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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001767b.htm person Myers David Milton CMG AACR2 5 June 1911 10 November 1999 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Manly Waters Private Hospital, New South Wales, Australia Electrical engineer Vice-Chancellor Academic David Myers, CMG BSc BE FIEAust was Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University 1965-1976. Earlier he was Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1949-1959, Head of eletrotechnology, National Standards Laboratory 1938-1949 and Chief, CSIR Division of Electrotechnology 1945-1949. 1928 1928 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1931 1931 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1933 1933 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1936 1936 Career position - Research officer, CSIR - Radio Research Board, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1937 1937 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1937 1938 Career position - Research Fellow in electrical engineering, University of Sydney 1938 1938 Education - Doctor of Science in Engineering (DScEng), University of Sydney 1938 1945 Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Electrotechnology Section, National Standards Laboratory - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1944 Career position - Electrical Research Board 1945 1945 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1945 1949 Career position - Officer-in-Charge, CSIR Electrotechnology Section, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1946 1946 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1949 1956 Career position - Member, CSIR Council / Advisory Council - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 1949 1959 Career position - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney 1952 1952 Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia 1958 1958 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1960 1965 Career position - Dean of Applied Science, University of British Columbia 1965 1976 Career position - Vic-Chancellor, La Trobe University 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1 Jan 1974 1 Jan 1974 Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University 1974 1974 Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne 1976 1976 Award - Doctor of the Univeristy (D.Univ), La Trobe University 1977 1977 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia 1979 1980 Career position - Member, Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies, Victorian Parliament Myers, Walter Harold (1881 - 1965) Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1949 - 1959.

 La Trobe University (1964 - )

Vice-Chancellor, 1965 - 1976

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1977.

 CSIR Council, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1926 - 1949)

Member 1949; Member CSIRO Advisory Council 1950-1956

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

Member CSIR Council 1949; Member 1950-1956

 CSIR Electrotechnology Section, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1939 - 1945)

Officer-in-Charge 1 January 1939 - 16 April 1945

 National Standards Laboratory - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1939 - 1973)

Officer-in-Charge Electrotechnology Section 1939 - 1945

 Electrical Research Board (1944 - ?)

Foundation member 1944 -

 Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

Awarded the prize 1952, with Mr W R Blunden, for the paper "The C.S.I.R.O. differential analyser", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.24, no.10-11, Oct-Nov 1952, pp.195-204.

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

President 1958

 Myers, D M (19110605-)

Trove

 'Myers, David Milton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Myers, David Milton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO CSIRO research for Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Canberra Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation 1962 Journal Article: A.D.A. - A transistor decimal digital differential analyser Allen, M. W. A.D.A. - A transistor decimal digital differential analyser 1957 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 29 10-11 255-262 Journal Article: Past presidents - where are they now? Past presidents - where are they now? 1978 Engineers Australia 50 7 20-22 Report: Thirty-fourth Annual Report [1953] Institution of Engineers Australia Thirty-fourth Annual Report [1953] 1954 Journal Article: Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal [1977 Award] to Dr David Myers Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal [1977 Award] to Dr David Myers 1978 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 50 8 14 Journal Article: Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal [1977 Award] to Dr David Myers Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal [1977 Award] to Dr David Myers 1977 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 49 25 7 Journal Article: Electrical Association Premium - 1953 [sic. 1952] Award Electrical Association Premium - 1953 [sic. 1952] Award 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 1-2 27-28 Resource Section: Myers, David Milton Myers, David Milton Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Book Section: Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , physicist and engineer Myers, D. M. Madsen, Sir John Percival Vaissing (Vissing) (1879-1969) , physicist and engineer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 376-377 Edited Book: Computing in Australia: the Development of a Profession Bennett, J. M.; Broomham, Rosemary; Murton, P. M.; Pearcey, T.; Rutledge, R. W. Computing in Australia: the Development of a Profession Sydney Hale and Iremonger 1994 Journal Article: The C.S.I.R.O. differential analyser Myers, D. M.; Blunden, W. R. The C.S.I.R.O. differential analyser 1952 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 24 10-11 195-204 Journal Article: Some mechanical aids to calculation Myers, D. M. Some mechanical aids to calculation 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 11 423-428 Journal Article: Presidential address [1959] - Charles Babbage and the new industrial revolution Myers, D. M. Presidential address [1959] - Charles Babbage and the new industrial revolution 1959 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 31 3 41-49 Journal Article: The Electrical Research Board Myers, D. M. The Electrical Research Board 1960 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 32 1-2 N1-N4 Thesis: A new mechanical means of solution of differential equations of the second order, and its application to engineering and other problems. Myers, D. M. A new mechanical means of solution of differential equations of the second order, and its application to engineering and other problems. Sydney University of Sydney 1938 Parliamentary paper: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies for 1979-80 Myers, D. M.; Plueckhahn, Vernon D.; Rees, A. L. G. Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Fluoridation of Victorian Water Supplies for 1979-80 Melbourne Government Printer 1980 Journal Article: The president of The Institution for 1958 [Professor D. M. Myers] The president of The Institution for 1958 [Professor D. M. Myers] 1958 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 30 3 89 Book Section: Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 285-298 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 David Milton Myers - Biographical file University of Sydney, Archives David Milton Myers - Biographical file Biographical file 19 Biographical file contains copies of newspaper clippings, copies of 3 letters by David Myles, and reprint of a presidential address given by Myers from The Journal of The Institution of Engineers, Australia Vol 31, No 3, March 1959.