Person
Tivey, John Proctor (1883 - 1968)
Kt
- Born
- 28 April 1883
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 1968
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer and Industrialist
Summary
Sir John Tivey worked for Australian General Electric Pty Ltd. from 1913, becoming Chief Engineer in 1929 and Director in 1945. He was educated at the University of Sydney (BA, BSc, BE).
Details
Chronology
- 1911
- Career position - Lecturer, University of Queensland
- 1913 - c. 1928
- Career position - Engineer, Australian General Electric
- 3 Mar 1914
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1919
- Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1921
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1929 - 1945
- Career position - Chief Engineer, Australian General Electric
- 1938 - 1939
- Career position - President, Electrical Manufacturers' Association
- 1940
- Career position - Chairman, Technical Standards Division
- 1941
- Career position - President, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1945
- Career position - Director, Australian General Electric
- 1948
- Career position - President, Associated Chambers of Manufacturers of Australia
- 1948 - 1949
- Career position - President, Chamber of Manufacturers New South Wales
- 1955
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
- 1956
- Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1956 Award [Sir John Tivey, BA BSc BE MIEAust]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 28 (1956), 315. Details
- 'Obituary : John Proctor Tivey', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 40 (1968), N119. Details
- 'First members of institution [Diamond Jubilee feature article]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 51 (20) (1979), 69. 'Registered member number 8'. Details
- Tivey, J. P., 'Notes on electrification of railways, special reference to the direct current system', Journal and abstract of proceedings of the Sydney University Engineering Society, 20 (1915-1917), 95-106, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/SUES/article/view/2334. Details
- Tivey, J. P., 'Standardisation in the electrical industry in Australia', Proceedings of the Electrical Association of Australia, New South Wales Section, 3 (1916-17), 99-108. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Thirty-seventh Annual Report [1956] (1957), 14 pp. 'Prizes - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal (1956 Award), to Sir John Tivey, BA BSc BE MIEAust, Sydney Division', p.2. Details
Resources
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 15365, 1914', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- 'Tivey, John Proctor (1883-1968)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473761. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 16 June 2022