Melrose, Donald Blair (1940 - )

Chronology

1958	Undergraduate studies started at the University of Western Australia
1959 - 1962	Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Tasmania
1962	Rhodes Scholar for Tasmania
1965	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Oxfrod University, UK
1965 - 1966	Research Fellow in Physics at the University of Sussex, UK
1966 - 1968	Research Associate in Physics at Belfer Graduate School of Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, USA
1968 - 1969	Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maryland, USA
1968 - 1984	Member of the American Astronomical Society
1969 - 1978	Reader in Theoretical Physics at Australian National University
1979 -	Professor of (theoretical) Physics at the University of Sydney
1979 - 1984	Member then Chairman (from 1980) of the National Committee for Astronomy
1985 - 1988	Inaugural Chairman of the Sydney Association for Astrophysics
1986	Walter Boas Medal received from the Australian Institute of Physics
1986	Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1987	Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal received from the Australain Academy of Science
1990 -	Honorary Research Fellow at the Australia Telescope National Facility
1991 -	Director of the Research Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics (Special Research Centre in Astrophysics) at University of Sydney
1994 -	Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Australia Telescope National Facility