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Bastow, Stewart Henry (1908 - 1964) |
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| Born: 22 February 1908 Folkestone, Kent, England. Died: 23 January 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | |||
| Stewart Henry Bastow was the head of the CSIR Tribophysics group 1945-49 and then a member of the CSIRO Executive until 1964. He was the Chief Executive Officer 1957-59. |
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| Born Folkestone, England, 22 February 1908. Died Melbourne, 23 January 1964. DSO 1945. Educated Universities of Tasmania (BSc 1929) and Cambridge (PhD 1932). Demonstrator in physics, University of Tasmania 1927; 1851 Exhibiton senior scholar 1932-34; research chemist, National Enamels Limited 1934-37; the South Metropolitan Gas Company, England and Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 1937-40; Royal Engineers 1940-45; Officer-in-charge, Lubricants and Bearings Section (later the Division of Tribophysics), CSIR 1945-49; member of the CSIRO Executive 1949-64; Chief Executive Officer 1957-59. President, Victorian Branch, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1962. A laboratory at CSIRO's Division of Materials Science and Technology, Clayton, was named after him. | ||
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