Person

Steel, William Howard (Beattie) (1920 - 2004)

Born
1920
Died
2004
Occupation
Physicist
Alternative Names
  • Steel, Beattie (Also known as)

Summary

Beattie Steel worked on optical munitions design for the Optical Munitions Panel and became an international expert in interferometry. Beattie Steel was the first chairman of the Australian Optical Society and served as president of the International Commission for Optics. The W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal is awarded occasionally by the Society to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of optics in Australia and New Zealand.

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Chronology

1940s
Career position - Australasian Wireless Association
1940
Education - Mathematics and Physics studies, University of Melbourne
c. 1945 - 1985
Career position - Joined the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) National Standards Laboratory
1953
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1972 - 1975
Career position - President, International Commission for Optics
1983
Career Position - First chairperson of the Australian Optical Society
1985
Award - Mees Medal of the Optical Society of America
1986 -
Career position - Honorary Professorial Fellow at Macquarie University
2004
Award (posthumous) - Highest Award from the Australian Optical Society renamed 'The Australian Optical Society W. H. (Beattie) Steel Medal'.

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Books

  • Steel, W. H., Interferometry (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1983), 308 pp. Details

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Rosanne Walker

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