Person

Adam, Colin McLean (1943 - )

Born: 6 October 1943

Summary

Colin Adam has been an Institute Director and also an acting Chief Executive Officer of the CSIRO.

Details

Chronology

February 2000 - January 2001: Career position - Acting Chief Executive, CSIRO

Related Corporate Bodies

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )
Chief Executive (acting) 2000 - 2001

Related Cultural Objects

CSIRO Oral History Project (2016 - )
Interviewed August 2018

Published resources

Resources

'Adam, Dr Colin', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1499530. Details

Resource Sections

Spurling, Tom and Adam, Colin, 'Colin Adam, interviewed by Tom Spurling, 15 August 2018', in CSIRO Oral History Project, video, text summary and transcript., CSIROpedia, 15 August 2018, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/interview-with-colin-adam/. Details
Ward, C., 'Dr Colin Adam', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Adam-Colin. Details

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