P000335 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-27 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000335b.htm person Cummins John Edward AACR2 21 October 1902 7 October 1989 Place of Birth Perth, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Chemist Science administrator Jack Cummins was a chemist and scientific administrator who, after a period as a school teacher and working in a turtle soup factory, became Officer-in-Charge of the Chemical Investigations Division of the Western Australian Department of Forestry. A fellowship from the Science and Industry Endowment Fund enabled him to spend two years studying at the University of Wisconsin. On returning to Australia, Cummins became a Research Officer with the CSIR Division of Forest Products. In 1940 he moved to the CSIR Information section. From 1943 he held senior scientific liaison positions with CSIR(O) in Melbourne, London and Washington D.C. For two years he was Director of the Division of Scientific and Technical Information, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna. Cummins was involved in the establishment of the Ian Clunies Ross Foundation in 1959 and served as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer. 1923 1923 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Western Australia 1924 1927 Career position - Officer-in-charge, Chemical Investigations Division, WA Department of Forestry 1927 1929 Award - Training in forest products research at the Forest Products Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, USA., Science and Industry Endowment Fund 1929 1939 Career position - Research officer, CSIR Division of Forest Products 1932 1932 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1940 1943 Career position - Worked for Information Section, CSIR 1940 1953 Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute 1943 1945 Career position - Director, CSIR Information Bureau 1945 1948 Career position - Officer in charge, CSIR Information Section 1948 1955 Career position - Chief Scientific Liaison Officer, CSIR(O) Scientific Liaison Bureau, London 1949 Award - Fellow, Royal Institute of Chemistry, London 1955 1958 Career position - Director of Scientific Liaison, Australian Embassy, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1958 1960 Career position - Director, Division of Scientific and Technical Information, International Atomic Energy Agency 1959 Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation 1960 1962 Career position - Worked at CSIRO Head Office 1962 1962 Life event - Retired Clunies Ross, William Ian (1899 - 1959) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Commonwealth of Australia (1926 - 1949)

Officer-in-Charge Information Section from 1945 - 1948.

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Worked in Head Office 1960 - 1962

 Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation (1959 - 2004)

Chief Executive Officer 1959 - ?

 Scientific Liaison Bureau, Commonwealth of Australia (1942 - 1945)

Director 1943 - 1945

 CSIR/O Division of Forest Products (mark I), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1928 - 1971)

Research Officer 1927 - 1939

 Science and Industry Endowment Fund - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1926 - )

Training in forest products research at the Forest Products Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 1927 - 1929

 National Science Centre (1967 - 1992)

Jack was personally responsible for raising most of the funds to build the National Science Centre, and conceived the idea of 'The Sciences Club'.

 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (1957 - ) 1958 1960

Director 1958 - 1960

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Cummins, J E (1902-1989)

Trove

 'Cummins, John Edward (Jack)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cummins, John Edward (Jack) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: J. E. Cummins Memorial Oration Harris, Margaret C. J. E. Cummins Memorial Oration 1995 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, New Series 107 1 23 Book Section: Cummins, John Edward (Jack) (1902 - 1989), chemist and science administrator Butcher, Barry W. Cummins, John Edward (Jack) (1902 - 1989), chemist and science administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 281-282 Journal Article: The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science Smith, Susan and Spurling, Thomas H. The Science and Industry Endowment Fund: supporting the development of Australian science CSIRO Publishing 2015 Historical Records of Australian Science 26 1 58-83 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 Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation - Records 78/96 1942 - 1978 Formation, appeals and building files 1960-1978; N.S.W. files 1969-1972; register of affiliated scientific and technological societies 1969-1971; Sciences Club 1967-1971; conferences and reports 1970-1973. J.E. Cummins (Secretary of the Foundation, C.S.I.R. and C.S.I.R.O. officer, director of International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna): Personal papers; C.S.I.R.O. files 1942-1962; other subject files 1944- 1972. 7 m, 45 boxes