| 1946 - 1953 | Researcher at Balm Paints (later Dulux Australia Ltd) in Sydney |
| 1950 | Diploma of Chemistry completed at Sydney Technical College |
| 1952 | Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the New South Wales University of Technology |
| 1953 - 1955 | Demonstrator/Teaching Fellow at New South Wales University of Technology |
| 1955 | Master of Science (MSc) completed at the New South Wales University of Technology |
| 1955 - 1963 | Leader of the Resin and Polymer Research Section of Dulux |
| 1959 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of New South Wales |
| 1959 - 1960 | Seconded to ICI Paints Division in Slough, UK |
| 1963 - 1970 | Senior Research Scientist then Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Applied Mineralogy |
| 1968 | Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of New South Wales |
| 1968 | Archibald D. Olle Prize received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1970 - 1974 | Chief Research Scientist of CSIRO Division of Applied Chemistry |
| 1971 | H.G. Smith Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1974 - 1986 | Chief of the Division of Applied Organic Chemistry, CSIRO |
| 1975 - | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
| 1975 - | Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) |
| 1977 | David Syme Research Prize received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1978 | Polymer Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1979 - 1980 | President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1980 | Applied Research Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1980 - 1981 | Seconded to the Reserve Bank of Australia |
| 1985 | Leighton Memorial Medal received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1986 - 1987 | Acting Director of the CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies |
| 1987 | CSIRO Medal received |
| 1988 | The Australian Bicentennial Science Achievement Award received |
| 1988 - 1989 | Chief of Division of Chemicals and Polymers, CSIRO |
| 1989 | Ian William Wark Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science |
| 1989 - 1990 | Deputy Director of the CSIRO Institute of Industrial Technologies |
| 1990 | CSIRO Meda received |
| 1990 - 1994 | Head of School and ICI Australia and Masson Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne |
| 1994 | Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award received |
| 1995 - | Professorial Fellow of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne |
| 2004 | Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) |
