Person
Thomson, Norman John Perry (Norm) (1931 - 2010)
AM
- Born
- 8 May 1931
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 2010
- Occupation
- Agricultural scientist and Plant breeder
Summary
Norm Thomson, agricultural scientist, began conducting pioneer research in the breeding of Australia's own cotton varieties at the CSIRO's Kimberley Research Station in the Ord Rivervalley, in 1964. He was integral to the establishment of the CSIRO's Narrabri cotton research station in 1972. He was Officer-in-Charge there from 1972 until the mid-1980s. The research resulted in many commercially successful varieties including Sicot (1983) and Siokra (1985), the latter being the first widely grown Australian bred variety. Thomson is also known as the developer of Siratac - a widely used computer based pest management system.
Details
In 1989 Thomson received CSIRO's Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award for the breeding of two new and successful cotton varieties, Siokra and Sicala..
Chronology
- 1956
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Queensland University
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Instructor in plant breeding, Queensland Agricultural College
- 1958 - 1964?
- Career position - Agronomist, CSIRO Kimberley Research Station on the Ord River, Western Australia
- 1964
- Education - Master of Science in Agriculture, University of Western Australia
- 1964 - 1965
- Education - Conducted research into plant breeding in the United States, CSIRO Scholarship
- 1965 - 1968
- Career position - Plant breeder, CSIRO Kimberley Research Station on the Ord River, Western Australia
- 1981
- Award - The cotton industries 'Researcher of the Year Award'
- 1988
- Award - The cotton industries 'Researcher of the Year Award'
- 1988 - 2010
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineerng
- 1989
- Award - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award, CSIRO
- 1989
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to promary industry, particularly in the growing of cotton
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian science in plant production and processing
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'Thomson, Norman John Perry (19310508-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491913. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Norman John Perry (Norm) Thomson [1931-2010]', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Thomson-Norman-John-Perry. Details
See also
- Wolff, Helen, 'Sir Ian McLennan Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/sir-ian-mclennan-award/. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 13 June 2012, Last modified: 28 March 2024