Biographical entry Lipson, Menzie (1915 - 2004)

Summary

Menzie Lipson is a chemist who specialised in wool research. He worked mainly for the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and was Chief of their Division of Textile Industries from 1958 to 1976. Lipson was educated at the universities of Sydney (BSc) and Leeds (PhD).

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Events

1935 - 1937

Career position - Chemist with F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd

1937 - 1939

Career position - Chemist with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Animal Health and Nutrition

1939 - 1941

Career position - Chemist with the CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry

1941 - 1945

Career position - Member of the Central Wool Committee

1946 - 1948

Career position - Research Fellow at Leeds University, UK

1948 - 1958

Career position - Officer in Charge of the Wool Research Laboratories in Geelong, Victoria

1958 - 1976

Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Textile Industries

1976

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1976 - 1985

Career position - Senior Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Animal Health

1985 -

Career position - University Fellow at Deakin University in Victoria

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Published resources

Conference Papers

• Lipson, M, 'Wool Textile Research - the Early Years', in Paper to the Australian Academy of Technological Science. Workshop on the History of Science, Canberra, 1982. Details

Journal Articles

• Lipson, M., 'Ian Clunies Ross and Wool Textile Research', Australian Veterinary Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, 1968, pp. 467-480. Details
• Lipson, M., 'Some Contributions of Chemistry to the Wool Industry', Chemistry in Australia, June, 1989, pp. 196-198. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Lipson, Menzie', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476093. 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=P002428. Details