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Life Summary

Name	Ian Gordon Ross
Born	5 July, 1926 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 November, 2006 (aged 80) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Le Fèvre, Raymond James (teacher)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1938-1943) University of Sydney (student, 1943-1949) University College, London (student, 1949-1952) Florida State University (US) (student, 1952-1953)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1954-1968) New South Wales, Australia chemist (1954-1968) New South Wales, Australia physical chemist (1954-1968) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1968-1990) Australian Capital Territory, Australia chemist (1968-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia physical chemist (1968-1976) New South Wales, Australia university administrator (1976-1990) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	H. G. Smith Memorial Medal (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) (recipient, 1971) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1994) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Legacies *	I. G. Ross Scholarship (ANU) (eponym) Ian Ross Building (ANU) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Sydney University Men's Union (president, 1956) Royal Australian Chemical Institute (national) (fellow, 1960) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1973) Anutech (ANU) (director, 1979-1997)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (chemistry) (academic, 1954-1968) Australian National University (chemistry) (academic, 1968-1976) Australian National University (administration) (deputy vice-chancellor, 1976-1988) Australian National University (administration) (pro-vice chancellor, 1988-1990)

* Dates are approximate