Garry Brown A.O., 1959
Garry was Dux of School and graduated from the University of Adelaide with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering. In 1964 he was awarded the coveted Rhodes Scholarship and went on to gain a D. Phil. from Oxford University, after which he went as a Research Fellow to the California Institute of Technology for four years. He came back to the University of Adelaide and became a Reader in the Department of Mechanical Engineering before returning to Caltech as Professor of Aeronautics. He then came to Melbourne for 9 years after he was appointed Director of the Aeronautical Research Laboratories (DSTO) before his appointment as Professor and Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, USA. While at Princeton he also consulted widely in Aerospace and Defence for the U.S. In 2011, upon retirement from Princeton, he was granted Emeritus Professor, and in 2020 was awarded an AO in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
Garry Brown
