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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2006-09-26 human Annette Alafaci updated 2022-06-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004777b.htm person Proud John Seymour Kt AACR2 9 August 1907 7 October 1997 Place of Birth Burwood, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Australia Engineer Company director John Seymour Proud was a distinguished mining engineer, Company Director and benefactor. He was a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Institute of Marketing Management and of the Institute of Engineers Australia. He was also a Life Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales. Proud was Knighted in 1978, had the mineral Proudite named in his honour and received two honorary doctorate degrees.

After working in the family business for a short time, John Seymour Proud enrolled in the University of Sydney where he completed a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Mining and Metallurgy. After several years in research and practical engineering his career switched to the field of management. During his career Proud had numerous jobs including Director of CSIR, Manager of Peko Mines and later Chairman of Peko-Wallsend and was Founder and Chairman of Trustees of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation. Proud was also a very generous man with an passion for the Arts and environment. He was a major force behind the establishment of Earthwatch Australia and established the Sir John Proud Fund for the purchase of Rare Books.

Proud was extremely lucky to have achieved all this because his life was almost cut short at the age of 29. On a flight between Brisbane and Sydney in 1937 Proud was involved in an airplane crash. He and two of his fellow passengers survived but were badly injured. Not only did they survive the crash, but also the eleven days it took rescuers to find them.

1937 1937 Life event - Plane crash in McPherson Ranges during flight between Brisbane and Sydney 1943 1943 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1960 1978 Career position - Chairman of Peko-Wallsend Ltd 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1971 1977 Career position - Trustee of the Australian Museum 1974 1974 Award - AusIMM Award, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 1974 1979 Career position - Director of CSR Ltd 1974 1983 Career position - Fellow of the Senate, University of Sydney 1978 1978 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Services to the mining industry 1978 1982 Career position - Chairman of Electrical Equipment Ltd Group 1978 1982 Career position - Chairman of Oil Search Ltd. 1978 1987 Career position - Inaugural Chair of the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation 1984 1984 Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Sydney 1996 1996 Award - Doctor of Letters (DLitt), honoris causa, Australian National University The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )

Awarded the Medal 1974. "In recognition of his leadership in the exploration and development of Australian mineral resources and particularly his contribution to the mining industry in the Northern Territory."

 Proud, John Seymour (1907-1997)

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 'Proud, John Seymour', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Proud, John Seymour Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Sir John Proud 1907-1997 JCG Sir John Proud 1907-1997 1997 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 130 3&4 120-121 Biographical cuttings on John Seymour Proud, Sir, company director National Library of Australia Biographical cuttings on John Seymour Proud, Sir, company director BIOG Contains one or more cuttings from newspapers of journals.