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Cox, Stewart Francis (1924 - 1979)
 
Chemist
Born: 3 January 1924  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 4 October 1979.
Stewart Francis Cox worked for ICIANZ 1954-63 and was responsible for the detailed layout of two lots of new laboratories. He then moved on to a series of senior management appointments within ICI Australia 1963-78. During this time he was responsible for initiating the formation of Imperial Atlas Ltd, a joint company with Atlas Chemicals Inc. of the USA, which marketed a range of specialty surfactants.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1945 - 1946Research Chemist with Monsanto (Australia) Ltd in West Footscray, Victoria
1946 - 1949Australian National University Scholarship to Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
1950 - 1954Chemist with Monsanto
1954 - 1959Assistant Research Manager and Leader of the Organic Section of ICIANZ Central Research Laboratories
1959 - 1963Research Manager
1963 - 1965General Manager of the Plastics Group, ICI Australia
1965 - 1974General Manager of the Organic Chemicals Group
1968 - Director of CSR Chemicals Ltd
1972 - Director of PMA Ltd
1974 - 1978General Manager of the Alkali and Chemical Group
1977President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1979Managing Director of Albright and Wilson (Australia) Ltd
1979Leighton Medal received (posthumously) from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

 
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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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