Biographical entry Lehany, Frederick John (1915 - 1994)

Summary

Frederick John Lehany worked for CSIR/O as Chief of the Division of Electrotechnology. This gradually became amalgamated with other divisions to form the National Measurement Laboratory, of which he became the first director in 1974. The main lecture room at the Laboratory was named the Lehany Theatre in his memory. Lehany was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) and received an Doctor of Science honoris causa (Hon DSc) from the University of Sydney.

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1935

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Otago, New Zealand

1936

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

1937

Education - Dip Hons completed at the University of Otago

1938

Career position - Teacher in New Zealand

1939 - 1945

Career position - Physicist with Amalgamated Wireless Australasia

1945 - 1948

Career position - Senior Research Officer at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Division of Radiophysics

1948 - 1961

Career position - Senior Research Officer at the CSIR/ CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Electrotechnology

1949 - 1961

Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Electrotechnology

1961 - 1974

Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Applied Physics

1974 - 1979

Career position - Director of the National Measurement Laboratory

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• 'Lehany, Frederick John', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001723p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Lehany Frederick John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476438. Details