Person

Lewis, Norman Benjamin (1916 - )

ISO FIFA

Born
24 December 1916
Monreith, Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Forester

Summary

Norm Lewis, ISO DipFor BSc DipFor FIFA, worked for the Woods and Forests Department in South Australia from about 1957 until 1981, when he retired as Assistant Director, Forest Operations Division. He was an advocate for thinning, having studied it in other parts of the world as a Russell Grimwade Scholar and in 1963 produced a guide to the "Optimum thinning range of Pinus radiata in South Australia". He was also the author of "A Hundred Years of State Forestry, South Australia, 1875-1975" (1975).

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Chronology

1940 - 1941
Military service - Second World War.
c. 1945
Education - Diploma of Forestry (DipFor), Australian Forestry School, Canberra
c. 1956
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
1957
Award - Russell Grimwade Scholarship
c. 1958
Education - Diploma of Forestry (DipFor), University of Oxford
1969 -
Award - Fellow, Institute of Foresters of Australia (FIFA)
1974
Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia
1981
Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Public service to forestry in South Australia
1981
Life event - Retired

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Books

  • Lewis, N. B., A Hundred Years of State Forestry: South Australia: 1875-1975 (Adelaide: Woods and Forests Department, 1975), 122 pp. Details

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See also

Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes

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