Biographical entry Clarebrough, Leo Michael (1924 - )
OAM, FAA
- Born
- 14 June 1924
- Occupation
- Metallurgist
Summary
Leo Michael Clarebrough was appointed Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Materials Science and Technology in 1988, in recognition of his forty years of employment with the organisation.
Details
Clarebrough completed a Bachelor of Metallurgy Engineering (BMetE) at the University of Melbourne and a Master of Engineering Science (MEngSc) at the University of Birmingham in the UK.
Events
- 1947 - 1978
- Career position - Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Tribophysics
- 1978 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1978 - 1988
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics
- 1988 -
- Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Technology
- 1988 - 1992
- Career position - Secretary for the Physical Sciences Section of the Australian Academy of Science
- 26 January 2008
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Andrew Crowther Hurley - Records, 1944 - 1988, MS 174; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K., 'Walter Boas 1904-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 4, 1987, pp. 507-517. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870640507.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Clarebrough, Leo Michael', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475783. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 September 2005, Last modified: 7 February 2011




