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Docking, Alan Robert (1915 - 1973)

Chemist

Born: 5 October 1915 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Died: 28 September 1973 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alan Robert Docking was a well respected figure in the field of chemistry in Victoria. He was Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards (1947-1973), a committee member of the Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) for five years, member and chair of the Standing Application Committee (RACI Victorian branch), member and chair of the Charter and By-laws Committee and Honorary General Secretary of the RACI.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1936 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1938 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1939 - 1940 Research Chemist at Kodak Australasia Pty. Ltd.
1940 - 1946 Chemist at the Munitions Supply Laboratories, Maribyrnong
1945 - 1946 Information Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1946 - 1947 Lecturer in Textile Chemistry at the Gordon Institute of Technology in Geelong
1947 - 1973 Director of the Dental Materials Research Laboratory (later the Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards), Melbourne
1955 Vice-President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
1959 - Member of the Charter and By-laws Committee
1961 - 1965 Honorary General Secretary of Institute
1966 - Chair of the Charter and By-laws Committee

Online Sources

'Docking, Alan Robert', 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/P001636p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 26 May 2005

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