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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-10 human Helen Morgan updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003243b.htm person Dwyer Leonard Joseph AACR2 1 December 1907 16 May 1962 Place of Birth Geelong, Victoria, Australia Meteorologist Science administrator Leonard Dwyer was Director, Bureau of Meteorology, 1955-1962. He joined the Bureau in September 1937 as a meteorological assistant and soon became a trainee meteorologist. By 1940 he headed the Bureau's Training Section and subsequently became responsible for the RAAF Mobile Meteorological Flights during World War II. After the war, he worked in the Aviation Section of the Bureau's Central Office before being recruited to the position of Chief Clerk. An aggressive personality with a flair for management, he presided over a period of rapid technological progress, and improvement and extension of Bureau services. He obtained a BSc from the University of Melbourne. Dwyer served as President of WMO Regional Association V from 1957 until 1962. He died in office in May 1962. A Hundred Years of Science and Service, Bureau of Meteorology, 2001. Martin, John Hume (1919 - ) Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Commonwealth of Australia (1955 - )

Director 1955 - 1962

 Dwyer, L J (1907-1962)

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 'Dwyer, Leonard Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dwyer, Leonard Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Mr L. J. Dwyer Obituary: Mr L. J. Dwyer 1962 Weather News - The Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology 66 Book: Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Day, David Weather watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2007 Journal Article: Obituary: Mr. Leonard Joseph Dwyer Anon Obituary: Mr. Leonard Joseph Dwyer 1962 Australian Meteorological Magazine 37 50-1 Journal Article: Ernest William Titterton 1916-1990 Newton, J. O. Ernest William Titterton 1916-1990 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 2 167-187 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Leonard Joseph Dwyer Leonard Joseph Dwyer

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