Person

Zillman, John William (1939 - )

AO FAA FTSE FAIP FAIM FRMetS

Born
28 July 1939
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Meteorologist and Science administrator

Summary

John Zillman was Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology from 1978 to 2003. He joined the Bureau of Meteorology in 1957 initially as a cadet meteorologist in Brisbane. Zillman then served as a forecaster in the Sydney and Brisbane regional offices, before moving to Melbourne in 1966. He coordinated Australia's participation in the 1979 Global Weather Experiment and negotiated the strengthening of the research role of the Bureau in the early 1980s. He has served two terms as President of the World Meteorological Organization, and has been Australia's principal delegate on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1994. The Zillman Medal has been awarded by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society since 2015.

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Chronology

? - 2015
Career position - Chairman, Advisory Board, Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research
1957 - ?
Career position - Cadet Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology in Brisbane
1960
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Queensland
1961
Education - Bachelor of Science Honors (BScHons), University of Queensland
1966
Career position - Moved to the Southern Hemisphere Analysis Centre, Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne
1966 - 1969
Career position - Senior Meteorologist, International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre
1969
Career position - Supervising Meteorologist, Synoptic Research Branch
1970
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Queensland
1972
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1972
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin, USA
1972 - 1974
Career position - Superintendent of Physical Research, Bureau of Meteorology
1974 - 1978
Career position - Assistant Director of Research, Bureau of Meteorology
1977 - 1978
Career position - Chairman, Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch
1978 - 2003
Career position - Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
1978 - 2004
Career position - Permanent Representative for Australia, World Meteorological Organization
1979 - 2004
Career position - Member, Executive Council, World Meteorological Organization
1980 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1981 - 1985
Career position - Member, Australian Marine Sciences and Technologies Advisory Committee (AMSTAC)
1983 - 1984
Career position - Chair, Victorian Branch, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1985 - 1988
Career position - Member, Antarctic Science Advisory Committee
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1980]
1987 - 1995
Career position - First Vice President, World Meteorological Organization
1989 - 2003
Career position - Member, Coordinating Committee on Science and Technology
1990 - 1994
Career position - Honorary Secretary, Australian Academy of Technological Science and Technology
1993 - 1994
Career position - President, Royal Society of Victoria
1993 - 1996
Career position - Member, Australian Space Council
1994 - 2003
Career position - Principal Delegate of Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1994 - 2003
Career position - Chairman, Commonwealth Heads of Marine Agencies
1995 - 1998
Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Technological Science and Technology
1995 - 2003
Career position - President, World Meteorological Organization
1996
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For service to meteorology and oceanography, particularly as director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and president of the World Meteorological Organization
2000 -
Career position - Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in meteorology, oceanography and environmental science
2002 - 2008
Career position - Member, National Commission for UNESCO
2003 - 2006
Career position - President, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2003 - 2006
Career position - Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council
2005
Career position - President, International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS)
2005
Award - International Meteorological Organization Prize, World Meteorological Organization
2005 - 2006
Career position - President, National Academies Forum
2006
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2006 - 2009
Career position - Chairman, International Steering Committee for Global Climate Observing System (GCOS
2009 - 2103
Career position - Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, University of Melbourne
2011 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society, United Kingdom

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Books

Journal Articles

  • 'What the Others are Doing: Bureau Profile 4 - Taking the World View', Weather News, 170 (October 1970) (1970), 5-6. Details
  • 'Dr John Zillman', Weather News, 243 (December 1978) (1978), 4-5. Details
  • McDougall, Trevor; Church, John; and Zillman, John, 'Vale Dr Angus McEwan FAA FTSE', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Supplement (2018), 8, https://view.joomag.com/bamos-vol-31-special-issue-october-2018-bulletin-vol-31-special-issue-01-2018/0218810001540846020?short. Details
  • Voice, Mary and Zillman, John, 'Rosea Lillian Kemp 1941-2015', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 29 (2016), 17-9. Details
  • Zillman, J., 'A fascination with the atmosphere and its ways - the life of W. J. Gibbs', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 18 (2005), 34-8. Details
  • Zillman, John, 'Some reflections on the past twenty five years', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 16 (4) (2003), 80-93. Details
  • Zillman, John, 'Some parting thoughts', Focus, 143 (2006), 12-4, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3171652084. Details
  • Zillman, John, 'Von Neumayer and the Origins of Australian and International Meteorology', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 123 (2011), 70-7. Details
  • Zillman, John, 'Obituary: Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger, 23 December 1935-20 August 2013', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 26 (5) (2013), 85. Details
  • Zillman, John, 'Vale Henry Phillpot (1919 - 2018): sixty years in meteorology', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 32 (1) (2019), 10-2. Details
  • Zillman, John W., 'The remarkable German contribution to Australian meteorology', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 127 (1) (2015), 110-6, https://doi.org/10.1071/RS15013. Details

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Digital resources

Title
Zillman, John W. Portrait
Type
Image

Details

Helen Morgan; Ken McInnes

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