Person Philip; John Robert (1927 - 1999) Philip John Robert 1927 - 1999 Male Ballarat, Victoria 18/01/1927 19270118 26/06/1999 19990626

Education: Scotch College, Melbourne; University of Melbourne Career: Research Assistant, University of Melbourne (1947); Research Staff (1951); Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology (1957-1958); Visiting Professor, University of Illinois (1958 and 1961); Nuffield Foundation Dominion Fellow, Cambridge University (1961-1962); Senior Principal Research Scientist (1961-1963); Chief Research Scientist and Assistant Chief (1963-1970); Senior Scholar and Research Rellow, Harvard University (1966-1967); Acting Chief, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO (1970-1971); Associate Member, CSIRO Executive (1978); Visiting Professor, Cornell University (1979); first Director, Institute of Physical Sciences, CSIRO (1980-1983); Chief, Division of Environmental Mechanics, CSIRO (1971-1980 and 1983-1991); first CSIRO Fellow (1991); Visiting Fellow Commoner, Cambridge University (1994); CSIRO Fellow Emeritus, Laboratory for Environmental Mechanics Memberships: Soil Society of America (Fellow 1992); US National Academy of Engineering (Foreign Associate 1995) Son of Percival Norman and Ruth Philip; married (30 April 1949) Frances Julia; two sons, one daughter Fellow 21/03/1974 47 Sources: WWA1998 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 Vol 51 pp 327-345, plate, by David Smiles International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 18 Jan 1927 - 26 Jun 1999 NA2324 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/94483137 a45f6ac1-3d15-41b1-b994-a433f17cb4f5