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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-31 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2023-10-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004938b.htm person Roebuck William Norman AACR2 30 March 1930 3 January 2012 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Camberwell, Victoria, Australia Engineer Educator William Roebuck worked as an engineer in the aviation industry for first twenty years of his career before entering the public service as an inspector of technical schools at the Victorian Education Department. He was a member of the RAAF Reserve for 20 years (1965-1985), where he trained other members in aircraft safety standards. For this service he was awarded the National Medal in 1980. He worked tirelessly to create better opportunities to study engineering, at a higher standard. 1946 c. 1957 Career position - Apprentice engineer with Qantas Airlines 1953 1957 Education - Bachelor and Master of Engineering, University of New South Wales c. 1957 c. 1971 Career position - Air-worthiness engineer at the Department of Civil Aviation, Melbourne 1965 1985 Life event - Member of the RAAF Reserve 1971 1984 Career position - Inspector of Technical Schools at the Victorian Education Department 1978 1978 Education - Masters in Education, Monash University 1980 1980 Award - The National Medal c. 1984 c. 1986 Career position - Special Projects Officer at the Education Ministry 1986 1986 Career event - Established EPM Consulting Group with engineer colleagues 1988 1988 Education - Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University 1989 1994 Career position - Member of the Executive Committee of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education 1991 Career position - Chief Education Services Officer to the electrical engineering education research group at Sydney University 2004 2004 Award - The Order of Australia Medal Department of Civil Aviation, Commonwealth of Australia (1938 - 1973) Qantas Empire Airways Limited, Commonwealth of Australia (1934 - 1967) Roebuck, W N (19300330-20120103)

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 'Roebuck, William Norman', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Roebuck, William Norman Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Guiding hand in technical studies [Obituary: William Norman Roebuck (1930 - 2012) Lloyd, Brian Guiding hand in technical studies [Obituary: William Norman Roebuck (1930 - 2012) 2012 The Age