Biographical entry Rowe, Albert Percival (1898 - 1976)

Summary

Albert Percival Rowe was Defence Scientific Adviser and Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Policy Committee 1947-48

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Events

1938 - 1945

Career position - Chief Superintendent of the Telecommunications Research Establishment

1942

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1946

Award - Medal for Merit (USA) received

1946 - 1947

Career position - Deputy Controller of Research and Development at Admiralty

1947 - 1948

Career position - Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Policy Committee and Defence Science Adviser to Australian Government

1948

Career position - One Story of Radar published

1948 - 1955

Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide

1957 -

Award - Fellow of the Imperial College of Science and Technology

1959

Career position - If the Gown Fits published

Published resources

Book Sections

• Stretton, Hugh, 'Rowe, Albert Percival (1898-1976), Radar Pioneer and University Vice-Chancellor', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 136-137. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160164b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Rowe, Albert Percival', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468527. 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=P003908. Details
• Brown, R. Hanbury; Minnett, Harry C; White, Fredrick W. G., 'Edward George Bowen 1911-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992, pp. 151-166. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920151.htm. Details
• Coates, J. H., 'Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 237-246. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620237.htm. Details
• Crompton, R. W., 'Leonard George Holden Huxley 1902-198', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 8, no. 4, 1991, pp. 249-264. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9910840249.htm. Details
• Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia, Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Melbourne, 1995, 267 pp. Details