Biographical entry Nicholls, Frank Gordon (1916 - )

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1936

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

1936 - 1939

Career position - Research Physicist at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radio Research Board

1938

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

1939 - 1963

Career position - Member of the CSIR/CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Secretariat

1940 - 1944

Career position - Officer-in-charge of the Australia & New Zealand Scientific Liaison Office in London

1952 - 1960

Career position - Secretary and General Administration at CSIRO

1959

Career position - Member of the Pakistan Science Commission, Pakistan

1960 - 1961

Career position - Member of the United Nations science appraisal mission in Thailand

1962 - 1970

Career position - United Nations Chief Advisor on Applied Research (Thailand) and Special Governor of the Applied Scientific Research Corporation in Thailand

1970 - 1976

Career position - Deputy Director-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

1977 - 1982

Career position - Deputy General Manager of the Australian Innovation Corporation Ltd.

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• 'Nicholls, Frank Gordon', 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/P001769p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Nicholls, Frank Gordon', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473446. Details