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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001401b.htm person Mackney Alan W. OBE AACR2 6 September 1913 2003 Place of Birth Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia Organic chemist Alan Mackney graduated from the University of Sydney in 1934 and shortly after joined the CSIR Division of Forest Products 1935-1940. In 1944 he joined N.Z. Forest Products Ltd as Chief Chemist eventually becoming Director of the company 1978-1981.

Born Alstonville, New South Wales, 6 June 1913. OBE 1982. Educated University of Sydney (BSc (hons) 1933, MSc 1934). Senior demonstrator in organic chemistry, University of Sydney 1935; research assistant, Division of Forest Products, CSIR 1935-40; assistant chief chemist, Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd, Tasmania 1940-44; chief chemist, New Zealand Forest Products Ltd 1944-50, general manager, New Zealand Forest Products Ltd, Penrose Industries 1950-61; general manager, New Zealand Forest Products Ltd, Production 1961-66; deputy managing director, New Zealand Forest Products Ltd 1966-73, managing director 1973-78, director 1978-81. L.R. Banjamin Award, Australian & New Zealand Pulp & Paper Technical Association 1972; Thomson Medal of Royal Society (New Zealand) for services to science in New Zealand 1985. Chairman, National Research Advisory Council 1979-86; president, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry 1984-85.

1982 1982 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Mackney, Alan W. (1913-)

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 'Mackney, Alan W.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mackney, Alan W. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Alan W. Mackney - Records Private hands (Mackney, A.W.) Alan W. Mackney - Records 1930 - 1988 Mackney worked with J.C. Earl at the University of Sydney on compounds they called "sydnomes", however, nothing is known about his records.