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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-05-02 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007216b.htm person Hooke John Anthony Lionel CBE AACR2 6 June 1933 20 October 2018 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Engineer Philanthropist Company director John Hooke was an engineer whose career at Amalgamated Wireless Australasia began in the early 1950s and ended with a 15-years term as Chairman from 1974 to 1988. Early in his career he screened the first experimental television broadcast in Australia; later he was involved in the provision of the signal that relayed the first moon landing. Hooke served on the boards of a number of prominent Australian technology companies, including Broken Hill Propriety Company Limited. He was also heavily involved in the University of Sydney, including as council member and Deputy President of the Science Foundation for Physics, and a foundation board member of the Brain and Mind Centre. In 2011 he gave to the University $5 million to establish both the University of Sydney Nano Institute and the John Hooke Chair in Nanoscience. 1955 1955 Education - BEng, University of Sydney 1974 1987 Career position - Chief Executive, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) 1974 1988 Career position - Chairman, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) 1974 1992 Career position - Member, Board of Directors, AMP General Insurance Company 1 Aug 1977 1 Aug 1977 Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal 1 Jan 1979 1 Jan 1979 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - for service to industry 1981 1993 Career position - Member, Board of Directors, Broken Hill Propriety Company Limited 1985 1994 Career position - Chairman, Mitsubishi Electric Aging with Attitude Pty Ltd 1986 1992 Career position - Chairman, Defence Industry Committee 1986 1996 Career position - Chairman, Tubemakers of Australia 1989 1997 Career position - Deputy Chairman, General Electric Crane Holdings Ltd 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in engineering and industrial management Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA) (1913 - 1988)

Chairman 1974 - 1988

 Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (1885 - 2000)

Member, Board of Directors 1981 - 1993

 'Hooke, John Anthony Lionel', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hooke, John Anthony Lionel Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Nanoscience advocate broadcast first TV in Australia [John Hooke] Hooke, Paolo Nanoscience advocate broadcast first TV in Australia [John Hooke] 2018 Sydney morning herald 22 November Journal Article: An outstanding advocate for science [John Hooke] Anon An outstanding advocate for science [John Hooke] 2019 Applied 208 69