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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-11-14 human Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005889b.htm person Green Roy Montague AO FTSE AACR2 25 October 1935 Place of Birth Ilkestone, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Science policy analyst and researcher Environmental scientist Science administrator Roy Green has made significant contributions to natural resource management and environment policy and research in Australia. Some of his positions have included head of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (1995 - 1996), Director of the CSIRO Institute of Natural Resources and Environment (1988 - 1995), chair of multiple working groups for the Government Ecologically Sustainable Development Exercise (1990 - 1991), and chair of the National Land and Water Resources Audit Australia part of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Internationally Roy Green has served as the Australian delegate to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the OECD Committee of Science and Technology Policy. In light of these positions and other contributions Roy Green was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in June 1997 for services to scientific, technological and environmental policy in Australia and Marine Science. 1961 1961 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Toronto, Ottawa, Canada 1971 1973 Career position - Director, WAITAID Ltd, Perth 1973 1975 Career position - Assistant Director, Bureau of Environmental Studies 1975 1982 Career position - Secretary, Australian Science and Technology Council (ASTC) 1980 1982 Career position - Member, National Commission for UNESCO 1982 1987 Career position - Deputy Secretary, Australian Department of Science 1984 1993 Career position - Member of Council, National Science Summer School 1986 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS) 1987 1987 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1986] 1988 1995 Career position - Director, CSIRO Institute of Natural Resources and Environment 1990 1991 Career position - Chairman, Ecologically Sustainable Development Working Group, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1990 1991 Career Position - Government Ecologically Sustainable Development Exercise 1995 1995 Award - DSc (honoris causa), Curtin University 1995 1996 Career position - Chief Executive, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 1997 1997 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to scientific, technological and environmental policy in Australia and marine science [Award ID 886128] 1997 2003 Career position - Chair, Advisory Council, National Land and Water Resources Audit 1997 2004 Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Natural Heritage Trust 2000 2003 Career position - President, Murray Darling Basin Commission 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for contribution to national resource and environmental research management through CSIRO 2002 2003 Career position - Member, Technological Advisory Committee, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) 2005 Career position - Chair, Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University 2005 2007 Career position - Chair, Greenhouse and Energy Advisory Committee 2006 Career position - Chair, Technology Advisory Panel, Swan River Trust 2007 2009 Career position - Member, Western Australian Premier's Science and Innovation Council CSIRO Oral History Project (2016 - )

Interviewed April 2017

 Institute of Natural Resources and Environment - CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1988 - 1996)

Director 1988 - 1995

 Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Commonwealth of Australia (1988 - 2007)

President 2000 - 2003

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Chief Executive 1995 - 1996

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Fellow 1987 [Elected Fellow AATS 1986]

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (1975 - 1987)

Fellow 1984 - 1987

 Curtin University (1987 - )

Chair, Nanochemistry Research Institute 2005 -

 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1987 - )

Member, Technological Advisory Committee 2002 - 2008

 Australian Science and Technology Council (1977 - 1997)

Secretary 1975 - 1982

 Department of Science [III], Central Office, Commonwealth of Australia (1984 - 1987)

Deputy Secretary 1982 - 1987

 'Green, Roy Montague', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Green, Roy Montague Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Academy 2024 Resource Section: Roy Green Roy Green United Nations Educational, Scienctific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: Resources, Meetings, Documents, People Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Resource Section: Roy Green Roy Green 2007 Source Watch Resource Section: Roy Green Roy Green Murray-Darling Basin Commission 2000 National Land and Water Resource Audit Australia Murray-Darling Basin Commission Resource Section: Chief Executives and Chairs - Heads of the CSIRO Chief Executives and Chairs - Heads of the CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) c.2017 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource Section: Dr Roy Montague Green, Officer of the Order of Australia Dr Roy Montague Green, Officer of the Order of Australia Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet 1997 It's an Honour Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat Journal Article: Professor William (Greg) John McGregor Tegart AM FTSE Jones, Barry O., Green, Roy M. and Zillman, John W. Professor William (Greg) John McGregor Tegart AM FTSE 2024 Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 216 65 Resource Section: Roy Green, interviewed by Tom Spurling, 3 April 2017 Spurling, Tom and Green, Roy Roy Green, interviewed by Tom Spurling, 3 April 2017 CSIROpedia 2017 CSIRO Oral History Project Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2012 Who's who in Australia 2012 48th Melbourne Crown Content Pty Ltd 2012