Baxter, John Walter

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-04-12 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-04-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007195b.htm person Baxter John Walter AACR2 4 June 1917 21 October 2003 Place of Birth London, England Place of Death Devon, England Structural engineer Civil engineer John Baxter was a senior partner of G Maunsells and Partners, consulting engineers, and was responsible for the design of many major bridges in Australia, including the Narrows Bridge in Perth, Western Australia, 1959; the Tasman Bridge 1964, in Hobart, Tasmania, and the Gladesville Bridge, in Sydney, New South Wales 1965. The latter being the largest span reinforced concrete arch bridge in the world when it was built. 1933 1933 Education - Oxford General School Certificate, Westminster City School, London 1936 1936 Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), City and Guilds College, University of London 1936 1941 Career position - Engineer, Trussed Concrete Steel Company 1940 1948 Career position - Design engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all reinforced concrete work in the UK] 1942 1942 Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London 1948 1950 Career position - Liaison engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all approvings design by consulting engineers] 1950 1952 Career position - Chief civil engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Shellhaven refinery, Essex] 1952 1955 Career position - Senior engineer, Maunsell, Posford and Perry, Consulting engineers [Design of Baghdad oil refinery; bridges in UK and Iraq] 1955 1958 Career position - Founding partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers 1958 1980 Career position - Managing partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers [Bridges at Hay-on-Wye, UK; Perth and Fremantle, W.A.; Hobart and Launceston Tasmania; Silverwater 1962, Gladesville 1965, Tarban Creek 1965, Regentville 1971, and Bargo 1967, NSW; and others in Melbourne and Canberra.] 1964 1964 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1968 1968 Career event - Elected president, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1974 1974 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1976 1977 Career position - President, Institution of Civil Engineers, London [112th President] 'Baxter, John Walter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Baxter, John Walter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Resource: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Resource: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers Book: The Civil Engineers: The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It Ferguson, Hugh and Chrimes, Mike The Civil Engineers: The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It London ICE Publishing 2011 The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It 464