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 |