Biographical entry Zeidler, David Ronald (1918 - 1998)

AC, Kt cr, CBE, FAA FTSE

(Sir) David Ronald Zeidler was Chairman and Managing Director ICI Australia Limited 1973-80.

Educated University of Melbourne (MSc).

1942 - 1952: Career position - Worked at the CSIR, later the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1952 - 1962: Career position - Research Manager, then Development Manager, then Controller of the Dyes and Fabrics Groups at Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited (ICIANZ)
1963 - 1971: Career position - Executive Director at Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Limited (ICIANZ)
1971: Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1971 - 1972: Career position - Managing Director at ICI Australia
1972: Career position - Deputy Chairman at ICI Australia
1973 - 1980: Career position - Chairman and Managing Director at ICI Australia
1976 -: Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1979: Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)
1980: Life event - Retired
1983 - 1988: Career position - President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1985 -: Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1990: Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

Date: 1985
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1976 - )
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) President of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1984 - 1988

Date: 1975

Gottliebsen, Robert, 'Obituary: Sir David Zeidler, Chief executive', The Age, 25 March 1998. Details

'Zeidler, David Ronald (1918-1998)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473977. Details

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