Person
Burton, John Ralph (1929 - 2000)
AO
- Born
- 8 November 1929
Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 10 September 2000
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Environmental engineer
Summary
John Burton was professor of natural resources at the University of New England, 1971-1995. He had previously held a number of engineering positions in Australia and New Zealand.
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Chronology
- 1948
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1951 - 1954
- Career position - Assistant Engineer at the Public Works Department in New South Wales
- 1954 - 1960
- Career position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales
- 1956
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1961 - 1965
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Director of the New Zealand Agricultural Engineering Institute at Lincoln College, New Zealand
- 1967 - 1970
- Career position - Director and Deputy Chairman of the New Zealand Inventions Development Authority
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1971 - 1995
- Career position - Foundation Professor of natural resources, University of New England, New South Wales
- 1972 - 1974
- Career position - Chairman, Commonwealth Government Inquiry into flooding Lake Pedder
- 1977 - 1984
- Career position - Member of the New South Wales Clean Waters Advisory Committee
- 1988
- Award - Delivered the C H Munro memorial oration, Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
- 1990
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of service to resource engineering, particularly in the field of resource management education
- 1995
- Life event - Retired
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Institution of Engineers Australia, '1988 Civil Engineering prizewinners" [W H Warren Medal, R W Chapman Medal, John Jaeger Memorial Medal, G N Alexander Medal, C H Munro Oration, D H Trollope Medal, and Land Use Transport Communications Interaction Prizes]', Civil College Technical Report (1989), 6. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Duggin, John, 'Obituary: Emeritus Professor John Ralph Burton, AO, Academic, advisor and consultant', The Age (2000). Details
Resources
- 'Burton, J R (1929-2000)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458924. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 1 December 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007