Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (1885 - 1961)

Rivett was a member of the CSIR Executive 1926-49 becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1927 and then Chairman in 1946. Earlier he held the post of Professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1923 - 1927.

Events

4 December 1885	Born
1906	BSc, University of Melbourne
1909	BA Oxford
1910	Nobel Institute of Physical Chemistry
1910	BSc, Oxford
1911 - 1921	Lecturer, Chemistry Department, University of Melbourne
1913	MA, Oxford
1913	DSc, University of Melbourne
1914 - 1918	War service, Swindon
1921 - 1924	Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
1923 - 1927	Professor, University of Melbourne
1924?	Appointed Professor of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
1927 - 1945	Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman, CSIR
1930 - 1931	President, Society of Chemical Industry of Victoria
1935	KCMG cr 1935.
1937	R.M. Johnston Medal, Royal Society of Tasmania
1937 - 1939	President, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1940 - 1949	President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1941	Fellow of the Royal Society
1945 - 1949	Part-time Chairman, CSIR
1949	President, Society of Chemical Industry of London
1953	James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1954	Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1 April 1961	Died

Professorial Chair

• Chair of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (1882 - 1959)

  [1923 - 1927]

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