Biographical entry Zillman, John William (1939 - )

Summary

John Zillman was Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology from 1978. 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 was First Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization from 1987 to 1995, and has been its President from 1995.

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1957 - ?

Career position - Cadet Meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology in Brisbane

1960

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Queensland

1961

Education - Honours completed at the University of Queensland

1966

Career position - Moved to the Southern Hemisphere Analysis Centre, Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne

1966 - 1969

Career position - Senior Meteorologist at the International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre

1969

Career position - Supervising Meteorologist at the Synoptic Research Branch

1970

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Queensland

1972

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Wisconsin, USA

1972

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1972 - 1974

Career position - Superintendent of Physical Research at the Bureau of Meteorology

1974 - 1978

Career position - Assistant Director of Research at the Bureau of Meteorology

1978 -

Career position - Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology

1987 - 1995

Career position - Inaugural Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization

1993 - 1994

Career position - President of the Royal Society of Victoria

1995 -

Career position - President of the World Meteorological Organization

2000 -

Career position - Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'What the Others are Doing: Bureau Profile 4 - Taking the World View', Weather News, vol. 170, October 1970, 1970, pp. 5-6. Details
• 'Dr John Zillman', Weather News, vol. 243, December 1978, 1978, pp. 4-5. Details

Online Resources

• 'Zillman, J W', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1307376. Details
• Zillman, John W., A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Australian Meteorology Through theTwentieth Century, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, 2001, 20 pp, http://www.bom.gov.au/info/100_years.pdf. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003111. Details