Clarebrough, Leo Michael (1924 - 2015)

Summary

Leo Michael Clarebrough was appointed Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Materials Science and Technology in 1988, in recognition of his forty years of employment with the organisation.

Details

Clarebrough completed a Bachelor of Metallurgy Engineering (BMetE) at the University of Melbourne and a Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc) at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Chronology

Education - Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc), University of Birmingham, UK

Education - Bachelor of Metallurgy Engineering (BMetE), University of Melbourne

1947 - 1978

Career position - Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Tribophysics

1961

Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne

1978 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1978 - 1988

Career position - Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics

1988 -

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology

1988 - 1992

Career position - Secretary for the Physical Sciences Section of the Australian Academy of Science

26 January 2008

Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Related entries

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Andrew Crowther Hurley - Records, 1944 - 1988, MS 174; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2016). https://www.science.org.au/node/3423. Details
• Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (4) (1987), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870640507. Details

Resources

• 'Clarebrough, Leo Michael (1924-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475783. Details