Biographical entry Myers, David Milton (1911 - )
- Born
- 5 June 1911
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer
Summary
David Milton Myers was Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University 1965-76. Earlier he was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1949-59, Head of eletrotechnology, National Standards Laboratory 1938-49 and Chief, CSIR Division of Electrotechnology 1945-49.
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- David Milton Myers - Records, 1949 - 1959, P 26; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Myers, D. M., 'Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , Physicist and Engineer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, pp. 376-377. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100368b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- 'Myers, David Milton', 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/P001767p.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Myers, D M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-616285. 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=P001767. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 15 September 2004
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