Sargeson, Alan McLeod (1930 - 2008)

Summary

Alan Sargeson began working at the Australian National University in 1958 and was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in the Research School of Chemistry 1978-1995. His areas of interest included the synthesis, mechanism and biological aspects of inorganic chemistry.

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Chronology

1952

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1955

Education - Diploma of Education, University of Sydney

1955

Career position - Lecturer (part-time), New South Wales University of Technology

1956

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney

1956 - 1957

Career position - Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Adelaide

1958 - 1960

Career position - Research Fellow John Curtin School of Medical Research

1960 - 1967

Career position - Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1967 - 1968

Career position - Senior Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1968 - 1978

Career position - Professional Fellow, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University

1972 - 2008

Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1975

Award - Inaugural Burrows Award, Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1976

Award - Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy of Science

1976 - 2008

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1978

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1980

Award - Bailar Medal, University of Illinois, U.S.A.

1980

Award - American Chemical Society Award for Inorganic Chemistry

1983

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

1983

Award - Nyholm Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

1985

Award - Dwyer Medal, University of New South Wales

1989 - 1997

Career position - Chairman, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry

1992

Award - Centenary Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

1995

Award - Sammet Award, University of Frankfurt, Germany

1996 -

Career position - University Fellow and Emeritus Professor, Australian National University

1996

Award - Foreign Associate, United States National Academy of Sciences

1996

Award - International Izatt-Christiansen Award for Macrocyclic Chemistry

1997

Award - Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.

1999

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney

2000

Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2002

Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Alan Sargeson', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 75 (2009), 11, https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/australian-academy-science-newsletter-75. Details
• Bosnich, B., 'Alan McLeod Sargeson 1930-2008', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (2) (2011), 246-76, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11011. Details
• Bosnich, Brice, 'Alan McLeod Sargeson FAA, 13 October 1930 - 29 December 2008: elected FRS 1983', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 58 (2012), 265-82. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2011.0017. Details
• Danks, D.; Duffield, A.; Sargeson, A., 'Berthold Halpern 1923-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540072. Details

Resources

• Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society [Online resource], Royal Society of London, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2011.0017. Details
• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4707710. Details
• 'Sargeson, Alan McLeod (1930-2008)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475039. Details

See also

• Coates, J. H., 'Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620237. Details