Fred White (physicist) explained

Fred White
Birth Name:	Frederick William George White
Birth Date:	26 May 1905^[1]
Spouse:	Elizabeth White
Office:	Chairman of the CSIRO
Term Start:	1 July 1959
Term End:	22 May 1970
Predecessor:	Ian Clunies Ross
Office1:	Chief Executive of the CSIRO
Term Start1:	19 May 1949
Term End1:	13 December 1956

Sir Frederick William George White (26 May 1905 – 17 August 1994) was a New Zealand-born Australian physicist and ornithologist who was Chairman of CSIRO from 1959 to 1970.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Education and early life

White was born in 1905 in Johnsonville. He received his education at Wellington College and Victoria University College. Due to his academic performance, he won a scholarship from the University of New Zealand, and this award enabled him to attend St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied under Ernest Rutherford.

Career and research

He taught at King's College London from 1932, and was lecturer at Canterbury College in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1937. During World War II, White worked on secret projects developing radar in New Zealand and Australia.

Awards and honours

In the 1954 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).^[6] In the 1962 Birthday Honours, this was elevated to the class of Knight Commander of the same order (KBE).^[7]

Personal life

White died in Melbourne on 17 August 1994. His wife Elizabeth had died two years prior.

External links

• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• CSIROpedia

Notes and References

1. Minnett. H. C.. Robertson. Rutherford Ness. Sir Frederick William George White, C. B. E., 26 May 1905 - 17 August 1994. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 42. 1996. 497–521. 0080-4606. 10.1098/rsbm.1996.0030. free.
2. Web site: Dennis Young . White, Sir Frederick William George (Fred) (1905–1994) . Obituaries Australia . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . originally publisher in ANU Reporter, 12 October 1994, p 11.
3. Web site: H.C. Minnett . Sir Rutherford Robertson . Frederick William George White 1905-1994 . Biographical Memoirs of Deceased Fellows . Australian Academy of Science . originally published in Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, December 1996, pp. 239-258
4. http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000889b.htm White, Frederick William George (1905 - 1994)
5. http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/464875?c=people White, Frederick (1905-1994)
6. Web site: The Order of the British Empire - Commander (Civil) . 1 January 1954 . It's an Honour . Chief Executive of the CSIRO .
7. Web site: The Order of the British Empire - Knights Commander (Civil) . 2 June 1962 . It's an Honour . Chairman of the CSIRO .