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Clunies Ross, William Ian (1899 - 1959)

CMG, Kt cr, FAA

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Parasitologist and Veterinary scientist

Born: 22 February 1899 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 20 June 1959 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

(Sir) William Ian Clunies Ross was Professor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney (1940-1946), Executive Officer of CSIR (1946-1949) and Chairman of CSIRO (1949-1959). He Ross was a recipient of many awards and honours including appointment as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Gold Medal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the James Cook Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1921 Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours (BVSc Hon) completed at the University of Sydney
1922 - 1925 Walter and Eliza Hall Veterinary Research Fellow
1925 Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Sydney
1926 Veterinary Parasitologist with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1928 Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1929 - 1930 Research in parasitology at the Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Imperial University in Tokyo
1931 - 1937 First Officer-in-charge of the McMaster Animal Health Research Laboratory, CSIR
1935 - 1936 Advisor on the Pastoral Industry for the Department of War Organization of Industry
1937 - 1940 Australian Member of the International Wool Secretariat in London
1940 - 1946 Professor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney
1954 - Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1954 Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)

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McKern, H. H. G., Early Chemists of Sydney, 2006, http://members.optusnet.com.au/jph8524/McKern.htm. [ Details ]

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000314. [ Details ]
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P000314. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 9 October 2006

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