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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003991b.htm person McElhinny Michael William FAA FInstP FRAS AACR2 9 December 1933 Place of Birth Windsor, Berkshire, England Geophysicist Michael William McElhinny is a geophysicist with special interests in palaeomagnetism. In 1988 he and his wife set up the company Gondwana Consultants to help create global databases on the phenomenom. McElhinny is also heavily involved in academia, administration and research. He is Adjunct Professor in Geological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia. Prior to this he was Chief Geophysicist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (1982-1988) and Senior Fellow in Geophysics at the Australian National University Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry (later the Research School of Earth Sciences). 1953 1953 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa 1955 1955 Career position - Junior Lecturer in Physics at Rhodes University January 1956 October 1956 Career position - Scientific Officer at British Dielectric Research in London November 1956 October 1958 Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1958 1958 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Rhodes University 1958 1964 Career position - Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1962 Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) 1963 Career position - Member of the American Geophysical Union 1964 Award - Fellow, Institute of Physics, London (FInstP) 1965 1966 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physics at University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1967 1982 Career position - Senior Fellow in Geophysics within the Department of Geophysics and Geochemisry, Australian National University 1970 Career position - Member of the Geological Society of Australia 1981 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1982 1988 Career position - Chief of Geophysics at the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 1983 1983 Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science 1988 Career position - Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA 1988 1988 Award - Fleming Medal, American Geophysical Union 1988 2000 Career position - Gondwana Consultants founded 1997 2005 Career position - Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council of the Tectonics Special Research Centre, University of Western Australia 2004 2004 Education - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Western Australia McFadden, Phillip Lyle (1950 - ) Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 1981

 Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (1981 - )

Awarded the Medal 1983

 McElhinny, M W (19331209-)

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 'McElhinny, Michael William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McElhinny, Michael William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Mawson Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science Mawson Medal and Lecture Australian Academy of Science 2025