Biographical entry Langlands, Ian (1906 - 1994)

Summary

Ian Langlands was Chief of CSIR/O Division of Building Research 1944-71.He was educated at the University of Melbourne (BEE) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976.

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1928 - 1929

Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Design at the University of Melbourne

1930 - 1931

Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) research student

1931 - 1944

Career position - Officer in Charge of the Timber Mechanics Section of CSIR Division of Forest Products

1938 - 1944

Career position - Lecturer (part-time) in Timber Construction at the University of Melbourne

1944 - 1971

Career position - Chief of the CSIR/O Division of Building Research

1971

Award - Kernot Medal received from the University of Melbourne

1973

Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal received from the Institution of Engineers Australia

1973

Career position - Research Consultant

1974 - 1980

Career position - Deputy-Chancellor of Monash University, Victoria

1976

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1981 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

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Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Langlands, Ian', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-899754. 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/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003706. Details