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Briggs, William Robert Stacpoole (1925 - 2007)

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Born
31 October 1925
Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia
Died
25 August 2007
Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Chemical engineer

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Bill Briggs, ASTC(ChemEng) BSc(Hons) PhD ARACI, was Development Director, Chisholm Institute of Technology, and was President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1988-1990.

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1950
Career event - Associate, Australian Chemical Institute (AACI)
1950 - 1952
Career position - Technical Officer, School of Chemical Engineering, New South Wales University of Technology
1953 -
Career event - Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (ARACI) [From 1950 as AACI]
1956
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales
1972 - 1974
Career position - Chairman, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
c. 1979
Career position - General manager, Biologicals Group, ICI Australia Limited
1987 - 1988
Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria
1988 - 1990
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
c. 1990
Career position - Development Director, Chisholm Institute of Technology

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