Presidents of the Institution

From Engineering Heritage Australia


Presidents of the Institution of Engineers Australia commencing from the first Council Meeting on 20 and 21 October 1919 are as follows:

Year President Division
1920 Professor W. H. Warren Sydney
1921 W. J. Newbigin Melbourne/Sydney
1922 Professor Sir Robert Chapman South Australia
1923 Professor Roger William Hercules Hawken Queensland
1924 Senator J. D. Millen Tasmania
1925 Sir George Julius Sydney
1926 C. E. Crocker Western Australia
1927 Sir John Butters Tasmania/Canberra
1928 B. A. Smith Melbourne
1929 D. F. J. Harricks Sydney
1930 Brigadier J. M. C. Corlette Newcastle
1931 Sir John Kemp Queensland
1932 A. J. Gibson Queensland/Sydney
1933 H. R. Harper Melbourne
1934 H. G. Jenkinson South Australia
1935 Emeritus Professor Sir Henry Barraclough Sydney
1936 R. J. Boyd Sydney
1937 J. M. Crawford Melbourne
1938 The Hon. F. P. Kneeshaw Sydney
1939 John Wilson Queensland
1940 Brigadier C. Drake-Brockman Western Australia
1941 Sir John Tivey Sydney
1942 Sir Walter Bassett Melbourne
1943 H. C. Carter Sydney
1944 Wilfrid Dinsey Chapman Melbourne
1945 Professor O.F. Blakey Western Australia
1946 T. H. Upton Sydney
1947 Sir Louis Loder Melbourne
1948 William Hogarth Robertson Nimmo Queensland
1949 W. R. Hebblewhite Sydney
1950 Professor Alan Burn Tasmania
1951 V. J. F. Brain Sydney
1952 Sir Ronald East Melbourne
1953 W. H. H. Gibson Sydney
1954 C. W. Candy Melbourne
1955 R. W. Parsons South Australia
1956 R. W. J. Mackay Sydney
1957 D. V. Darwin Melbourne
1958 Professor D. M. Myers Sydney/Melbourne
1959 H. G. Furphy Melbourne
1960 Captain G. I. D. Hutcheson Sydney
1961 C. T. Colebatch Tasmania
1962 Major-General Sir Robert Risson Melbourne
1963 R. A. Priddle Sydney
1964 J. D. Leach Western Australia
1965 Professor C. E. Moorhouse Melbourne
1966 Edwin John Crawford Sydney
1967 H. J. N. Hodgson South Australia
1968 Ian Langlands Melbourne
1969 Professor Jack William Roderick Sydney
1970 Frederick Bruce Haigh Queensland
1971 Sir Bernard Callinan Victoria
1972 M. W. Woods South Australia
1973 Arthur Hardie Corbett Canberra
1974 Wallace Vivian McKensey Sydney
1975 Sir Louis Matheson Victoria
1976 John Charles (Bob) Rivett Queensland
1977 Lincoln Gordon Rowe South Australia
1978 Norman Grantham (Grant) Hosking South Australia
1979 Andrew Bruce (Bruce) Sinclair Sydney

Year President Division
1980 Lance Aubrey Endersbee Victoria
1981 Steven Kenneth (Ken) Langley Victoria
1982 John McGillivray McIntyre Queensland
1983 Donald James Little Victoria
1984 Albert Henry Tognolini Western Australia
1985 Robert Samuel (Bob) Davie Victoria
1986 Walter John Stamm South Australia
1987 David Edward Skillington Tasmania
1988 Alex McDonald McLachlan Sydney
1989 Berwick Carlyon (Skip) Tonkin South Australia
1990 Dr Mike A. Sargent Queensland
1991 Martin Thomas Sydney
1992 Laurence Murray (Murray) Gillin Victoria
1993 Brian Edmund Lloyd Victoria
1994 Douglas Howard Clyde Western Australia
1995 Robert Ian (Ian) Mair Victoria
1996 Dr Tom B. Connor Queensland
1997 B. J. Grear AM South Australia
1998 E. J. (Joe) Abercrombie Queensland
1999 Ian Pedersen
2000 Martin Cole
2001 Martin Cole
2002 Peter Greenwood
2003 Peter Greenwood
2004 Doug Jones
2005 Andrew R. Dowling South Australia
2006 Peter Cockbain
2007 Rolfe Hartley
2008 AVM Julie M. Hammer Queensland
2009 Peter Godfrey
2010 Professor Doug J. Hargreaves Queensland
2011 Merv Lindsay Newcastle
2012 Adj. Professor David Anthony Hood Queensland
2013 Dr Marlene Kanga AO
2014 Alex Baitch Sydney
2015 Dr. D.W. Cruickshanks-Boyd South Australia
2016 John McIntosh
2017 John McIntosh
2018 The Hon T White AO South Australia
2019 The Hon T White AO South Australia
2020 Chris Champion
2021 Dr Nick Fleming
2022 Dr Nick Fleming
2023 Dr Nick Fleming
2024 Dr Raj Aseervatham
2025 Dr Raj Aseervatham
2026 Tom Goerke Western Australia


References:
Corbett A. H., The History of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Appendix 1, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1973, p. 254-255.

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