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Morse, Roger Neill (1914 - 2003)

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Electrical engineer

Born: 25 January 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 2 March 2003.

Roger Neill Morse was Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Mechanical Engineering from 1963 to 1973. In total, he had more than a thirty year association with CSIRO. Morse was also Chairman of the Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission (1978-1980) and was appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for his contributions to engineering and solar energies.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1934 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1936 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney
1936 - 1940 Engineer with Westinghouse Rosebery Pty. Ltd.
1940 - 1945 Military service with the Australian Army
1945 - 1955 Electrical and Mechanical Engineer with CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) / CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1955 - 1963 Officer-in-charge of the Engineering Section at CSIRO
1963 - 1973 Chief of the Division of Mechanical Engineering at CSIRO
1974 - 1978 Director of Solar Energy Studies at CSIRO
1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1978 - 1980 Chairman of the Victorian Solar Energy Research Commission
1979 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

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'Morse, Roger Neill', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001760p.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=P001760. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 22 August 2005

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