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Koch, David Francis Anthonisz (1926 - )

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Born: 29 April 1926 Sri Lanka

David Francis A. Koch was Chief of the Division of Mineral Chemistry at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1971. His many achievements in this post include initiating the establishment of CSIRO Minerals activities in W.A. in 1984 (The DFA Koch Building in Western Australia is named in his honour). Koch later moved to Alcoa's Mine Rehabilitation Research Group as a Senior Research Scientist.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1948 - c. 1960 Research Officer in the Division of Industrial Chemistry at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1960 - 1961 Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
1965 - 1966 Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia
1969 - 1971 Assistant Chief of the Division of Mineral Chemistry at CSIRO
1971 - c. 1980 Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
c. 1980 - c. Senior Research Scientist at the Mine Rehabilitation Research Group of Alcoa Australia

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 July 2005

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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