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Biographical entry Tegart, William John McGregor (1929 - )
AM, FTSE
- Born
- 27 March 1929
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Metallurgist
- Alternative Names
- Tegart, Greg (Also known as)
Summary
William John M. (Greg) Tegart had a varied career, which included Manager of BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories 1968-78, secretary of the Department of Science and Technology 1981-84 and of the Department of Science 1984-87, and secretary of the Australian Science and Technology Council 1987-93. He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne and University of Sheffield (BSc, MSc, PhD).
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Events
- 1947 - 1955
- Career position - Laboratory Assistant and Technical Officer with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Tribophysics
- 1955 - 1959
- Career position - University Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK
- 1959 - 1966
- Career position - Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy at the University of Sheffield
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Professor of Materials at the College of Aeronautics, UK
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Manager of the BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Executive Assistant to the Chief General Manager
- 1979
- Award - Silver Medal received from the Australasian Institute of Metals
- 1979 - 1981
- Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO Canberra
- 1981
- Award - Silver Medal received from the Australian Institute of Energy
- 1984 - 1987
- Career position - Secretary to the Department of Science and Technology in Canberra
- 1987 - 1993
- Career position - Secretary of the Australian Science and Technology Council
- 1988 - 1993
- Career position - Principal of the Australian delegate on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 1992
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
- 1994
- Career position - Visiting Professor and Director of the Australian Network for Research and Technology Policy at the University of Canberra
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Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Tegart, W J McG', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-481753. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 13 December 2006