Carver, John Henry (1926 - 2004)

Chronology

1947	Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1948	Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1949 - 1953	Worked in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, UK
1953	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge
1953 - 1956	Research Fellow in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra
1956 - 1959	Fellow at the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University
1958 - 1959	Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell
1960 - 1961	Senior Fellow in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University
1961 - 1978	Elder Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide
1968 - 1969	Worked at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, USA
1970 - 1995	Chairman of the United Nations Scientific and Technical Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
1975	Doctor of Science (ScD) received from the University of Cambridge
1977 - 1982	Chairman of the Radio Research Board of Australia
1978 - 1992	Director and Professor of Physics in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University
1983 - 1986	Chairman of the Anglo Australian Telescope Board
1986 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1986 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1986	Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
1993 -	Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, Canberra
1993 - 1994	Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University
1994 -	Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University

• Crompton, Bob, Interview with Professor John Carver, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 1997, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/jc.htm. [ Details ]