Biographical entry Clunies Ross, William Ian (1899 - 1959)

Summary

Ian Clunies Ross was Professor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney (1940-1946), Executive Officer of CSIR (1946-1949) and Chairman of CSIRO (1949-1959). He Ross was a recipient of many awards and honours including appointment as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Gold Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the James Cook Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales.

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Events

1921

Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours (BVSc Hon) completed at the University of Sydney

1922 - 1925

Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Veterinary Research Fellow

1925

Career position - Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Sydney

1926

Career position - Veterinary Parasitologist with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

1928

Education - Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1929 - 1930

Career position - Research in parasitology at the Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Imperial University in Tokyo

1931 - 1937

Career position - First Officer-in-charge of the McMaster Animal Health Research Laboratory, CSIR

1935 - 1936

Career position - Advisor on the Pastoral Industry for the Department of War Organization of Industry

1937 - 1940

Career position - Australian Member of the International Wool Secretariat in London

1940 - 1946

Career position - Professor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney

1954 -

Award - Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1954

Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)

Related entries

Archival resources

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies

• Ian Clunies Ross - Records, 1931 - 1959; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies. Details

Published resources

Books

• Clunies Ross, I., John Anderson Gilruth: the influence of his life and work on the development of the Livestock Industries of the Commonwealth, Queensland University Press, Brisbane, 1956. Details
• Clunies Ross, Ian, Memoirs and Papers, with Some Fragments of Autobiography., 1961 edn, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1961. Details
• Humphreys, L.R., Clunies Ross: Australian Visionary, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1998, 276 pp. Details
• O'Dea, Marjory Colard, Ian Clunies Ross: a Biography, Hyland House, South Melbourne, 1997, 376 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Schedvin, C. B., 'Clunies Ross, Sir William Ian (1899-1959), Veterinary Scientist and Administrator', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 13, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1993, pp. 448-451. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130494b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Sir Ian Clunies Ross. A Tribute to his Work for the Sydney University Veterinary School and his Contribution to Veterinary Parasitology', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 35, 1959, pp. 379-381. Details
• Clunies Ross, I., 'The Impact of Scientific Advances on Production in the Livestock Industries. Presidential Address', Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. xxx, 1954, pp. 215-222. Details
• Francis, J., 'Dr J. A. Gilruth and Sir Ian Clunies Ross - Veterinary Science in Australia 1952-84: Some Personal Reflections', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 61, 1984, pp. 372-374. Details
• Gill, D. A., 'Ian Clunies Ross - Visionary and Realist', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, 1968, pp. 467-480. Details
• Gordon, H. McL., 'Ian Clunies Ross: His publications and the enduring influence of his work', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, 1968, pp. 467-480. Details
• Gresford, Guy B., 'Obituary: Sir Ian Clunies-Ross', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 22, no. 3, 1959, pp. 107-108. Details
• Lipson, M., 'Ian Clunies Ross and Wool Textile Research', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, 1968, pp. 467-480. Details
• Ross A. I. Clunies, 'Ian Clunies Ross', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 4, 1977, pp. 84-108. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9770340084.htm. Details
• Turner, Helen Newton, 'Ian Clunies Ross: a leader of men', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, 1968, pp. 467-480. Details

Online Resources

• Clunies Ross, A. I., 'Ian Clunies Ross 1899-1959', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/cluniesross.html. Details
• Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Clunies Ross, William Ian', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474248. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000314. Details
• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000314. Details
• Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 151-166. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920151.htm. Details
• French, E. L. and Stewart, D.F., 'Lionel Bately Bull, 1889-1978', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 4, 1983, pp. 90-110. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9830540090.htm. Details
• Main, A. R., 'Horace Waring, 1910-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 116-121. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520116.htm. Details
• Norris, K. R., 'Ian Murray Mackerras 1898-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 1981, pp. 98-114. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9810520098.htm. Details
• Sherratt, Tim, 'CSIRO', in Graeme Davison; John Hirst; Stuart Macintyre (ed.), Oxford Companion to Australian History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 164-165. Also available at http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/articles/tps/csiro_history.htm. Details
• White, F. W.G., 'Robert Gordon Menzies (1894-1978)', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 1, 1980, pp. 68-102. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9800510068.htm. Details