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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000879b.htm person Weickhardt Leonard William CBE FTSE HonFRACI AACR2 2 April 1908 14 July 2000 Place of Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Chemist Business executive University Chancellor Len Weickhardt joined ICI as a Research and Production Chemist in 1935 and was Research Director of Imperial Chemical Industry of Australia and New Zealand (ICIANZ) 1955-1970. He was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1972-1978 and active in many organisations. In 2007 the Royal Australian Chemical Institute inaugurated the Weickhardt Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement to recognise significant contribution to the economic advancement of the Australian economy through work in the chemistry area. 1935 1938 Career position - Chemist, ICI Ltd, United Kingdom 1938 1950 Career position - Development and production positions, ICI Ltd, United Kingdom 1944 1953 Award - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute 1950 1954 Career position - Personnel Manager, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australia and New Zealand 1953 1995 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1955 1955 Career position - General Manager, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australia and New Zealand 1955 1970 Career position - Executive and Research Director, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australia and New Zealand 1958 1958 Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1958 1959 Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1966 1972 Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne 1968 1968 Award - Leighton Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1968 1980 Career position - Chairman, Nylex Corporation 1970 1980 Career position - Chairman, Sidney Cooke Ltd 1970 1980 Career position - Chairman, Rocla Industries 1972 1978 Career position - Chancellor, University of Melbourne 1975 1987 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1976 1976 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - for Science and Education. 1976 1976 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1978 1980 Career position - Chairman, Export Finance Insurance Corporation 1979 1982 Career position - President, Royal Melbourne Hospital 1980 1989 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Committee, Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research 1987 2000 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975] 1991 1991 Award - Archibald Ollé Literature Prize, New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1995 2000 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (HonFRACI) Glenn, Joseph Robert Archibald (Archibald) (1911 - 2012)

During the Second World War, Archibald Glenn, F. Lamont, and Len Weickhardt successfully built a plant for manufacturing sulphamerazine, a drug that was effective against the malignant form of Malaria.

 Lamont, F.

During the Second World War, Archibald Glenn, F. Lamont, and Len Weickhardt successfully built a plant for manufacturing sulphamerazine, a drug that was effective against the malignant form of Malaria.

 Australian Chemical Institute (ACI) (1917 - 1953)

Fellow 1944 - 1953

 RACI - New South Wales Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1953 - )

Awarded the Archibald D. Ollé Prize 1991

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

President 1958 - 1959; Fellow 1953 - 1995; Honorary Fellow 1995 - 2000

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

Awarded the Medal 1968

 Imperial Chemical industry of Australia and New Zealand Limited (1928 - 1971)

Executive and Research Director 1955 - 1970

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Chancellor 1972 - 1978

 Royal Melbourne Hospital (1935 - )

President 1979 - 1982

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1987

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]

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

Member 1958-1967

 Weickhardt Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Economic Advancement, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2007 - )

The Medal has been awarded by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute since 2007

 Weickhardt, Charles George Talbot (George) (1906 - 2000)

George and Len Weickhardt were brothers.

 Weickhardt, L W (1908-)

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 'Weickhardt, Leonard William (Len)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Weickhardt, Leonard William (Len) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Book: ANZAAS: the First Half Century as Illuminated by the Spectral Line of Masson Weickhardt, L. W. ANZAAS: the First Half Century as Illuminated by the Spectral Line of Masson Melbourne Monash Congress 1985 ANZAAS Congress Papers 420 at 421-426 Newspaper Article: A distinguished, fair and tactful chemical engineer: Ian Robinson, Obituary Weickhardt, Len; Kolm, Jan; Bradley, John; and Potter, Owen A distinguished, fair and tactful chemical engineer: Ian Robinson, Obituary 1995 The Age Journal Article: Richard Randolph Garran 1903-1991 Weickhardt, L. W. Richard Randolph Garran 1903-1991 1991 Chemistry in Australia 58 November 471 Book: Masson of Melbourne: the Life and Times of David Orme Masson KBE, MA, DSc, LLD, FRSE, FRS, Professor of Chemistry, University of Melbourne 1886-1923 Weickhardt, L. W. Masson of Melbourne: the Life and Times of David Orme Masson KBE, MA, DSc, LLD, FRSE, FRS, Professor of Chemistry, University of Melbourne 1886-1923 Parkville, Vic Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1989 Book Section: Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893-1970), professor of chemistry and astronomer Weickhardt, L. W. Hartung, Ernst Johannes (1893-1970), professor of chemistry and astronomer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 405-406 Book Section: Leighton, Arthur Edgar (1873-1961), chemical engineer and administrator Weickhardt, L. W. Leighton, Arthur Edgar (1873-1961), chemical engineer and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 69-70 Book Section: Masson, Sir David Orme (1858-1937), chemist, professor and man of science Weickhardt, L. W. Masson, Sir David Orme (1858-1937), chemist, professor and man of science Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 432-435 Journal Article: The production of sulphamerazine in Australia 1943 - 1945 Weickhardt, L. W. The production of sulphamerazine in Australia 1943 - 1945 1947 Australian Chemical Institute Journal and Proceedings 14 81-120 Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Leonard William Weickhardt Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Leonard William Weickhardt 2003 Uni News 12 13 4 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 Book: 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Melbourne Department of History, University of Melbourne 2003 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 Leonard William Weickhardt - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Leonard William Weickhardt - Records 1935 - 1988 Letters to home from abroad 1935-38; copies of material used in Weickhardt's biography of David Orme Masson, "Masson of Melbourne" (Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1989); records of the Commonwealth Committee on the Environment 1972-73; records of the HRH Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conferences 1956-80; records relating to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences 1974-79; records of the Ian Clunies Ross Foundation 1974-80; records of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research; addresses, talks and lectures.