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Stocker, John Wilcox (1945 - )

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Medical scientist

Born: 23 April 1945

John Wilcox Stocker is a Chief Scientist of the Victorian Department of Primary Industries. He was Chief Executive of CSIRO from 1990 to 1995 and Director of Research and Innovation at Pratt Industries. In 1996 Stocker was one of the founders of Foursight Associates, a company advising on R&D and science to companies, investment institutions, academics and government. He was educated at the University of Melbourne (MB, BS, BMedSc, PhD) and worked in medicine soon after graduating.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1970 - 1972 Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital
1974 - 1976 Research Scientist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1976 - 1978 Scientist at the Basel Institute of Immunology, Switzerland
1979 - 1984 Scientist at the Central Research Unit of Hoffman-La Roche & Co. in Basel
1986 - 1987 Director of Pharmaceutical Research at Hoffman-La Roche & Co.
1987 - 1990 Founding Managing Director of AMRAD (Australian Medical Research and Development Corporation)
1988 - Director of the Victorian Government Strategic Research Foundation
1990 - 1995 Chief Executive at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1992 - Director of Gene Shears Pty Ltd
1992 Australian of the Year
1995 - Director of Research and Innovation at Pratt Industries
1996 Foursight Associates established

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 7 September 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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