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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004063b.htm person Whitton William Ivo FTSE AACR2 4 October 1924 25 August 2019 Place of Birth Sandringham, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Industrial chemist Bill Whitton was an industrial chemist who was particularly interested in applications-oriented research. Early work was on the causes of suffocation in enclosed steel tanks (determined to be oxygen depletion from the cleaning process) and the thermodynamics of the absorption of gasses and poisons. Whitton joined Imperial Chemical Industry of Australian and New Zealand (ICIANZ) in 1952, ultimately becoming Executive Director of ICI Australia from 1971 to 1982. As Research Manager on the 1960s he gave budgetary approval for speculative and high-risk research on the production of nylon. He retired in 1988 as Executive Director of CSIRO's Institute of Industrial Technologies. Whitton had a continuing interest in the development of an Australian science policy. He was a foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. A further interest in the quality of research management in Australia led to him becoming the second President of the Australian Industrial Research Group. 1944 1944 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne 1945 1945 Career event - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces 1948 1948 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1948 1959 Career position - Associate, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1951 1951 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of St Andrews, Scotland 1952 1959 Career position - Research chemist, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australian and New Zealand (ICIANZ) 1959 2019 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1960 1963 Career position - Technical Manager and Director, Imperial Chemical Industry (New Zealand) 1963 1970 Career position - Research Manager, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australian and New Zealand (ICIANZ) 1968 1970 Career position - President, Australian Industrial Research Group 1970 1971 Career position - Executive Director, Imperial Chemical Industry of Australian and New Zealand (ICIANZ) 1971 1982 Career position - Executive Director, ICI Australia Ltd 1975 1979 Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering 1975 1987 Award - Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1978 1986 Career position - Chair, Innovations Committee, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering 1983 1986 Career position - Executive Director, Institute of Industrial Technology, CSIRO 1986 1988 Career position - Executive Director, Institute of Industrial Technologies, CSIRO 1987 2019 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975] 1989 1992 Career position - Consultant, Peat Marwick Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Foundation Fellow 1975 - 1987; Member of Council 1975 - 1979; Chair, Innovations Committee 1978 - 1986

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Foundation Fellow AATS 1975]

 Institute of Industrial Technologies - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1986 - 1995)

Director 1986 - 1988

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow 1959 - 2019

 Imperial Chemical industry of Australia and New Zealand Limited (1928 - 1971)

Executive Director 1970 - 1971

 ICI Australia Ltd (1971 - 1998)

Executive Director 1971 - 1982

 Institute of Industrial Technology - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1978 - 1986)

Director 1983 - 1986

 Whitton, William Ivo (1924-)

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 'Whitton, William Ivo (Bill)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Whitton, William Ivo (Bill) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Solomon, David; Spurling, Tom The plastic banknote: from concept to reality Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 2014 Journal Article: Robert Alfred Dewar, 1908-1981 Whitton, William I. Robert Alfred Dewar, 1908-1981 1981 Chemistry in Australia 48 4 64 Resource Section: William Ivo (Bill) Whitton (1924-2019) Wolff, Helen William Ivo (Bill) Whitton (1924-2019) CSIRO 2020 CSIROpedia Journal Article: William Ivo (Bill) Whitton: advocate for scientific and industrial research Spurling, Tom William Ivo (Bill) Whitton: advocate for scientific and industrial research 2019 Chemistry in Australia 2019 November/December 31 Journal Article: William "Bill" Ivo Whitton FTSE: founding Fellow's mission lives on Anon William "Bill" Ivo Whitton FTSE: founding Fellow's mission lives on 2020 Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 210 67-8 Article: Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note Dr Keith Thomas Henry Farrer OBE MA DSc FTSE - Biographical Note Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 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