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Name	Victor Dudley Burgmann
Born	5 December, 1916 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 February, 1991 (aged 74) Carlingford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	Parkinson's
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Maitland Boys High School (NSW) (student, 1928-1932) University of Sydney (student, 1933-1938)
Occupation *	public servant (1938-1978) Federal, Australia radio physicist (1938-1978) Federal, Australia science administrator (1950-1978) Federal, Australia public service head (1977-1978) Federal, Australia
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1977)
Key Organisations *	Canberra Croquet Club (member) National Library of Australia (council member) Student Christian Movement (University of Sydney) (member, ?-1938) Institution of Engineers, Australia (national) (fellow, 1977)
Workplaces *	CSIRO (scientist, 1938-1978) CSIRO (chair, 1977-1978)

* Dates are approximate

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