Albert Cherbury David Rivett ( 1885 - 1961 )

Birth: Port Esperance, Tasmania, Australia (04 December 1885) Death: Sydney, Australia (01 April 1961) Research Field: Chemistry, scientific administration Education: Wesley College, Melbourne (1899) MA (Oxon); DSC (Melborne) Career: Rhodes Scholar for Victoria (1907); worked at the Nobel Institute, Stockholm; Lecturer in Chemistry (1911), associate Professor (1920) and Professor (1924), all at Melbourne University; Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman (1927), then Chairman (1946), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); declined the position of Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University (1934 and 1938); resigned from CSIR when it became CSIRO, due his opposition of political pressures on researchers (1949) Honours: KCMG 1935 Memberships: Australian Chemical Institute (President 1940-1949); Society of Chemical Industry, London (President) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 20/03/1941.