Person
Grimwade, Geoffrey Holt (1902 - 1961)
CMG
- Born
- 19 September 1902
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 22 February 1961
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Chemist and Business executive
Summary
Geoffrey Grimwade had widespread business interests, including Chairmanship of Drug Houses of Australia Ltd, Carba Dry Ice (Australia) Ltd and Wrightcel Pty Ltd. He also held numerous directorships, was a member of the Reserve Bank Board of Australia and of the Council of the Australian Staff College, Director of the A.M.P. Society and President of the Walter and Eliza hall Institute of Medical Research. Grimwade was educated at the universities of Melbourne (BSc) and Cambridge (MA). He was the grandson of Frederick Sheppard Grimwade who was a co-founder of Felton Grimwade & Co. - Australia's biggest drug house during the 1800s - and founder of many other manufacturing companies including the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works.
Details
Chronology
- 1927
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK
- 1928
- Career position - Board member, Australian Oxygen and Industrial Gases Pty Ltd
- 1941
- Career position - Investigated manufacture of optical glass in U.S.A. on behalf of Ministry of Munitions
- 1942
- Career position - Board member, Drug Houses of Australia Ltd
- 1942
- Career position - Helped establish the Institute of Public Affairs
- 1950
- Career position - Chairman and Managing Director, Drug Houses of Australia Ltd
- 1960
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) -Member of the Board of the Commonwealth Bank
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Poynter, J. R., 'Grimwade, Geoffrey Holt (1902-1961)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 335-337. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140382b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24170603. Details
- 'Grimwade, Geoffrey Holt (1902-1961)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464213. Details
See also
- Rogers, D. W., 'James Alexander Forrest 1905-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840245. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018