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<p><h4>All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc</h4> 

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.</p>
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<abstract>Stan Seimon, BSc MAppSc FIChemE FIEAust FInstF, was the inaugural Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne from 1965 until he retired.</abstract>
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<event>Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne</event>
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Kernot Memorial Medal, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Melbourne (1926 - )
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