Biographical entry Cox, Stewart Francis (1924 - 1979)

Summary

Stewart Francis Cox worked for ICIANZ 1954-63 and was responsible for the detailed layout of two lots of new laboratories. He then moved on to a series of senior management appointments within ICI Australia 1963-78. During this time he was responsible for initiating the formation of Imperial Atlas Ltd, a joint company with Atlas Chemicals Inc. of the USA, which marketed a range of specialty surfactants.

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1945 - 1946

Career position - Research Chemist with Monsanto (Australia) Ltd in West Footscray, Victoria

1946 - 1949

Award - Australian National University Scholarship to Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

1950 - 1954

Career position - Chemist with Monsanto

1954 - 1959

Career position - Assistant Research Manager and Leader of the Organic Section of ICIANZ Central Research Laboratories

1959 - 1963

Career position - Research Manager

1963 - 1965

Career position - General Manager of the Plastics Group, ICI Australia

1965 - 1974

Career position - General Manager of the Organic Chemicals Group

1968 -

Career position - Director of CSR Chemicals Ltd

1972 -

Career position - Director of PMA Ltd

1974 - 1978

Career position - General Manager of the Alkali and Chemical Group

1977

Career position - President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1979

Award - Leighton Medal received (posthumously) from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1979

Career position - Managing Director of Albright and Wilson (Australia) Ltd

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Cox Stewart Francis', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476422. Details