Biographical entry Martin, Raymond Leslie (1926 - )

Summary

Raymond Leslie Martin is an expert in the field of inorganic chemistry. He was appointed Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University in 1992 and has lectured and worked at Monash University, the University of Melbourne, and the University of New South Wales. Martin has chaired and headed many organisations and committees during his prestigious career and was Director of Circadian Technologies Ltd. from 1986. He is a member or Fellow of many of Australia's top scientific bodies and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1987 for his services.

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1949 - 1951

Award - 1851 Exhibition Scholar

1951 - 1954

Career position - Research Fellow at the Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge, UK

1954 - 1959

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales

1962 - 1977

Career position - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Melbourne

1968

Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1969

Career position - President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1971

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne

1977 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra

1977 - 1987

Career position - Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry at ANU

1978

Award - Inorganic Chemistry Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1979 -

Career position - Fellow of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne

1986 -

Career position - Director of Circadian Technologies Ltd.

1987

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

1987 - 1991

Career position - Professor of Chemistry at Monash University, Victoria

1988 - 1992

Career position - Chair of the Australian Science and Technology Council

1989 - 1992

Career position - Member of the Prime Minister's Science Council

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L., 'Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 97-107. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710097.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Martin, Raymond Leslie', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474894. Details

See also

• Hyde, B. G. and Day, P, 'John Stuart Anderson', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 2, 1992. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9920920127.htm. Details