Person

Connell, John William (1913 - 2016)

AM FTSE

Born
22 October 1913
Died
May 2016
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

John Connell, AM FTSE HonDEng HonFIEAust, was the founder of John Connell & Associates, consulting engineers, that grew to become the John Connell Consulting Engineering Group, and later became part of the Connell Wagner Group.

He was very involved in professional and public affairs and was Chairman of Allthill Beef Enterprises; Director of the Gas and Fuel Corporation Victoria, Overseas Projects Corporation Victoria; Vice-President and later board member of the Austin Hospital; President of the Freemasons Hospital (1986-1988); Member of Faculty of Engineering at the University of Melbourne; Scientific Associate of the Zoological Board of Victoria; Life Governor of Ivanhoe Grammar School; and Elder of the Presbyterian Church.

Connell was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (HonDEng) and at the British Institute of Technology (CEng).

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Chronology

1938 - 1956
Career position - Engineering draughtsman, Cyril Hudspeth & Associates
1956 -
Career event - Establishes consulting engineering firm John Connell & Associates [after acquiring Cyril Hudspeth & Associates]
1980
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1985 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1986 - 1988
Career position - President, Freemasons Hospital
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1985]
1987
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - In recognition of service to civil engineering and to the community.
1991
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_c.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'The Convenor - John Connell' p.77. Details

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