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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-03 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007761b.htm person Dann Howard Ernest CBE AACR2 27 April 1914 18 April 1986 Place of Birth Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Mechanical engineer Howard Dann, CBE BMechE FIEAust MASCE, was closely associated with the development of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme from the earliest initial studies for the project in the 1940s through to its completion in the 1970s. Commencing as a representative of New South Wales on the Technical Committee, Commonwealth and States Snowy River Committee, he rose to become Commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Authority and Director of the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation when he retired in 1973. His distinguished engineering career was acknowledged when he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1965. 1935 1935 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne 1935 1935 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1940 1944 Military service - Second World War. Major RAEME 1941 1943 Career position - Mechanical engineer, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1942 1942 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1943 Career position - Supervising Engineer, Department of Public Works, New South Wales 1946 1949 Career position - New South Wales representative on Technical Committee, Commonwealth and States Snowy River Committee 1946 1950 Career position - Supervising Engineer (Investigation), Electricity Authority of New South Wales 1950 1959 Career position - Chief Engineer, Investigations and Major Contracts, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority 1959 1967 Career position - Associate Commissioner, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority 1961 1961 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 12 Jun 1965 12 Jun 1965 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Commissioner of the Snowy Mountains Authority 1967 1973 Career position - Commissioner, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority [succeeded Sir William Hudson, retired] 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1969 1973 Career position - Director, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation 1973 1973 Life event - Retired Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority (1949 - )

Commissioner 1967 - 1973; Associate Commissioner 1959 - 1967; Chief Engineer Investigations 1950 -1959

 Electricity Authority of New South Wales, State of New South Wales (1946 - c. 1950)

Superintendent Engineer 1946 - 1950

 Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC) (1970 - 1989)

Director 1970 - 1973

 'Dann, Howard Ernest', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dann, Howard Ernest Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1968 Legge, J. S. Who's who in Australia 1968 Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1968 Journal Article: Welded medium tensile steel in Murray 1 Pipeline (Discussion) Dann, H. E.; Anderson, D. (Hingley, C. G.; Cantwell, B. L.) Welded medium tensile steel in Murray 1 Pipeline (Discussion) 1966 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 38 10-11 262-263 Journal Article: Welded medium tensile steel in Murray 1 Pipeline Dann, H. E.; Anderson, D. Welded medium tensile steel in Murray 1 Pipeline 1966 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 38 10-11 251-262 Journal Article: The investigation, design, construction and commissioning of the Guthega Project of the Snowy Mountains Scheme Dann, H. E.; Pinkerton, I. L.; Warrell, E. G.; Blake, R. H.; Frost, A. C. H.; Shellshear, W. M. The investigation, design, construction and commissioning of the Guthega Project of the Snowy Mountains Scheme 1957 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 29 6 129-158 Journal Article: Two decades of engineering - the Snowy Mountains Scheme Dann, H. E. Two decades of engineering - the Snowy Mountains Scheme 1969 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 41 3 23-30 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch