Person
Gosewinckel, William Graham (1930 - 2013)
AO FTSE
- Born
- 24 February 1930
- Died
- 22 November 2013
- Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
William Gosewinckel was foundation Chairman of the INTELSAT Planning Committee 1974-1975, which was formed to consider longer term issues relating to Australia's overseas telecommunications services and traffic requirements. He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
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Chronology
- 1947
- Career position - Joined the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1962 - 1967
- Career position - Supervising Engineer with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1967 - 1973
- Career position - Director of Planning with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1973 - 1980
- Career position - Assistant General Manager of Corporate Services, Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Foundation Chairman of the INTELSAT Planning Committee
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Director of the Satellite System Management Unit of the Post and Telecommunications Department
- 1981
- Career position - Senior Assistant General Manager of National Satellite System
- 1981 - 1986
- Career position - General Manager and Chief Executive of AUSSAT Pty Ltd
- 1986
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of public service, particularly as General Manager of AUSSAT
- 1986 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1986 - 1992
- Career position - Managing Director and Chief Executive of AUSSAT Pty Ltd
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1986]
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in telecommunications space science and technology
Related entries
Published resources
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1988 (1989), 32 pp. 'Honorary Fellows - Council elected Mr William Gosewinckel, AO, FIEAust as Honorary Fellow', p.26. Details
Resources
- 'Gosewinckel, William Graham (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474966. Details
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_g.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 26 May 2022
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