A001018 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-25 human Ailie Smith updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001018b.htm corporateBody Electrical Research Board AACR2 28 November 1944 Start Place Australia Energy The Electrical Research Board was established in 1944 and was made up of representatives from the Electricity Supply Association of Australia, universities and the CSIRO. The purpose of the board was to foster electrical research in higher education. Madsen, John Percival Vissing (1879 - 1969)

Foundation Chairman, 1944 - 1966.

 Electricity Supply Association of Australia Limited (ESAA) (1991 - )

The operating funds for the Electrical Research Board were principally provided by members of the Electricity Supply Association of Australia.

 White, Frederick William George (1905 - 1994)

Foundation Member 1944 -

 Connolly, Willis Henry (1901 - 1981)

Member 1954 -

 Nicholls, Frank Gordon (1916 - 2013)

Conjoint secretary of the Board

 Brain, Vivian James Foxton (1896 - 1957)

Foundation member 1944 - 1957

 Myers, David Milton (1911 - 1999)

Foundation member 1944 -

Trove

 'Electrical Research Board', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Electrical Research Board Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Electrical Research Board Myers, D. M. The Electrical Research Board 1960 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 32 1-2 N1-N4 Journal Article: The Electrical Research Board : A review of the first twenty years Prentice, S. A.; Christiansen, W. N. The Electrical Research Board : A review of the first twenty years 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 12 N121-126 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000