| 1946 | Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney |
| 1947 - 1948 | Research student, Teaching Fellow, and Temporary Lecturer at the University of Sydney |
| 1949 | Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney |
| 1949 | Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney |
| 1949 - 1952 | Research Scholar at University College, London |
| 1952 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London |
| 1953 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Florida State University |
| 1954 - 1956 | Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sydney |
| 1957 - 1964 | Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney |
| 1960 | Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1964 - 1968 | Reader at the University of Sydney |
| 1968 - 1977 | Professor of Chemistry at the Australian National University |
| 1971 | Awarded the H.G. Smith Medal by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1972 - 1973 | Dean of the Faculty of Science, Australian National University |
| 1973 | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science |
| 1975 | Pro Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University |
| 1977 - 1979 | Chairman of the Australian Research Grants Committee |
| 1977 - 1988 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the Australian National University |
| 1979 - 1997 | Director of Anutech Pty Ltd |
| 1982 - 1983 | Chairman of the Inquiry into Commonwealth Laboratories |
| 1983 - 1986 | Chairman of ANZAAS (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1989 - 1990 | Pro Vice-Chancellor (Special Projects) at the Australian National University |
| 1990 | Chairman of the Working Party on Library Provision in Higher Education Libraries |
| 1990 - 1996 | Chair of the Physical Sciences Panel of the Co-operative Research Centres Committee |
| 1994 - ? | Chair of the Communications Research Institute of Australia |
| 1994 | Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) |
