Biographical entry Lovering, John Francis (1930 - )

Summary

John Francis Lovering was Professor of Geology at the University of Melbourne from 1969 to 1987 and Vice-Chancellor of Flinders University (South Australia) from 1987 to 1995. He has been involved in a phenomenal number of scientific and environmental organizations and has held many highly respected positions. His expertise and advice has been widely sort across the world.

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1951

Career position - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1951 - 1955

Career position - Assistant Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology at the Australian Museum

1953

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1953 - 1955

Career position - Postgraduate student and Teaching Associate in the Division of Geological Sciences at the California Institute of Technology, USA

1956

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the California Institute of Technology

1956 - 1960

Career position - Research Fellow in Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra

1960 - 1964

Career position - Fellow in Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Australian National University

1963 - 1964

Career position - Visiting Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Rochester, USA

1964

Career position - Guest Investigator at the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institute of Washington

1964 - 1969

Career position - Senior Fellow in Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Australian National University

1969 - 1987

Career position - Professor of Geology and Head of the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne

1971

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1972

Career position - Visiting Professor at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik in Heidelberg, Germany

1972 - 1973

Career position - Senior Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, USA

1977 - 1978

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria

1978

Career position - Member of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) to Commonwealth Bay and Casey Base in Australian Antarctic Territory and Macquarie Island

1978 - 1980

Career position - President of the Geological Society of Australia

1979 - 1985

Career position - Member of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO

1982 -

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

1983 - 1985

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne

1984 - 1985

Career position - Member of the Australian Ionising Radiation Advisory Council

1985 - 1986

Career position - President of the Australian Geoscience Council

1985 - 1986

Career position - Member of the Marine Research Allocations Advisory Committee

1985 - 1987

Career position - President of the UNESCO International Geological Correlation Programme

1985 - 1987

Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Melbourne

1985 - 1989

Career position - Chairman of the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee

1987

Career position - Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne

1987

Career position - ANARE expedition to Mawson and Davis Bases, Scullin Monolith, Heard Island

1987 - 1995

Career position - Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Geology at Flinders University of South Australia

1990 - 1996

Career position - Vice-President of the International Union of Geological Sciences

1992 - 1994

Career position - Presiding Officer of the Natural Resources Council of South Australia

1993 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1993

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1994 - 1999

Career position - President of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission

1995 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor at Flinders University of South Australia

1995

Education - Doctor of Science honoris causa (Hon DSc) received from Flinders University of South Australia

1998 -

Career position - Chairman of the Environment Conservation Council

1998 -

Career position - Chairman of the Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource

1998 - 1999

Career position - Member of the Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee

1999 -

Career position - Professorial Fellow of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne

1999

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

Related entries

Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

• John Francis Lovering - Records, 1969 - 1987; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Lovering, J. F., 'Gregory, John Walter (1864-1932), Geologist, Geographer and Explorer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 100-101. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090104b.htm. Details
• Lovering, J.F., 'Mitchell, Stanley Robert (1881-1963), Ethnologist, Mineralogist, Metallurgist and Businessman', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 384-385. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150447b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Lovering, J F', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613266. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000582. Details
• Paterson, M. S., 'John Conrad Jaeger 1907-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 5, no. 3, 1982, pp. 64-88. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9820530064.htm. Details