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Langlands, Ian (1906 - 1994)

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Construction engineer
Born: 24 May 1906.  Died: 1994.
Ian Langlands was Chief of CSIR/O Division of Building Research 1944-71.He was educated at the University of Melbourne (BEE) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1976.

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1928 - 1929Assistant Lecturer in Engineering Design at the University of Melbourne
1930 - 1931CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) research student
1931 - 1944Officer in Charge of the Timber Mechanics Section of CSIR Division of Forest Products
1938 - 1944Lecturer (part-time) in Timber Construction at the University of Melbourne
1944 - 1971Chief of the CSIR/O Division of Building Research
1971Kernot Medal received from the the University of Melbourne
1973Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal received from the Institution of Engineers Australia
1973Research Consultant
1974 - 1980Deputy-Chancellor of Monash University, Victoria
1976Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1981 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

 
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