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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-02-26 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007989b.htm person Kepert John Leslie AACR2 14 November 1903 9 September 1970 Place of Birth Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia Electrical engineer Mechanical engineer Educationist Jack Kepert, DipElec&Mech BSc BMechE MEE MIMechE MIEE FIEAust MIAAE MACE, was Director of Technical Education, Victoria from 1967 until he retired in 1968. He took a leading role in the transition of higher technical education from Education Department control to the Victorian Institute of Colleges, and the restructuring of vocational education within the Department. He was Assistant/Chief Inspector of Technical Education in Victoria, 1959 - 1967, and was Principal of Caulfield Technical School/College 1946 - 1959. His early teaching career was at Footscray Technical School/College (Victoria University of Technology) and they named the Kepert scholarship and a building after him. 1923 1923 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1924 1924 Education - Diploma of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (DipElec&Mech), Footscray Technical School 1928 1928 Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne 1928 1928 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1928 1929 Career position - Engineer, State Electricity Commission Victoria [officer-in-charge Rubicon A hydroelectric power station] 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BMechE), University of Melbourne 1929 1937 Career position - Senior Instructor, South Melbourne Technical School 1930 1930 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1933 1933 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1934 1934 Education - Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE), University of Melbourne 1937 1944 Career position - Senior Lecturer Engineering, Footscray Technical School 1944 1945 Career position - Vice-principal, Footscray Technical School 1945 1959 Career position - Principal, Caulfield Technical College 1958 1958 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1959 1963 Career position - Assistant chief inspector, Technical Schools c. 1959 c. 1968 Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1961 1962 Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1963 1966 Career position - Chief inspector, Technical Schools 1967 1968 Career position - Director, Technical Education, Education Department Victoria 1967 1968 Career position - Member of Council, Victorian Institute of Colleges 1968 1968 Life event - Retired 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Member of Council, c1959 - c1968

 Footscray Institute of Technology (1968 - 1991)

Vice-Principal Footscray Technical School 1944 - 45; Senior Lecturer, Engineering 1937 - 1944. The Insitute has named a scholarship and a building after him.

 Victoria Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Melbourne Division 1961

 Caulfield Institute of Technology (1922 - 1990)

Principal 1945 - 1959

 'Kepert, John Leslie (Jack)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kepert, John Leslie (Jack) 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