Biographical entry Whiffen, Neville Albert (1912 - 2004)

Summary

Neville Albert Whiffen was a chemical engineer with the Electricity Undertaking Sydney County Council 1929-43, First Secretary and Scientific Attache with the Australian Embassy, Washington 1943-48 and subsequently worked with Associated Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd, Burnie, Tasmania 1953-57, and as Managing Director of Berger Paints (New South Wales and Pacific Islands) 1958-63, Amalgamated Chemicals Ltd 1963-65, and Abbott Laboratories (Chicago, USA) 1965-78.

Archival resources

Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne

• Audio diary and notes of Neville Whiffen, 1943 - 1948, P002211; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details
• Interview with Dr. R. K. Murphy - father of chemical engineering in Australia, 1964; Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne. Details

Private hands (Whiffen, N.)

• Neville Albert Whiffen - Records, 1930 - 1988; Private hands (Whiffen, N.). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Whiffen, Neville, 'Murphy, Robert Kenneth (1887-1972)', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 447-448. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150519b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Whiffen, N A', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-560418. Details