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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-26 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000710b.htm person Philip John Robert AO FAA FRS AACR2 18 January 1927 26 June 1999 Place of Birth Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Amsterdam, Netherlands Civil engineer John Philip was Chief of the Division of Environmental Mechanics, CSIRO from 1971 to 1980, and from 1983 to 1991. From 1980 to 1983 he was first Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences. He was Australia's most distinguished environmental physicist and made outstanding contributions to research in soil water physics, micrometeorology, the soil-atmosphere continuum, and measurement methods in the context of the biosphere 1948 1951 Career position - Engineer, Queensland Irrigation Commission 1951 1961 Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1957 1957 Award - Robert E. Horton Medal, American Geophysical Union 1957 1958 Career position - Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. 1961 1962 Career position - Nuffield Foundation Dominion Fellow, University of Cambridge 1961 1963 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1963 1970 Career position - Chief Research Scientist and Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1966 1966 Award - David Rivett Medal, Australian Academy of Science 1966 1967 Career position - Australian-American Education Foundation Senior Scholar and Research Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1967 2019 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1970 1970 Career position - President, Section 1 Physics, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1970 1971 Career position - Acting Chief, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1971 1971 Career position - President, Section 8 Mathematics, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1971 1980 Career position - Chief of the Division, CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics 1972 1972 Career position - Vinton-Hayes Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, .U.S.A. 1972 1978 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science 1974 1978 Career position - Biological Secretary, Australian Academy of Science 1974 2019 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1975 1975 Career position - Co-ordinator, SciTaskforce, Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration 1979 1979 Career position - Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A. 1980 1983 Career position - Director, CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences 1981 1981 Award - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian Academy of Science 1981 1981 Award - Robert E. Horton Medal, American Geophysical Union 1981 1999 Award - Fellow, American Geophysical Union 1983 1983 Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1983 1991 Career position - Chief of the Division, CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics 1990 1990 Award - Eminent Researcher Award, Australian Water Resources Advisory Council 1991 1999 Award - Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1992 1992 Award - DPh honoris causa, Agricultural University of Athens 1992 1999 Award - Emeritus CSIRO Fellow 1992 1999 Award - Fellow, Soil Science Society of America 1994 1994 Award - Visiting Fellow Commonership, Trinity College, University of Cambridge 1995 1995 Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada 1995 1999 Award - Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Engineering 1998 1998 Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science 1998 1998 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the science of hydrology, to scientific communication in promoting the interests of science for the community, and to Australian culture through architecture and literature Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1990 - )

Awarded the Medal 1998

 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal, Australian National Research Council and Australian Academy of Science (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1981

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

President, Section 1 (Physics) 1970; President, Section 8 (Mathematics) 1971

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1967 - 1999; Member of Council 1972 - 1978; Biological Secretary 1974 - 1978

 CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1997) 1971 1991

Chief of the CSIRO, Division of Environmental Mechanics from 1971 to 1980, and from 1983-91.

 Institute of Physical Sciences - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1988) 1980 1983

First Director of the CSIRO Institute of Physical Sciences

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 Philip, J R (1927-1999)

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 'Philip, John Robert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Philip, John Robert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: John Robert Philip, 1927-1999 Smiles, David John Robert Philip, 1927-1999 2005 Historical Records of Australian Science 16 2 221-246 Journal Article: Some recent advances in hydrologic physics Philip, J. R. Some recent advances in hydrologic physics 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 10-11 255-259 Journal Article: Science and the Word Philip, J. R. Science and the Word 1973 Search 4 4 112-115 Resource: Jaeger Medal Australian Academy of Science Jaeger Medal Australian Academy of Science 2025 Resource: Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Australian Academy of Science Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2023 Journal Article: John Robert Philip 18 January 1927 - 26 June 1999 Smiles, David John Robert Philip 18 January 1927 - 26 June 1999 2005 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 51 329-45 Resource Section: John Robert Philip Ward, C. John Robert Philip Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1995 Who's who in Australia 1995 31st Melbourne Information Australia Group 1995 John Robert Philip - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science John Robert Philip - Records MS 224 1974 - 1979 Files as Secretary (Biological Sciences), Australian Academy of Science, 1974-1979. Files include material relating to symposia, Botany Bay Project, climatic change, inquiry into CSIRO, silver jubilee celebrations, publications committee, building committee, School Mathematics Project, Science and Industry Forum, solar energy, and visitors to the academy. 1.4 m, 10 boxes