Biographical entry Gosewinckel, William Graham (1930 - )
AO, FTSE
- Born
- 24 February 1930
- Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
William Gosewinckel was foundation Chairman of the INTELSAT Planning Committee 1974-1975, which was formed to consider longer term issues relating to Australia's overseas telecommunications services and traffic requirements. He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
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Events
- 1947
- Career position - Joined the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1962 - 1967
- Career position - Supervising Engineer with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1967 - 1973
- Career position - Director of Planning with the Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1973 - 1980
- Career position - Assistant General Manager of Corporate Services, Overseas Telecommunications Commission Australia
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Foundation Chairman of the INTELSAT Planning Committee
- 1979 - 1980
- Career position - Director of the Satellite System Management Unit of the Post and Telecommunications Department
- 1981
- Career position - Senior Assistant General Manager of National Satellite System
- 1981 - 1986
- Career position - General Manager and Chief Executive of AUSSAT Pty Ltd
- 1986 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 1986
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
- 1986 - 1992
- Career position - Managing Director and Chief Executive of AUSSAT Pty Ltd
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Published resources
Online Resources
- 'Gosewinckel, William Graham (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474966. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_g.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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