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Aickin, Robert Geoffrey (1914 - 1983)

Chemist and Business executive

Born: 20 June 1914 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 8 April 1983 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

Robert Geoffrey Aicken was managing director of Associated Octel Co. Ltd 1968-74. Earlier he had worked for various branches of the Shell Co. 1938-68.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1935 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1936 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1938 - 1941 Chemist at the Shell Petroleum Company in Melbourne
1941 - 1974 Chemist at Shell U.K. Ltd.
1943 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Leeds University, UK
1960 - 1968 Regional Coordinator of Shell International Chemical Company Ltd.
1968 - 1974 Managing Director of Associated Octel Company Ltd.

Online Sources

'Aickin, Robert Geoffrey', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001581p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 8 October 2004

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