A000209 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-03-16 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-05-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000209b.htm ABN: 81 004 566 509 corporateBody Australian Institute of Physics AACR2 21 February 1963 Start Place North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Location 1/21 Vale Street, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051 Association Society or Membership Organisation The Australian Institute of Physics was established in 1963, when it replaced the Australian Branch of the Institute of Physics (1928-1962). The purpose of the Institute is to further promote the development and application of the science of physics. Australian Branch, Institute of Physics (1928 - 1962) Harper, Arthur Frederick Alan (1913 - 1991)

President 1969 - 1970; Honorary Fellow 1975 - 1991

 Scott, Susan M.

Fellow 2004 - ; awarded the Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics (jointly with the University of New South Wales)

 Huxley, Leonard George Holden (1902 - 1988)

Foundation President 1962 - 1965

 Turner, John Stewart (Stewart) (1930 - 2022)

Fellow 1980 - 2022

 Barnard, Amanda (1971 - )

Fellow 2013 -

 Alan Walsh Medal for Service to Industry, Australian Institute of Physics (2002 - )

The Institute has awarded the Medal since 2002

 White, Frederick William George (1905 - 1994)

Honorary Fellow 1970 - 1994

 Walsh, Alan (1916 - 1998)

President 1967 - 1968; Honorary Fellow 1979 - 1998

 Bolotin, Herbert Howard (1930 - 2020)

Member of Council 1975 - 1976

 Sowerby, Brian David (1943 - )

Fellow 1980 -

 Bray, Igor

Fellow 1996 -

 Hogg, Arthur Robert (1903 - 1966)

Chairman, Australian Capital Territory Branch 1964

 Webster, Rachel (1951 - )

Fellow 2007 -

 Coyle, Richard Alan (Dick) (1922 - 2014)

Foundation member, 1962

 Monro, Tanya Mary

Honorary Fellow 2025 -

 Frederiksen, Jorgen Segerlund (1946 - )

Fellow 1987 -

 Priestley, Charles Henry Brian (Bill) (1915 - 1998)

Honorary Fellow 1982 - 1998

 Simmons, Michelle Yvonne (1967 - )

Honorary Fellow 2025 -

 Green, Anne Josephine

Fellow 2006 -

 Zillman, John William (1939 - )

Fellow 1978 -

 McPhedran, Ross (1948 - )

Lifetime Fellow 2023 -

 De Laeter, John Robert (1933 - 2010)

Honorary Fellow 1992 - 2010

 Lang, Keith Campbell (1908 - 1996)

Honorary Fellow 1970 - 1996

 Foley, Catherine Patricia (Cathy) (1957 - )

President 2007 - 2008; Outstanding Services to Physics Award 2015; Honorary Fellow 2020 -

 Opat, Geoffrey Ivan (1935 - 2002)

Honorary Fellow 2002

 Crompton, Robert Woodhouse (1926 - 2022)

President 1993 - 1994; Chairman, ACT Branch 1973 - 1974: Honorary Fellow 2001 - 2022

 Rogers, James Stanley (1893 - 1977)

Honorary Fellow 1964 - 1977

 Ross, Alexander David (1883 - 1966)

Honorary Fellow 1964 - 1966

 Schmidt, Brian Paul (1967 - )

Honorary Fellow 2012 -

 Spicer, Brian Milton (1928 - 2004)

Honorary Fellow 1988 - 2004

 Bell, Nicole (1975 - )

President 2023 - 2024

 Robinson, Brian John (1930 - 2004)

Fellow 1967 - 2004

 McKellar, Bruce Harold John (1941 - )

Honorary Fellow 2022 -

 Lehany, Frederick John (1915 - 1994)

President 1966 - 1967

 Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina

Fellow 2016 -

 Bachor, Hans-Albert (1952 - )

Received the Institute's Award for outstanding Services to Physics 2008

 Boas, Walter Moritz (1904 - 1982)

Foundation Fellow 1962 - 1982

 Drummond, Peter D. (1950 - )

Fellow 2001 -

 Gu, Min (1960 - )

Elected Fellow 1999

 Jagadish, Chennupati (1957 - )

Fellow 1993 -

 White, John William (1937 - 2023)

Fellow 1986 - 2023

 Harrie Massey Medal and Prize, Australian Institute of Physics (1990 - )

The Medal and Prize have been awarded by the Institute jointly with the Institute of Physics (UK) since 1990

 Thomas, Anthony William (Tony) (1949 - )

President 1991 - 1992; Honorary Fellow 2025 -

 Vance, Eric Raymond (Lou) (1942 - 2019)

Fellow 1987 - 2019

 Walter Boas Medal, Australian Institute of Physics (1984 - )

The Institute has awarded the Medal since 1984

 Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics, Australian Institute of Physics and University of New South Wales (1979 - )

The Institute has awarded the Medal jointly with the University of New South Wales since 1979

 Ruby Payne-Scott Award for Excellence in Early Career Research, Australian Institute of Physics (2013 - )

The Institute instituted the Award 2013 (first presented the Award 2016)

 Webster, Hugh Colin (1905 - 1979)

Honorary Fellow 1970 - 1979

 Page, Arthur Anthony (1922 - 2011)

Honorary Fellow 1991 - 2011

 Hannaford, Peter (1939 - )

Fellow 1987 -

 Bolton, Herbert Cairns (1921 - 2000)

President 1979 - 1980

 Smith, Thomas Frederick (Fred) (1939 - 2014)

President, 1984 - 1986

 Kelly, John Charles (Jak) (1928 - 2012)

Chair 1965 - 1966

 Dracoulis, George Dennis (1944 - 2014)

Fellow 1990 - 2014; Chair, Nuclear and Particle Physics Group 1993 - 1997

 Street, Robert (1920 - 2013)

President 1971 - 1972; Honorary Fellow 1992 - 2013

 Flambaum, Victor V. (1951 - )

Fellow 1992 -

 Delbourgo, Robert (1940 - )

Fellow 1977 - 2005; Honorary Fellow 2005 - ; Chairman, Tasmanian Branch 1992 - 1993

 Briggs, George Henry (1893 - 1987)

Honorary Fellow 1962 - 1987

 Pryor, Arthur William (1928 - 2014)

Fellow, 1962 - 2014

 Dewar, Robert Leith (1944 - 2024)

Fellow 1988 - 2024

 Green, Herbert Sydney (1920 - 1999)

Herbert Green was a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics.

 Klein, Anthony George (Tony) (1935 - 2021)

President 1989 - 1990

 Fenton, Arthur Geoffrey (1920 - 2008)

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics

 Reid, Margaret Daphne

Fellow 2017 -

 Fletcher, Neville Horner (1930 - 2017)

President 1981 - 1982

 Bruce, Colin Frank (1915 - 1990)

Foundation Member 1962 - 1990

 Haneman, Dan (1931 - 2002) c. 1990 c. 1990

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP)

 Australian Institute of Physics - New South Wales Branch Australian Institute of Physics - Victorian Branch

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VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

Trove

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