Donald, Colin Malcolm (1910 - 1985)

Chronology

1928	Diploma in Agriculture completed at Hawkesbury Agricultural College
1932	Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1933 - 1934	Researcher at the Agrostology Branch of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture
1934 - 1939	Mineral deficiency Investigator at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute in Adelaide
1934 - 1954	Research Officer at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) / CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1939	Master of Agricultural Science completed at the University of Adelaide
1939 - 1941	Pawlett Overseas Scholar studying pasture development in the UK, USA and New Zealand
1942 - 1945	Seconded to the Department of War Organization of Industry, later Assistant Director of the Deparment, in charge of the Rural Industries Division in Melbourne
1943 - 1945	Chairman of the Commonwealth Rural Production Goals Committee
1945 - 1954	Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry in Canberra
1946 - 1948	President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, Australian Capital Territory branch
1954 - 1973	Professor of Agriculture at the University of Adelaide and Head of the Department of Agronomy at Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1955 - 1973	Member of the Advisory Council of Roseworthy Agricultural College
1956 - 1957	President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, South Australian branch
1960	President of the South Australian Branch, Australian Society for Animal Production
1961 -	Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science (FAIAS)
1961 - 1965	Member of the CSIRO Advisory Council
1962	Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney
1963	President of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1964	Australian Medal of Agricultural Science received
1965	Farrer Memorial Medal received
1968 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1973 -	Emeritus Professor and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Adelaide
1979	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1984	C.M. Donald Medal established by the Australian Society of Agronomy

• 'Donald, Colin Malcolm - Ms 141', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/academy/basser/lists/ms141.txt. [ Details ]