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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-28 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005863b.htm person Penman Frank AACR2 20 March 1905 22 March 1973 Place of Birth Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Place of Death South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Agricultural chemist Frank Penman was a chemist whose expertise was in hydrology and soils. After WWII, during which he was seconded to the Commonwealth Department of Munitions to work on explosives, he was involved in the identification of land suitable for irrigated cropping for the soldier settlement scheme in Victoria. After a brief term as Chief Irrigation Officer for the Victorian water supply and irrigation authority Penman became Research Officer for the CSIRO. In superintending the viticultural and citrus research at Merbein (Victoria) and Griffiths (N.S.W.) Penman worked closely with local producers, advising them on soil analysis, salinity, irrigation, drainage, plant nutrition, and chemicals. He later worked on irrigation policy research. 1926 1926 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1927 1927 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1927 1948 Career position - Research Chemist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1933 1933 Award - Rennie Memorial Medal, Australian Chemical Institute 1940 1945 Career position - Seconded to the Commonwealth Department of Munitions 1945 1945 Career position - Fellow, Australian Chemical Institute 1948 1950 Career position - Deputy Chief Chemist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1950 1950 Career position - Chief Irrigation Officer, Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission 1950 1961 Career position - (Chief) Research Officer, Commonwealth Research Station, Murray Irrigation Area, CSIRO 1961 1970 Career position - Chief Research Officer, CSIRO, Melbourne 1970 1970 Life event - Retired Commonwealth Research Station, Merbein Victoria - CSIR/O, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1920 - 1962)

Officer-in-Charge 1950 - 1961

 Victorian Department of Agriculture, Colony and State of Victoria (1872 - 1985)

Research Chemist 1927 - 1948; Deputy Chief Chemist 1948 - 1950

 Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1931 - )

Awarded the Medal by the Australian Chemical Institute 1933

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 'Penman, Frank', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Penman, Frank Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Penman, Frank (1905-1973), chemist Lonergan, John P. Penman, Frank (1905-1973), chemist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 587