Archibald Glenn

Sir Archibald Glenn OBE (born 24 May 1911^[1]) is an Australian industrialist and founding Chancellor of La Trobe University

Joseph Robert Archibald Glenn was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and studied engineering at the University of Melbourne and later in London.

He joined ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries Australia, now known as Orica) where he became managing director for 25 years retiring in 1973, and where he was Chairman for 10 years. He was Chairman of the Scotch College Council from 1963 to 1981.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965^[2] and was knighted in 1966.^[3]

His daughter was the editor and publisher Di Gribble.^[4]

References

"Article in "Great Scot"". http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/Gscot/GSJun99/p9glenn.htm.

"National Library of Australia". http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1302469.

"National Library of Australia". http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1895939.

^ Scotch College: Great Scot
^ It's an Honour: OBE
^ It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor
^ Kenneth Stanley Inglis, Whose ABC?: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1983-2006

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