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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000865b.htm person Wark Ian William Kt FAA FTS FRACI AACR2 8 May 1899 20 April 1985 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Industrial chemist Science administrator Sir Ian Wark was Chief of the Division of Industrial Chemistry, CSIR/O 1939-1958, Director of the Chemical Research Laboratories 1958-1960, and a member of the Executive 1960-1965. He was chairman of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education 1965-1971. The Australian Academy of Science has awarded the Ian Wark Medal and lecture, named in his honour, biennially since 1987.

Commemorated by the Ian Wark Laboratories in the CSIRO complex at Clayton, the Ian Wark Theatre in the Australian Academy of Science, the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia and the Ian William Wark Medal and Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science.

1919 1919 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1920 1920 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1921 1921 Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship 1923 1923 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University College, London 1924 1924 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1924 1924 Life event - Postdoctoral studies, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 1925 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council 1925 1925 Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Sydney 1926 1939 Career position - Research Chemist, The Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia Limited 1933 1933 Award - H.G. Smith Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1933 1933 Award - Grimwade Prize in Industrial Chemistry, , Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne 1933 1933 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne c. 1937 c. 1954 Career event - Elected Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council 1939 1958 Career position - Chief, CSIR/CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry 1940 1953 Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute 1942 1943 Career position - President, Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute 1946 1946 Career position - President, Chemistry Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1946 c. 1954 Career position - Member, Australian National Research Council 1946 1985 Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1953 1985 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) 1954 1985 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1957 1958 Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1958 1960 Career position - Director, CSIRO Chemical Research Laboratories 1960 1965 Career position - Member of the Executive of CSIRO 1960 1985 Award - Honorary Member, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1964 1964 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Science 1964 1985 Career position - Governor (honorary), Ian Potter Foundation 1965 1971 Career position - Chairman, Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education 1966 1966 Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1967 1967 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Chairman, Committee on Advanced Education 1969 1969 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Services to education and science 1971 1985 Career position - Honorary consultant to CSIRO Minerals Research Laboratories / Institute of Energy and Earth Resources 1971 1985 Career position - Member, South Australian Board of Advanced Education 1973 1973 Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1975 1985 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1977 1977 Award - Doctor of Applied Science (DAppSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1978 1981 Career position - Inaugural President, Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Burrows, George Joseph (1888 - 1950) Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1987

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship: 1921.

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

Member 1961-1966

 CSIR/O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1958)

Chief 1940 - 8 October 1958

 Chemical Research Laboratories - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1958 - 1970)

Director 9 October 1958 - 13 March 1961

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

Member of Executive 1960 - 1965

 Institute of Energy and Earth Resources - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1981 - 1987)

Honorary Consultant 1971 - 1985

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow 1953 - 1985; President 1957 - 1958

 Grimwade Prize in Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne (1906 - )

Awarded the Prize 1933

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1954 - 1985

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1933

 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1893 - )

Honorary Member 1960 - 1985

 Ian Wark Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (1987 - )

The Australian Academy of Science has awarded the Medal since 1987

 Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) (1917 - 1953)

Fellow 1940 - 1953

 H. G. Smith Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1929 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Chemical Institute 1933

 ACI - Victorian Branch, Australian Chemical Institute (1917 - 1953)

President 1943 - 1943

 RACI - Colloid and Surface Science Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1979 - ?)

Inaugural President 1978 - 1981

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

Associate Member (Chemistry) 1925 - c1937; Member (Chemistry) c1937 - c1954

 Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1965 - )

Awarded the Medal 1966

 ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1965 - )

Awarded the Medal 1973

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

Fellow 1946 - 1985; President, Chemistry Section 1946

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 Wark, Ian W (18990508-19850420)

