Institution of Engineers Australia, Victoria Division, Presidents 1919 -

From Engineering Heritage Australia


This resource provides a timeline of the Chairman of the Melbourne Division (1919 - 1978) and the Chairman / Presidents of the Victoria Division (1978 - ) of the Institution of Engineers Australia, from its formation in 1919. It also provides links to published biographies of these notable Victorian engineers.

Year Chairman / President Life Span Biographies
1920 Maurice Edwin Kernot 1853 - 1934 ADB ICE
1921 Arthur Cecil MacKenzie 1873 - 1956
1922 Robert Lawson 1880 - 1949 EOAS
1923 Arthur Leslie Hargrave 1879 - 1969
1924 Henry Edgar Morton 1872 - 1952
1925 Bernhard Alexander Smith 1864 - 1936
1926 Matthew Clavering Coates 1872 - 1942
1927 Alfred Stephen Kenyon 1867 - 1943 ADB
1928 (Prof.) Henry Payne 1871 - 1945 ICE EOAS
1929 Edgar Gowar Ritchie 1871 - 1956 ICE EOAS
1930 Herbert Reah Harper 1871 - 1956 ADB EOAS
1931 Barton Montgomerie Coutie 1874 - 1960
1932 (Brig.) Wilfrid Dinsey Chapman 1891 - 1955 ADB ICE EOAS
1933 John Murray Crawford 1872 - 1943
1934 Herbert Reah Harper 1871 - 1956 ADB EOAS
1935 John Albert Laing 1884 - 1944
1936 Ronald Macpherson Harvey 1888 - 1969
1937 Charles Home Kernot 1885 - 1958 EOAS
1938 Ernest Bate 1883 - 1974 EOAS
1939 Alexander Edward Kelso 1894 - 1943 ICE EOAS
1940 Daniel Eric Baldwin 1894 - 1965 EOAS
1941 (Sir) Louis Francis Loder 1896 - 1972 EOAS
1942 Frederick John Walters 1889 - 1962
1943 Frank Field 1885 - 1961 ADB EOAS
1944 (Sir) Lewis Ronald (Ronald) East 1899 - 1994 ADB EOAS
1945 Sidney Herbert Witt 1892 - 1973 ADB EOAS
1946 (Sir) Clive Selwyn Steele 1892 - 1955 ADB ICE
1947 Edwin Fullarton Borrie 1894 - 1968 ADB EOAS
1948 Henry Gustavus Furphy 1897 - 1991
1949 Donald Victor Darwin 1896 - 1972 ADB EOAS
1950 (Sir) Robert Rutherford Blackwood 1906 - 1982 ADB EOAS
1951 Ian Langlands 1906 - 1994 EOAS
1952 (Prof.) Charles Edmund Moorhouse 1911 - 2002 EOAS
1953 (Sir) Robert Joseph Henry Risson 1901 - 1992 ADB EOAS
1954 John Raymond MacKenzie
1955 Arthur Rex Mayhew Johnson
1956 Clarance Norman Fryer
1957 J.A. McIntosh
1958 Alexander Maitland Thyer
1959 (Prof.) Arthur James Francis 1914 - 2008 EOAS
1960 (Sir) Bernard James Callinan 1913 - 1995 ADB EOAS
1961 John Leslie (Jack) Kepert 1903 - 1970 ADB
1962 Milton George Speedie 1908 - 2002 EOAS
1963 Roger Neill Morse 1914 - 2003 EOAS
1964 Gilbert Howard Vasey 1904 - 1986 EOAS
1965 (Brig.) William Frederick Edward Schrader
1966 Kenneth Ronald MacKenzie
1967 John Hill
1968 (Prof.) Kenneth Henderson (Ken) Hunt 1920 - 2002 EOAS
1969 Peter Heath Fitchett
1970 William Piper (Bill) Brown 1914 - 2004 EOAS
1971 Hugh Ian William Chorley Millar
1972 John Herbert Standish
1973 Harold Charles Richards
1974 Steven Kenneth (Ken) Langley 1926 - 2001 EOAS
1975 William Ronald (Ron) Gould
1976 Harold Thomas Loxton 1911 - 1989
1977 Robert Samuel (Bob)Davie 1930 - 2001 EOAS
1978 Charles Bertram Crellin 1922 - 2007
1979 Alan Graham Longstaff 1929 - 2017
1980 Don James Little 1926 - EOAS
1981 (Dr.) Brian Edmund Lloyd 1929 - 2014 EOAS
1982 Jack Louis Maver 1921 - 2013
1983 Eric Stokes
1984 (Dr.) Maxwell Gordon (Max) Lay 1936 - EOAS
1985 Eric John (John) Wertheimer
1986 (Prof.Dr.) Laurence Murray (Murray) Gillin 1935 - EOAS
1987 Graeme James Barnard
1988 David Maitland Thyer
1989 Neil Rex Stucley
1990 Martin Terence Cole
1991 (Brig.) Kerry John McManus
1992 Robert A. (Bob) Slater
1993 Richard Manthey Robinson
1994 D.P. (Peter) Haworth
1995 (Dr.) J.H. (Jack) Wynhoven
1996 A.M. (Michael) Byrne
1997 (Prof.) Graham L. Hutchinson
1998 J. G. (Geoff)Hardy
1999 Kenneth William Joseph Mathers
2000 Robert R. Cooper
2001 (Brig.) Conrad Ermert
2002 (A/Prof.) John L. Wilson
2003 John L. Mullen
2004 Tim B. Gosbell
2005 Agnelo Duarte
2006-2007 Geoff Robinson
2008 (Dr) Ian Kerr
2009 Madeleine McManus
2010 David Eltringham
2011 John McIntosh (Acting President)
2012 Paul Collier
2013 John McIntosh
2014 Geoff Hayes
2015-2017 Chris Stoltz
2017-2018 Alesha Printz
2018-2020 Grant Scott
2021-2022 Astrid Kauffman
2022-2024 Ross Kristinof
2025- Kriston Symons
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