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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-02-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000671b.htm person Newnham Ivan Edgar AO AACR2 6 November 1919 4 September 1986 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Mineral chemist Ivan Newnham was Director of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Institute of Earth Resources from 1979. He was previously Chief of CSIRO's Division of Mineral Chemistry (1961-1970) and Director of the Mineral Research Laboratories (1971-1978). During his thirty-seven year tenure with CSIRO he made numerous significant contributions, including the introduction of research planning for commercialisation. 1947 1961 Career position - Research Scientist at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) 1959 1959 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1961 1970 Career position - Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry 1971 1978 Career position - Director of CSIRO Mineral Research Laboratories 1975 1986 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1979 1983 Career position - Director of CSIRO Institute of Earth Resources 1981 1981 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for public service to industry 1982 1982 Award - President's Award, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1982 1982 Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1983 1983 Career position - Retired as Director due to ill health 1983 1984 Career position - Senior Scientist (not official title) at CSIRO Institute of Earth Resources Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1965 - )

Awarded the Medal 1982

 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )

Awarded President's Award 1982 - for his personal achievements in research and development for the mineral industry and his leadership in these fields.

 Minerals Research Laboratories - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1972 - c. 1980)

Director 1971 - 1978

 Institute of Earth Resources - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1981)

Director 1979 - 1983; Senior Scientist (not official title) (1983 - 1984

 CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1959 - 1988)

Chief 17 July 1961 - 30 December 1970

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1986

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

Member 1974-1975

 Newnham, Ivan Edgar (1919-1986)

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 'Newnham, Ivan Edgar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Newnham, Ivan Edgar Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Book: Alumina to zirconia: the history of CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry Bear, I. Joy.; Biegler, Tom; Scott, Tom. R. Alumina to zirconia: the history of CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry Clayton, Victoria CSIRO Minerals 2001 Newspaper Article: Vale Ivan Newnham North, Jenifer Vale Ivan Newnham Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1986 CoResearch 296 8 Book: Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Beale, Bob Engineering a Legacy: Memories of the journey of CSIRO Chemical Engineering Clayton, Victoria CSIRO Minerals 2005 Resource Section: Ivan Edgar Newnham Ward, C. Ivan Edgar Newnham Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Journal Article: John Stuart Anderson Hyde, B. G.; and Day, P John Stuart Anderson 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 2 127-49 Journal Article: Ian William Wark 1899-1985 Rees, A. L. G. Ian William Wark 1899-1985 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 533-548 Ivan Edgar Newnham - Records Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies Ivan Edgar Newnham - Records Series 1115 - 1121 1938 - 1983 Files regarding talks 1957-81 and including drafts, source material and correspondence [55 cm, Series 1115]. Personal material; newspaper clippings, publications, subject files and draft manuscripts 1966-80 [17 cm, Series 1116]. Chronological personal correspondence 1967-83 major correspondents include I.W. Wark and R.G. Casey [15 cm, Series 1117]. Diary and notebooks 1962-68 and 1973-74 [2 cm, Series 1118]. Diary 1956 and 1958 of a trip to India, Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA, Canada and Japan with references to zirconium and hafnium [1 cm, Series 1119]. Notebook 1947-48 dealing with zirconium and hafnium and appears to record his earliest work at CSIR under R.G. Thomas [1 cm, Series 1120]. Laboratory notebook 1938 [1 cm, Series 1121].