Biographical entry Head, Alan Kenneth (1925 - 2010)

Summary

Alan Kenneth Head was Chief of the Division of Chemical Physics, CSIRO from 1981.

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1945

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) in mathematics completed at the University of Melbourne

1946

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) in physics completed at the University of Melbourne

1947 - 1950

Career position - Research Scientist in the Division of Aeronautics at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

1953 - 1957

Career position - Research Scientist in the Aeronautical Research Laboratory

1954

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) received from the University of Bristol, UK

1957 - 1981

Career position - Research Scientist in the Division of Tribophysics at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

1962

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1971

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

1981 - 1987

Career position - Chief Research Scientist in the Division of Chemical Physics at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

1987 - 1990

Career position - Chief Research Scientist in the Division of Materials Science at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

1988

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society, London

1990

Life event - Retired

1990 - 2010

Career position - Honorary Research Fellow of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

8 June 1992

Award - Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 507-517. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640507.htm. Details
• Humble, Peter, 'Alan Kenneth Head 1925-2010', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 21, 2010, pp. 221-235. Details

Online Resources

• CSIRO scientist made the most of inventive streak, The Age, 23 February 2010, http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/csiro-scientist-made-the-most-of-inventive-streak-20100222-orve.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Head Alan Kenneth', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476448. Details

See also

• Hyde, B. G. and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920127.htm. Details