Person
Stamm, Walter John (1926 - 2018)
AM FTSE HonFIEAust
- Born
- 12 May 1926
- Died
- 26 March 2018
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Walter Stamm was an engineer much of whose career was spent in manufacturing companies in South Australia, including Simpson Pope where he became General Manager of the Electric Motor Division, and John Shearer where he was General Manager. He held executive positions in the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. In retirement Stamm co-founded the consultancy firm Bishop Stamm associates, and served as a Member of the Committee on Manufacturing Technology for the Prime Minister's Science Council.
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Chronology
- ? - 1960
- Career position - Manager, Fans and Motor Division, Email
- 1945
- Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1947
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1948 - ?
- Career position - Cadet Engineer, Email
- 1955
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1961 - 1975
- Career position - Engineer (later General Manager), Pope Products (later Simpson Pope)
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1970
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1970
- Career position - Chairman, Mechanical and Aeronautical Branch, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1975 - 1985
- Career position - Managing Director, John Shearer
- 1978
- Career position - Chairman, South Australian Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1980 - 1987
- Career position - Member, Executive Committee, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1982
- Award - Jack Finlay National Award, Australian Council, Institution of Production Engineers
- 1982 - 1985
- Career position - Vice-President, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1985
- Career event - Cofounder, Bishop Stamm Associates
- 1985
- Life event - Retired
- 1985 - 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
- 1986
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to engineering
- 1986
- Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1985]
- 1988 - 1995
- Career position - Chairman, Engineers Australia Pty Limited
- 1990 - 1991
- Career position - President, Australian Council of Professions
- 1991 - 2018
- Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1992 - 1996
- Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in engineering
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Davie, Robert Samuel; Stamm, Walter J., Australian case studies 1990 (Hawthorn, Vic: Swinburne University of Technology, 1990), 61 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'In service of manufacturing [Walter Stamm]', ATSE focus, 207 (2018), 61, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-900925102. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Six new Honorary Fellows [Gordon Colebatch, Robert J. Mierisch, Ian Shedden, Walter Stamm, John Paul Wild, Harry S. Wragge]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 63 (2) (1991), 38. Details
See also
- Anon, Australian men and women of science, engineering and technology (Port Melbourne: Reed Reference Australia, 1995), 661 pp. 'Stamm, Walter John', p.509. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, 'RoundUp - Stamm and Paine retire', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 67 (1995), 12. Details
Helen Cohn; Ken McInnes
Created: 18 October 2019, Last modified: 29 August 2023