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Tisdall, Alfred Leyster (1912 - 1999)

CBE

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Engineer

Born: 30 September 1912. Died: 20 February 1999 Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.

Alfred Leyster Tisdall was a world renowned irrigation expert. His salinity control and other measures introduced to Victoria helped improve the water distribution efficiency from 45% (1950s) to 73% (1974). He was regularly consulted by overseas agencies including the United Nations and the Thai and the British Governments. Tisdall was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in honour of his contributions to water supply and irrigation around the world.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1933 Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1933 - 1942 Scientist with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Merbein, Victoria
1935 Foundation member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1937 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1942 - 1945 Flight lieutenant with the Royal Australian Air Force
c. 1945 - c. 1951 Joined CSIRO in Deniliquin, New South Wales
1951 - 1962 Chief Irrigation Officer of the Water Commission of Victoria
1956 President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Victorian branch
1958 Commissioner and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Administration
1960 President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1961 - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1963 - c. 1965 Deputy Chairman of the Water Commission of Victoria
1965 Invited to the United kingdom by the British Government to discuss watter supply matters
1965 - 1977 Chairman of the Water Commission of Victoria
1966 Invited guest speaker at the International Congress on irrigation nad Drainage in Delhi, India
1968 Advised the United Nations on its water porject, the Awash Valley Project, in Ethiopia
1975 Doctor of Agricultural Science honoris causa (Hon DAgSc) received from the Unviersity of Melbourne
1978 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 September 2006
Modified: 9 October 2006

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