Person

Rowe, Lincoln Gordon (1922 - 1995)

AM HonFIEAust

Born
25 January 1922
Solomontown (Port Pirie), South Australia, Australia
Died
24 February 1995
South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Lincoln Rowe, AM HonFIEAust BE, was the Director-General of the Department of Trade and Industry, South Australia and Director of State Development, and supervised the establishment of Adelaide's Technology Park, during the early 1980s.

Previously he was a Director and Chief Executive of Perry Engineering Co. Ltd., a Director of Johns & Waygood Perry Engineering Ltd., Johns & Waygood Ltd., Melbourne and Gibb and Miller Ltd. and Managing Director of Wilkins Perry Pty. Ltd.

As well as his wide industrial experience, Rowe also serviced the engineering profession as chairman of the South Australian Division, Institution of Engineers Australia; as President; and as chairman of the board of Engineers Australia Pty. Ltd. during its formative years.

His outstanding contribution to the profession and the Australian community was recognised when he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1982, and elected an Honorary Fellow in 1983.

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Chronology

1943
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1947
Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc(Eng)), South Australian School of Mines
1949
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide [Surrendered BSc(Eng) 1947]
c. 1950 - c. 1954
Career position - Engineer, Adelaide Electricity Supply Company
1951
Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1952 -
Career position - Treasurer, Epworth Building Incorporated
1954
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1956 - 1958
Career position - Chief engineer, Perry Engineering Co. Ltd.
1959 - 1964
Career position - Technical director, Perry Engineering Co. Ltd.
1959 - c. 1983
Career position - Member of Council, Annesley College, Adelaide
1965 - 1973
Career position - Joint Managing Director, Perry Engineering Co. Ltd.
1966 - 1979
Career position - Director, Johns Perry Ltd.
1967
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1967
Career position - Chairman, South Australia Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1972 - 1974
Career position - Vice-president, Institution of Engineers Australia
1973 - 1978
Career position - Member Faculty of Engineering, University of Adelaide
1974 -
Career position - General Manager, Perry Engineering Co. Ltd.
1975 - c. 1983
Career position - Deputy chairman, Annesley College, Adelaide
1976
Career position - Senior vice-president, Institution of Engineers Australia
1977
Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia
1979 -
Career position - Marketing Director, Johns Perry Ltd.
1979 - 1981
Career position - Director, Industry Development, South Australia Government
1980 - c. 1983
Career position - Member, Tertiary Education Authority, South Australia
1980 - 1986
Career position - Member, State Development Council, South Australia
1981 - c. 1984
Career position - Director-General, Department of Trade and Industry, South Australia
1982
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to industry and community
1983
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia - for notable contributions to the profession of engineering in the Commonwealth of Australia as President of IEAust
c. 1984 - 1986
Career position - Director, State Development, South Australia
1986
Life event - Retired

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • 'Institution News and Notes: Senior Vice-President 1976, L. G. Rowe', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 48 (5-6) (1976), 31. Details
  • 'Three new Honorary Fellows named [Lincoln Rowe; Arthur Bishop; Roger Morse]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 55 (15) (1983), 18. Details
  • 'People (Obituaries)', Engineers Australia, 67 (3) (1995), 36-37. Details

See also

  • Draper, W.J. ed., Who's who in Australia 1983 (Melbourne, Victoria: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1983), 960 pp. Page 745. Details

Ken McInnes

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