Person
Rose, Calvin Wyatt (1929 - )
AM
- Born
- 27 November 1929
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural physicist
Summary
Calvin Rose was in the forefront of the application of advanced mathematics to soil conservation and management. Much of his research focused on soil hydrology, crop growth modelling, crop-atmosphere interaction and the influence of management on soil erosion. His innovative textbooks Agricultural physics (1966) and An introduction to the environmental physics of soil, water and watersheds (2004) each ran to multiple editions. As foundation Professor of Environmental Studies at Griffith University he developed the first undergraduate and postgraduate environmental school in Australia, with an interdisciplinary focus. Rose was instrumental in the establishment of Griffith EcoCentre which hosts visits by over 10,000 school students each year. He has been active in the Royal Society of Queensland, serving as President 1978 to 1979 and being conferred with Life Membership in 2016.
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Chronology
- 1949
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1951
- Education - BE, University of Sydney
- 1952 - 1953
- Career position - Assistant Design Engineer, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
- 1954 - 1963
- Career position - Assistant (later Senior) Lecturer, Department of Physics, Makerere University College, Uganda
- 1958
- Education - PhD, University of London
- 1963 - 1973
- Career position - Senior (later Principal) Research Scientist, Environmental Biology Group, CSIRO Division of Land Research
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada and University of California
- 1973 - 1995
- Career position - Foundation Professor and Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Queensland
- 1979
- Career position - Visiting Professor, Texas A&M University and USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory
- 1989 - 1990
- Career position - Inaugural Head, School of Environmental Engineering, Griffith University
- 1989 - 1995
- Career position - Member, National Committee for the Environment, Australian Academy of Science
- 1990 - 1993
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University
- 1995 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Griffith University
- 1995
- Life event - Retired
- 1995
- Award - Doctor of the University honoris causa, Griffith University
- 1997
- Award - Doctor of Resource Management honoris causa, University of New England
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in environmental science and technology
- 2002 - 2003
- Career position - Chairman, Management Advisory Committee, Griffith EcoCentre
- 2004
- Award - Norman Hudson Memorial Award, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
- 2007 -
- Career position - Member, Griffith EcoCentre Management Advisory Committee
- 2009
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to education in the areas of soil and water conservation, and to the promotion of environmental science
- 2016 -
- Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Queensland
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Resources
- 'Rose, Calvin Wyatt (19291127-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772723. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 5 June 2018, Last modified: 18 November 2021