1942 - 1946 | Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Western Australia |
1947 - 1949 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at St John's College, University of Oxford in the UK |
1950 - 1951 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa |
1952 - 1955 | Nuttfield Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1955 - 1957 | Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1956 - | Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI) |
1958 - 1968 | Reader in Physical Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1959 | Fullbright Research Scholar / Research Associate of the Spectroscopy Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA |
1959 - 1960 | Vice President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
1959 - 1961 | President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Western Australian branch |
1965 - 1973 | Titular member of the Commission on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) |
1969 - 1973 | Vice-Chairman of the Commission on Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy of IUPAC |
1969 - 1980 | Member of the National Committee for Chemistry of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
1971 - 1973 | Head of the Department of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1971 - 1973 | Chairman of the School of Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1974 - | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
1975 - 1977 | Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Western Australia |
1978 | Archibald D. Olle Prize received from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
1978 - 1981 | Chairman of the School of Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1979 - 1982 | Councillor of the Australian Academy of Science |
1981 | Vice-President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
1981 - 1982 | Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Science |
1982 - | Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry |
1982 | President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
1983 | Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Oxford |
1987 - 1989 | Head of the Department of Physical and Organic Chemistry at the University of Western Australia |
1988 | Visiting Professor at the UNESCO International Centre for Chemical Studies in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia |
1989 | Retired |
1992 | Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc (Hon)) received from the University of Western Australia |