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Tegart, William John McGregor (1929 - )

AM, FTSE

Metallurgist

Born: 27 March 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

William John M. (Greg) Tegart had a varied career, which included Manager of BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories 1968-78, secretary of the Department of Science and Technology 1981-84 and of the Department of Science 1984-87, and secretary of the Australian Science and Technology Council 1987-93. He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne and University of Sheffield (BSc, MSc, PhD).

Career Highlights

Alternative Names: Tegart, Greg (Also known as)

Chronology
1947 - 1955 Laboratory Assistant and Technical Officer with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Tribophysics
1955 - 1959 University Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK
1959 - 1966 Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy at the University of Sheffield
1966 - 1968 Professor of Materials at the College of Aeronautics, UK
1968 - 1978 Manager of the BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories
1978 - 1979 Executive Assistant to the Chief General Manager
1979 Silver Medal received from the Australasian Institute of Metals
1979 - 1981 Member of the Executive of CSIRO Canberra
1981 Silver Medal received from the Australian Institute of Energy
1984 - 1987 Secretary to the Department of Science and Technology in Canberra
1987 - 1993 Secretary of the Australian Science and Technology Council
1988 - 1993 Principal of the Australian delegate on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1992 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
1994 Visiting Professor and Director of the Australian Network for Research and Technology Policy at the University of Canberra

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 13 December 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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