Person

Munro, Crawford Hugh (1904 - 1976)

Born
23 March 1904
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Died
21 September 1976
Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Academic and Civil engineer

Summary

Crawford Munro was Professor of Civil Engineering at New South Wales University of Technology (later University of New South Wales) from 1954 to 1969. He planned the new faculty building, introduced new courses, encouraged further education for practising engineers and promoted the need for research alongside teaching. Munro's main area of research was hydrology. He helped establish the Water Research Foundation of Australia and served on State and National committees and as consultant on a variety of projects, particularly in retirement. His principal text was Australian water resources and their development (1974). Munro served on the Council of the Institution of Engineers, Australia from 1962 to 1974. In 1992, the Centre for Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales was named in his honour. The "C H Munro memorial oration" delivered at the biennial Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, is also named in his honour.

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Chronology

1924
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1926
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
1926 - 1936
Career position - Resident Engineer and Research Officer, Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, Sydney
1929
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1936 - 1946
Career position - Lecturer-in-Charge, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Sydney Technical College
1941 - 1945
Career event - Attached to the Commonwealth Department of Munitions as State Supervising Engineer
1946 - 1951
Career position - Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Assistant Director of Technical Education, Sydney Technical College
1951 - 1954
Career position - Associate Professor of engineering, New South Wales University of Technology
1954
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1954 - 1958
Career position - Professor of Civil Engineering, New South Wales University of Technology University of New South Wales from 1958
1958 - 1969
Career position - Professor of Civil Engineering, University of New South Wales
1962 - 1974
Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1969
Life event - Retired

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Published resources

Books

  • Humphreys, L. Ross, Crawford Munro: a Vision for Australia's Water (Crown Nest (N.S.W.) : Engineers Media, 2009), 174 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Horne, Julia, 'Munro, Crawford Hugh (1904-1976), Civil Engineer and University Professor' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 441-442. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150511b.htm. Details

Resources

See also

  • Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela, 'Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney' in Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney, Don Fraser, ed. (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Engineers Australia, 1989), pp. 285-298. Details

Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn

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