Biographical entry Price, Douglas Gordon (1927 - )

Summary

Douglas Gordon Price was Managing Director and Chief Executive, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 1975-88. His interests include water engineering and strengthening of structures.

Details

Born Campbelltown, New South Wales, 9 February 1927. AM 1985. Educated University of Sydney (BE 1950). Engineer, Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority 1950-70, Assistant to Commissioner 1967-70; Assistant Director, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 1970-75, Managing Director and Chief Executive 1975-88; Managing Partner, D.G. & E.F. Price Consulting Services from 1988. Peter Nicol Russell Medal, Institution of Engineers Australia 1984; Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 1979; Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Price, Douglas G., 'The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation: Ten years in international engineering consultancy', Australian Foreign Affairs Record, vol. 52, July, 1981, pp. 354-357. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Price Douglas Gordon', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476472. 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=P003872. Details