 1982
Optical Munitions Panel (1940 - 1945)
Associated with the Panel, 1940 - 1942, through his work as a trainee physicist and researcher in optical munitions at the University of Melbourne [under Professor Thomas Laby]

Published resources

Resources

'Dean, K G (1920-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-469107. Details

Resource Sections

'Dean, Kenneth Geoffrey', 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/P001634p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 23 February 2024

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