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Biographical entry McCracken, Kenneth Gordon (1938 - )

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Born
7 August 1938
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Kenneth Gordon McCracken is one of Australia's, if not the world's, leading space scientists. He was foundation Director of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Office of Space Science and Applications and Foundation Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics. Prior to this, McCracken worked in the United States of America for several years where he occasionally worked as a consultant for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

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1954
Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Tasmania
1959
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Tasmania
1959 - 1961
Career position - Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
1961
Career position - Consultant to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, USA
1961 - 1962
Career position - Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1962 - 1966
Career position - Professor at the Southwest Centre for Advanced Studies in Dallas, Texas, USA
1963 - 1965
Career position - Member of the NASA Space Radiation Protection Committee
1966 - 1969
Career position - Professor at the University of Adelaide
1970
Career position - Consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission of India
1970 - 1972
Career position - Officer-in-charge of the Mineral Physics Section at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1971
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Adelaide
1972 - 1984
Career position - Foundation Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Physics
1972 - 1984
Career position - Honorary Professor at Macquarie University, New South Wales
1979 -
Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1982 - 1984
Career position - Board member of the Australian Mineral Foundation
1984 - c. 1990
Career position - Director of the CSIRO Office for Space Science and Applications
1986
Career position - Member of the National Committee on Space Engineering at the Institute of Engineers, Australia

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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 26 July 2005