Person

Price, Douglas Gordon (1927 - 2014)

AM FTSE HonFIEAust

Born
9 February 1927
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Died
10 July 2014
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Douglas Price was Managing Director and Chief Executive, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 1975-1988. His interests included water engineering and strengthening of structures.

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Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.

Chronology

1949
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1950
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
1950 - 1970
Career position - Engineer, Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority
1956
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1967 - 1970
Career position - Assistant to Commissioner,Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority
1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
1970 - 1975
Career position - Assistant Director, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation
1971
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1975 - 1988
Career position - Managing Director and Chief Executive, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation
1979 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1984
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia
1985
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to engineering
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1979]
1988 -
Career position - Managing Partner, D.G. & E.F. Price Consulting Services
c. 1990
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in civil engineering

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Published resources

Book Sections

  • Price, Douglas G., 'Section - The Snowy Mountains Scheme' in Chapter 6: Engineering Construction and Building, John Holland, ed. (Melbourne: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988), pp. 420-423, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/422.html. Details
  • Price, Douglas G., 'Section - Water engineering' in Chapter 6: Engineering Construction and Building, John Holland, ed. (Melbourne: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988), pp. 367-373, https://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/368.html. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Douglas Price 1927-2014 - CEO Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation', Engineers Australia: Civil Edition, 86 (11) (2014), 63, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.980317901997209. Details
  • Price, Douglas G., 'The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation: Ten years in international engineering consultancy', Australian Foreign Affairs Record, 52 (July) (1981), 354-357. Details

Resources

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_p.html. Details
  • Engineers Australia ed., Anything is possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders (Barton, A.C.T.: Institution of Engineers Australia, 2019), 136 pp. 'The Snowy Graduate - Doug Price' p.116. Details

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