Birch, Arthur John (1915 - 1995)

Chronology

1937	Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1938	Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1938 - 1948	1851 Exhibition Scholar and ICI Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK
1940	Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) completed at the University of Oxford
1948 - 1952	Smithson Fellow of the Royal Society at the University of Cambridge, UK
1952 - 1955	Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney
1954	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1955 - 1967	Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK
1958	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1967 - 1970	Dean of the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University
1967 - 1980	Foundation Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Australian National University in Canberra
1972	Matthew Flinders Lecture presented to the Australian Academy of Science
1973 - 1976	Dean of the Research School of Chemistry
1977	Chair of the Independent Inquiry into CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1977 - 1978	President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1979	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
1979	Founding Chair of the Australian Marine Sciences and Technologies Advisory Committee
1982 - 1986	President of the Australian Academy of Science
1987	Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
1995	Naming of the main building of the Research School of Chemistry as Birch Building

• 'Birch, Arthur John - Ms 121', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms121.txt. [ Details ]
• 'Arthur Birch - grandfather of the contraceptive pill', in The 1997 Australian Science Festival, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/other/asf_scientists.htm#arthur. [ Details ]
• 'Obituary - Arthur Birch', in Annual Report 1996, 1997, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/pubs/reports/1996/ar96_9.htm#ArthurBirch. [ Details ]