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 'Wark, Ian William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wark, Ian William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 Book: The Papers of Sir Ian William Wark, 1899-1985 McCarthy, Gavan The Papers of Sir Ian William Wark, 1899-1985 Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1987 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Resource Section: Sir Ian William Wark Ward, C. Sir Ian William Wark Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Journal Article: Sir Ian Wark: an Industrious Chemist Willis, J. B. Sir Ian Wark: an Industrious Chemist 1995 Chemistry in Australia 62 3 32-33 Book: Science in Bondage: the Inaugural Ian William Wark Lecture, 30 November 1987 Rees, A.L.G. Science in Bondage: the Inaugural Ian William Wark Lecture, 30 November 1987 Canberra Australian Academy of Science 1987 Journal Article: 1851 Science Research Scholarship Awards to Australians Wark, I. W. 1851 Science Research Scholarship Awards to Australians 1977 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 3 4 47-52 Journal Article: The CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry, 1940-1952 Wark, I. W. The CSIRO Division of Industrial Chemistry, 1940-1952 1979 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 4 2 7-41 Journal Article: David Orme Masson, 1858-1937. Wark, I.W. David Orme Masson, 1858-1937. 1958 The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings 25 November 533-541 Journal Article: Harold George Raggatt Rayner, J. M.; and Wark, I. W. Harold George Raggatt 1972 Records of the Australian Academy of Science 2 3 62-75 Journal Article: Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby 1904-197 Wark, I. W.; and Ellis, E. G. Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby 1904-197 1980 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 1 104-128 Journal Article: Training of Scientists Wark, I. W. Training of Scientists 1973 Australian Physicist 10 6 97-99 Book Section: Wark, Sir Ian William (1899-1985), chemist and scientific administrator Willis, J. B. Wark, Sir Ian William (1899-1985), chemist and scientific administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 558-9 Resource: Ian Wark Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Ian Wark Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2022 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 Journal Article: The Early History of Co-ordination Chemistry in Australia Baker, Anthony T.; Livingstone, Stanley E. The Early History of Co-ordination Chemistry in Australia 1985 Polyhedron 4 8 1337-1351 Resource: Sir Ian William Wark Guide to Records McCarthy, Gavan Sir Ian William Wark Guide to Records Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 1999 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 Journal Article: Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980 Ewers, W. E.; and Weiss, D. E. Keith Leonard Sutherland 1916-1980 1981 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 2 78-88 Journal Article: Jack Ellerton Becker 1904-1979 Rogers, W. P. Jack Ellerton Becker 1904-1979 1982 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 3 92-107 Journal Article: Walter Boas 1904-1982 Clarebrough, L. M.; Head, A. K. Walter Boas 1904-1982 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 4 507-517 Journal Article: Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989 Walsh, A.; and Willis, J. B. Albert Lloyd George Rees 1916-1989 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 31-47 Journal Article: Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983 Caro, D. E.; Martin, R. L. Leslie Harold Martin 1900-1983 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 97-107 Ian William Wark - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Ian William Wark - Records MS 148 1922 - 1985 Biographical and personal records including publications, audio cassettes, correspondence, notes, draft papers and certificates 1960-85; early records including diaries, postcards and correspondence 1922-23; zinc electrolysis records 1925-29; flotation records 1930-39; CSIR/O records including correspondence, publications, reports, addresses, diaries and minutes 1939-65; Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education records 1965-78; consultancy records 1957-85; Australian Academy of Science records 1945-85; Australian Academy of Technological Sciences records 1974-83; Royal Australian Chemical Institute records 1974-83; general records including correspondence, draft manuscripts, talks and addresses, publications, photographs and slides, and press cuttings 1909-85 [6.25 m, MS 148]. A detailed guide is available from the Australian Science Archives Project. 6.25 m, 34 boxes Audio, Photographs Ian William Wark - Records Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Corporate Records and Archives Strategies Ian William Wark - Records 1939 - 1965 Correspondence, minutes and reports regarding Wark's work at the CSIR/O 1939-58, 1958-60 and 1961-65 [5.78 m]. 5.78 m Ian William Wark Ian William Wark All rights reserved.

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