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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000539b.htm person Kessell Stephen Lackey AACR2 17 March 1897 29 June 1979 Place of Birth Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Armadale, Victoria, Australia Forester Ecology and Conservation Stephen Kessell succeeded C. E. Lane-Poole as Conservator of Forests, Western Australia from 1923 to 1941. He was then appointed Controller of Timber, Commonwealth Department of Supply and Development (1941-1945) and Managing Director of Australian Newsprint Mills (1945-1962). 1922 1922 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Botany), Australian National Research Council 1923 1941 Career position - Conservator of the Forests of Western Australia 1925 1925 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus kessellii Maiden & Blakely named in Kessell's honour 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Botany and Forestry), Australian National Research Council 1936 1938 Career position - Foundation President of the Institute of Foresters of Australia 1941 1946 Career position - Commonwealth Controller of Timber 1946 1963 Career position - Managing Director of Australian Newsprint Mills Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd (ANM) (1938 - 1997)

Managing Director 1945 - 1962

 Department of Supply and Development, Commonwealth of Australia (1939 - 1942)

Controller of Timber 1941 - 1945

 Western Australia Forests Department, State of Western Australia (1919 - 1985)

Conservator of Forests 1923 - 1941

 Institute of Foresters of Australia (1935 - )

President 1936 - 1938

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Botany and Forestry) 1932 - ; Associate Member (Botany) 1922 - c1932

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1948-1949; Member CSIRO Advisory Council 1950-1955

 Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - 1986)

Member CSIR Council 1948-1949; Member 1950-1955

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 Kessell, S L (18970317-19790629)

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 'Kessell, Stephen Lackey', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kessell, Stephen Lackey Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Kessell, Stephen Lackey (1897-1979), forester and administrator Roe, Michael Kessell, Stephen Lackey (1897-1979), forester and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 14-15 Book: Key to the eucalypts of Western Australia: with descriptive and botanical notes concerning all arborescent species of eucalyptus known to be indigenous to Western Australia Kessell, S.L.; and Gardner, C.A. Key to the eucalypts of Western Australia: with descriptive and botanical notes concerning all arborescent species of eucalyptus known to be indigenous to Western Australia Perth, W.A. Forests Department 1924 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