Biographical entry Ross, Ian Gordon (1926 - 2006)

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1946

Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1947 - 1948

Research student, Teaching Fellow, and Temporary Lecturer at the University of Sydney

1949

Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney

1949

Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney

1949 - 1952

Research Scholar at University College, London

1952

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London

1953

Postdoctoral Fellow at Florida State University

1954 - 1956

Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney

1957 - 1964

Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney

1960

Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1964 - 1968

Reader at the University of Sydney

1968 - 1977

Professor of Chemistry at the Australian National University

1971

Awarded the H.G. Smith Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1972 - 1973

Dean of the Faculty of Science, Australian National University

1973

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

1975

Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University

1977 - 1979

Chairman of the Australian Research Grants Committee

1977 - 1988

Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University

1979 - 1997

Director of Anutech Pty Ltd

1982 - 1983

Chairman of the Inquiry into Commonwealth Laboratories

1983 - 1986

Chairman of ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1989 - 1990

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Special Projects) at the Australian National University

1990

Chairman of the Working Party on Library Provision in Higher Education Libraries

1990 - 1996

Chair of the Physical Sciences Panel of the Co-operative Research Centres Committee

1994 - ?

Chair of the Communications Research Institute of Australia

1994

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, vol. 66, August-December, 2006, pp. 10-11. Details
• Ross, I. G., 'Alexander Boden 1913-1993', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 4, 1997, pp. 523-540. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9971140523.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Ross, I G', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-479325. Details

See also

• Aroney, M. J.; Bukingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fevre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 273-297. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9880730273.htm. Details