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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003722b.htm person Lewis Norman Benjamin ISO FIFA AACR2 24 December 1916 Place of Birth Monreith, Norwood, South Australia, Australia Forester Norm Lewis, ISO DipFor BSc DipFor FIFA, worked for the Woods and Forests Department in South Australia from about 1957 until 1981, when he retired as Assistant Director, Forest Operations Division. He was an advocate for thinning, having studied it in other parts of the world as a Russell Grimwade Scholar and in 1963 produced a guide to the "Optimum thinning range of Pinus radiata in South Australia". He was also the author of "A Hundred Years of State Forestry, South Australia, 1875-1975" (1975). 1940 1941 Military service - Second World War. c. 1945 c. 1945 Education - Diploma of Forestry (DipFor), Australian Forestry School, Canberra c. 1956 c. 1956 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide 1957 1957 Award - Russell Grimwade Scholarship c. 1958 c. 1958 Education - Diploma of Forestry (DipFor), University of Oxford 1969 Award - Fellow, Institute of Foresters of Australia (FIFA) 1974 1974 Award - N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia 1981 1981 Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Public service to forestry in South Australia 1981 1981 Life event - Retired Institute of Foresters of Australia (1935 - )

Fellow 1969 -

 N. W. Jolly Medal, Institute of Foresters of Australia (1959 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974

 Lewis, N B (1916-)

Trove

 'Lewis, Norman Benjamin', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lewis, Norman Benjamin Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Jolly, Norman William (1882-1954), accountant, mayor and politician Lewis, N. B. Jolly, Norman William (1882-1954), accountant, mayor and politician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 504 Book: A Hundred Years of State Forestry: South Australia: 1875-1975 Lewis, N. B. A Hundred Years of State Forestry: South Australia: 1875-1975 Adelaide Woods and Forests Department 1975 Journal Article: Award of Imperial Service Order to Norman Lewis Award of Imperial Service Order to Norman Lewis Australian Forestry 44 4 208-209 Resource: B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch 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