Bottomley, Robert Alwyn (1912 - 2004)

Summary

Robert Bottomley was Vice-President of Research for Mauri Bros. & Thomson Ltd. Sydney 1954-1969 and then Assistant General Manager 1970-1973. He was earlier Assistant Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota 1947-1948. Bottomley was educated at the Royal Melbourne Technical College (Dip Civil Eng), University of Melbourne (MSc) and University of Minnesota, USA (PhD). He was a foundation member of the Australian Industrial Research Group.

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Chronology

1943

Award - Grimwade Prize received

1947 - 1948

Career position - Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota, USA

1949

Career position - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota

1954 - 1969

Career position - Vice-President, Research of Muari Brothers and Thomson Ltd in Sydney

1958

Award - Institute of Food Technologists of Australia Award received

1970 - 1973

Career position - Assistant General Manager of Muari Brothers and Thomson Ltd

Archival resources

Goodman Fielder Wattie

• Robert Alwyn Bottomley - Records, 1912 - 1980; Goodman Fielder Wattie. Details

Published resources

Books

• Jones, W. Lewis, Where Have all the Flour Mills Gone? A History of W.S. Kimpton and Sons - Flour Millers (Melbourne: The Flourmillers' Council of Victoria, 1984), 221 pp. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Bottomley, David T, 'Adding nutrition to a variety of food his forte', The Age (2005), 9. Details

Resources

• 'Bottomley, Robert Alwyn (1912-2004)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476099. 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/index_b.html. Details