Denis Jordan

Denis Oswald Jordan AO FAA FRACI (23 September 1914, London – 12 February 1982, St Georges, South Australia) was an Australian chemist with a distinguished career as a researcher and lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Adelaide. He was Angas Professor of Chemistry from 1958 to 1982. Jordan also served as president of Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering from 1958 to 1962, and Royal Australian Chemical Institute from 1978 to 1979.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 1981, the University of Adelaide, named its physical and inorganic Chemistry building after Jordan.[6]

Publications

Awards

Jordan was awarded a number of honours,[8] including:

References

  1. 1 2 J.H. Coates. "Denis Oswald Jordan 1914-1982". Australian Academy of Science.
  2. ↑ John Coates. "Jordan, Denis Oswald (1914–1982)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. First published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, (MUP), 2007.
  3. ↑ "Jordan, Denis Oswald (1914-1982)". trove.nla.gov.au.
  4. ↑ "Jordan, Denis Oswald (1914 - 1982)". Biographical entry. Encyclopaedia of Australian Science.
  5. ↑ "Angas Chair of Chemistry". University of Adelaide.
  6. ↑ Gream, G.E. (October 2012). "History of Chemistry at the University of Adelaide". University of Adelaide. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Denis Oswald Jordan (1960). The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids. Butterworths.
  8. 1 2 "Liversidge Research Lecture No. 14". Royal Society of NSW. 1962. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Medal Recipients". Polymer.org.au. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)". It's an Honour. 9 June 1980. For service to education
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