Biographical entry Aitchison, Gordon Douglas (1918 - 2003)

Summary

Gordon Aitchison was educated at the University of Adelaide and University of Melbourne. Chief, Division of Applied Geomechanics, CSIRO, 1967-1978.

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Events

1957 - 1961

Career position - Inaugural Vice-President Australasian International Society Soil Mechancis and Foundation Engineers

1959 - 1967

Career position - Officer-in-charge of the Soil Mechanics Section CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1967 - 1978

Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Applied Geomechanics

1969 - 1977

Career position - Chairman Institute Publicity and Exchange Geomechanics Computer Programs ISSMFE

1980 - 1982

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Aitchison, G D', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-785266. Details

See also

• Stephens, C.G. and Quirk, J.P., 'James Arthur Prescott 1890-1987', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 299-313. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730299.htm. Details